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Tortoiseshell file hash indicators

XQLhighconfidence 76/100generated 2026-10-18

Any of 4 high-confidence file hash indicators skopnix attributes to Tortoiseshell.

ATT&CK
T1204.002 mitre ↗
Correlation
set the rule's MITRE tactic to execution and technique to T1204.002
Linked actors
Tortoiseshell
False positives
Every value is a skopnix indicator tied to Tortoiseshell with confidence >= 76 from >= 2 independent sources, warninglist-clean (reserved / CDN / cloud / scanners / top sites) — re-validate against last_seen before blocking.

XQL query

skopnix-cortex-actor-tortoiseshell-hash-e2ae08c4.xqldownload .xql ↓
dataset = xdr_data
| filter action_process_image_sha256 in ("02a3296238a3d127a2e517f4949d31914c15d96726fb4902322c065153b364b2", "07d123364d8d04e3fe0bfa4e0e23ddc7050ef039602ecd72baed70e6553c3ae4", "d9ac9c950e5495c9005b04843a40f01fa49d5fd49226cb5b03a055232ffc36f3", "f71732f997c53fa45eef5c988697eb4aa62c8655d8f0be3268636fc23addd193") or actor_process_image_sha256 in ("02a3296238a3d127a2e517f4949d31914c15d96726fb4902322c065153b364b2", "07d123364d8d04e3fe0bfa4e0e23ddc7050ef039602ecd72baed70e6553c3ae4", "d9ac9c950e5495c9005b04843a40f01fa49d5fd49226cb5b03a055232ffc36f3", "f71732f997c53fa45eef5c988697eb4aa62c8655d8f0be3268636fc23addd193")
| 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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