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Predatory Sparrow file hash indicators

XQLhighconfidence 72/100generated 2026-10-18

Any of 2 high-confidence file hash indicators skopnix attributes to Predatory Sparrow.

ATT&CK
T1204.002 mitre ↗
Correlation
set the rule's MITRE tactic to execution and technique to T1204.002
Linked actors
Predatory Sparrow
False positives
Every value is a skopnix indicator tied to Predatory Sparrow with confidence >= 72 from >= 2 independent sources, warninglist-clean (reserved / CDN / cloud / scanners / top sites) — re-validate against last_seen before blocking.

XQL query

skopnix-cortex-actor-predatory-sparrow-hash-c7165b01.xqldownload .xql ↓
dataset = xdr_data
| filter action_process_image_md5 in ("837e9bb07d884385d077d4ea77797df8", "b86678403d77efbdba3d2b1c93500dfc") or actor_process_image_md5 in ("837e9bb07d884385d077d4ea77797df8", "b86678403d77efbdba3d2b1c93500dfc")
| fields agent_hostname, action_process_image_name, action_process_image_sha256, action_process_image_md5, causality_actor_process_image_name, _time
| sort desc _time

How to deploy on Cortex XDR

  1. 1.Paste the XQL into Incident Response > Investigation > Query Builder > XQL Search.
  2. 2.To alert, save it as a Correlation Rule and set the MITRE tactic and technique printed with the rule.
  3. 3.Schedule it on the interval you hunt at; keep the fields stage for the alert's columns.

Check · CVE rules read PAN-OS URL logs (panw_ngfw_url_raw), which need the NGFW integration and, for HTTPS, decryption.

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