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WindShift domain indicators

XQLhighconfidence 71/100generated 2026-10-18

Any of 2 high-confidence domain indicators skopnix attributes to WindShift.

ATT&CK
T1071 mitre ↗
Correlation
set the rule's MITRE tactic to command-and-control and technique to T1071
Linked actors
WindShift
False positives
Every value is a skopnix indicator tied to WindShift with confidence >= 71 from >= 2 independent sources, warninglist-clean (reserved / CDN / cloud / scanners / top sites) — re-validate against last_seen before blocking.

XQL query

skopnix-cortex-actor-windshift-domain-1dcdbcda.xqldownload .xql ↓
dataset = xdr_data
| filter dns_query_name in ("flux2key.com", "string2me.com") or action_external_hostname in ("flux2key.com", "string2me.com")
| fields agent_hostname, dns_query_name, action_external_hostname, _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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