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ThreatFox: Mirai IOCs

ioc-hunt HIGH ThreatFox
CommonSecurityLogDeviceNetworkEventsDnsEvents
elf-miraiiocthreatfox
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Retrieved: 2026-06-16T11:00:00Z · Confidence: high

Hunt Hypothesis

The ThreatFox: Mirai IOCs rule detects potential compromise indicators linked to the Mirai botnet, which is known for deploying large-scale DDoS attacks. SOC teams should proactively hunt for these IOCs in Azure Sentinel to identify and mitigate early-stage Mirai infections before they can be leveraged for widespread network disruption.

IOC Summary

Malware Family: Mirai Total IOCs: 5 IOC Types: ip:port, domain

TypeValueThreat TypeFirst SeenConfidence
ip:port185[.]196[.]41[.]201:7777botnet_cc2026-06-1675%
domaindnsduc1k.duckdns.orgbotnet_cc2026-06-16100%
ip:port192[.]159[.]99[.]110:2049payload_delivery2026-06-15100%
ip:port124[.]198[.]131[.]252:2049payload_delivery2026-06-15100%
ip:port92[.]42[.]100[.]131:4568payload_delivery2026-06-15100%

KQL: Ip Hunt

// Hunt for network connections to known malicious IPs
// Source: ThreatFox - Mirai
let malicious_ips = dynamic(["124.198.131.252", "92.42.100.131", "185.196.41.201", "192.159.99.110"]);
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(["124.198.131.252", "92.42.100.131", "185.196.41.201", "192.159.99.110"]);
DeviceNetworkEvents
| where RemoteIP in (malicious_ips)
| project Timestamp, DeviceName, RemoteIP, RemotePort, InitiatingProcessFileName, ActionType
| order by Timestamp desc

KQL: Domain Hunt

// Hunt for DNS queries to known malicious domains
// Source: ThreatFox - Mirai
let malicious_domains = dynamic(["dnsduc1k.duckdns.org"]);
DnsEvents
| where Name has_any (malicious_domains)
| project TimeGenerated, Computer, Name, IPAddresses, QueryType
| order by TimeGenerated desc

Required Data Sources

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

References

False Positive Guidance

Original source: https://threatfox.abuse.ch/browse/malware/elf.mirai/