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Execution of known malicious file 884e96a75dc56807…

XQLmediumconfidence 72/100generated 2026-10-18

Process image hash tracked by skopnix as Blackbyte.

ATT&CK
T1204.002 mitre ↗
Correlation
set the rule's MITRE tactic to execution and technique to T1204.002
Linked actors
blackbyte
False positives
Scoped to one indicator with skopnix confidence 72/100 from 2 independent sources; checked against RFC1918/reserved space, CDN / cloud / scanner ranges and top-site lists (MISP warninglists), GreyNoise when enriched, and skopnix's benign-infrastructure list. Re-validate against last_seen before blocking: infrastructure is re-assigned.

XQL query

skopnix-cortex-ioc-sha256-884e96a75dc568075e845ccac2d4b4ccec68017e6e-2d0d22d8.xqldownload .xql ↓
dataset = xdr_data
| filter action_process_image_sha256 in ("884e96a75dc568075e845ccac2d4b4ccec68017e6ef258c7c03da8c88a597534") or actor_process_image_sha256 in ("884e96a75dc568075e845ccac2d4b4ccec68017e6ef258c7c03da8c88a597534")
| fields agent_hostname, action_process_image_name, action_process_image_sha256, 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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