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ThreatFox: Kimwolf IOCs

ioc-hunt HIGH ThreatFox
CommonSecurityLogDeviceNetworkEvents
apk-kimwolfiocthreatfox
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Retrieved: 2026-07-20T23:00:00Z · Confidence: high

Hunt Hypothesis

This hunt targets adversary behavior consistent with the Kimwolf threat actor by actively searching for network and host indicators of compromise across the Azure Sentinel environment. Proactively hunting these specific IOCs is critical to rapidly identify early-stage intrusions and mitigate potential lateral movement before the adversary establishes persistence within the organization’s cloud infrastructure.

IOC Summary

Malware Family: Kimwolf Total IOCs: 20 IOC Types: ip:port

TypeValueThreat TypeFirst SeenConfidence
ip:port165[.]232[.]88[.]245:25001botnet_cc2026-07-20100%
ip:port134[.]209[.]93[.]215:25001botnet_cc2026-07-20100%
ip:port157[.]245[.]77[.]63:25001botnet_cc2026-07-20100%
ip:port64[.]227[.]69[.]17:25001botnet_cc2026-07-20100%
ip:port134[.]122[.]48[.]179:25001botnet_cc2026-07-20100%
ip:port164[.]92[.]153[.]43:25001botnet_cc2026-07-20100%
ip:port209[.]38[.]99[.]84:25001botnet_cc2026-07-20100%
ip:port188[.]166[.]121[.]223:25001botnet_cc2026-07-20100%
ip:port68[.]183[.]0[.]134:25001botnet_cc2026-07-20100%
ip:port188[.]166[.]58[.]104:25001botnet_cc2026-07-20100%
ip:port159[.]223[.]212[.]162:25001botnet_cc2026-07-20100%
ip:port167[.]99[.]46[.]90:25001botnet_cc2026-07-20100%
ip:port209[.]38[.]38[.]123:25001botnet_cc2026-07-20100%
ip:port161[.]35[.]85[.]184:25001botnet_cc2026-07-20100%
ip:port209[.]38[.]44[.]99:25001botnet_cc2026-07-20100%
ip:port152[.]42[.]140[.]47:25001botnet_cc2026-07-20100%
ip:port134[.]122[.]57[.]112:25001botnet_cc2026-07-20100%
ip:port209[.]38[.]106[.]41:25001botnet_cc2026-07-20100%
ip:port206[.]189[.]6[.]103:25001botnet_cc2026-07-20100%
ip:port178[.]62[.]251[.]175:25001botnet_cc2026-07-20100%

KQL: Ip Hunt

// Hunt for network connections to known malicious IPs
// Source: ThreatFox - Kimwolf
let malicious_ips = dynamic(["164.92.153.43", "134.122.48.179", "209.38.44.99", "178.62.251.175", "209.38.99.84", "134.122.57.112", "152.42.140.47", "209.38.38.123", "157.245.77.63", "159.223.212.162", "161.35.85.184", "64.227.69.17", "68.183.0.134", "206.189.6.103", "209.38.106.41", "167.99.46.90", "165.232.88.245", "188.166.58.104", "188.166.121.223", "134.209.93.215"]);
CommonSecurityLog
| where DestinationIP in (malicious_ips) or SourceIP in (malicious_ips)
| project TimeGenerated, SourceIP, DestinationIP, DestinationPort, DeviceAction, Activity
| order by TimeGenerated desc

KQL: Ip Hunt Device

// Hunt in Defender for Endpoint network events
let malicious_ips = dynamic(["164.92.153.43", "134.122.48.179", "209.38.44.99", "178.62.251.175", "209.38.99.84", "134.122.57.112", "152.42.140.47", "209.38.38.123", "157.245.77.63", "159.223.212.162", "161.35.85.184", "64.227.69.17", "68.183.0.134", "206.189.6.103", "209.38.106.41", "167.99.46.90", "165.232.88.245", "188.166.58.104", "188.166.121.223", "134.209.93.215"]);
DeviceNetworkEvents
| where RemoteIP in (malicious_ips)
| project Timestamp, DeviceName, RemoteIP, RemotePort, InitiatingProcessFileName, ActionType
| order by Timestamp desc

Required Data Sources

Sentinel TableNotes
CommonSecurityLogEnsure this data connector is enabled
DeviceNetworkEventsEnsure this data connector is enabled

References

False Positive Guidance

Here are specific false positive scenarios for the ThreatFox: Kimwolf IOCs detection rule, tailored for a legitimate enterprise environment:

Original source: https://threatfox.abuse.ch/browse/malware/apk.kimwolf/