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Execution of known malicious file baeffeb5fdef2f42…

XQLmediumconfidence 77/100generated 2026-10-18

Process image hash tracked by skopnix as volt-typhoon.

ATT&CK
T1204.002 mitre ↗
Correlation
set the rule's MITRE tactic to execution and technique to T1204.002
Linked actors
Volt Typhoon
False positives
Scoped to one indicator with skopnix confidence 77/100 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-baeffeb5fdef2f42a752c65c2d2a52e84fb57efc90-d4397fe4.xqldownload .xql ↓
dataset = xdr_data
| filter action_process_image_sha256 in ("baeffeb5fdef2f42a752c65c2d2a52e84fb57efc906d981f89dd518c314e231c") or actor_process_image_sha256 in ("baeffeb5fdef2f42a752c65c2d2a52e84fb57efc906d981f89dd518c314e231c")
| 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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