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ThreatFox: FAKEUPDATES IOCs

ioc-hunt HIGH ThreatFox
CommonSecurityLogDeviceNetworkEventsDnsEvents
iocjs-fakeupdatesthreatfox
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Retrieved: 2026-05-25T23:00:00Z · Confidence: high

Hunt Hypothesis

The ThreatFox: FAKEUPDATES IOCs detection rule identifies potential adversary activity linked to malicious update packages that may be used to deliver malware or execute arbitrary code. SOC teams should proactively hunt for these IOCs in Azure Sentinel to detect and mitigate early-stage compromise attempts by threat actors leveraging deceptive update mechanisms.

IOC Summary

Malware Family: FAKEUPDATES Total IOCs: 2 IOC Types: domain, ip:port

TypeValueThreat TypeFirst SeenConfidence
ip:port138[.]124[.]79[.]146:443payload_delivery2026-05-25100%
domaincpanel.houston-familyoffice.combotnet_cc2026-05-25100%

KQL: Ip Hunt

// Hunt for network connections to known malicious IPs
// Source: ThreatFox - FAKEUPDATES
let malicious_ips = dynamic(["138.124.79.146"]);
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(["138.124.79.146"]);
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 - FAKEUPDATES
let malicious_domains = dynamic(["cpanel.houston-familyoffice.com"]);
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/js.fakeupdates/