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ThreatFox: ValleyRAT IOCs

ioc-hunt HIGH ThreatFox
CommonSecurityLogDeviceFileEventsDeviceNetworkEventsUrlClickEvents
backdooriocthreatfoxwin-valley_rat
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Retrieved: 2026-09-21T23:00:01Z · Confidence: high

Hunt Hypothesis

This hunt targets the presence of known ValleyRAT indicators of compromise to identify potential remote access trojan deployments that may have established persistent footholds within the environment. Proactively hunting for these IOCs in Azure Sentinel allows the SOC to detect and isolate compromised assets before the adversary leverages the RAT for lateral movement or data exfiltration.

IOC Summary

Malware Family: ValleyRAT Total IOCs: 12 IOC Types: sha1_hash, sha256_hash, md5_hash, url, ip:port

TypeValueThreat TypeFirst SeenConfidence
urlhxxp://gaotlix.cn/getinstall64botnet_cc2026-09-21100%
ip:port43[.]224[.]224[.]72:7800botnet_cc2026-09-21100%
ip:port202[.]61[.]85[.]50:7800botnet_cc2026-09-21100%
ip:port202[.]61[.]85[.]50:7811botnet_cc2026-09-21100%
ip:port43[.]229[.]112[.]98:6667botnet_cc2026-09-21100%
ip:port192[.]253[.]228[.]137:7800botnet_cc2026-09-21100%
ip:port192[.]253[.]228[.]137:7811botnet_cc2026-09-21100%
ip:port154[.]82[.]92[.]12:7800botnet_cc2026-09-21100%
ip:port154[.]82[.]92[.]12:7811botnet_cc2026-09-21100%
sha1_hash076f4f520f910df7ae11539c9491e5ceb97cee24payload2026-09-2195%
md5_hash4729d2eb5d04baebd30f88a84a5b7f07payload2026-09-2195%
sha256_hashf0b0bac574efbd806924ffb0fc39901ac5ef4ef5bb280212e4c8da5f1d0e08a2payload2026-09-2195%

KQL: Ip Hunt

// Hunt for network connections to known malicious IPs
// Source: ThreatFox - ValleyRAT
let malicious_ips = dynamic(["43.224.224.72", "154.82.92.12", "202.61.85.50", "43.229.112.98", "192.253.228.137"]);
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(["43.224.224.72", "154.82.92.12", "202.61.85.50", "43.229.112.98", "192.253.228.137"]);
DeviceNetworkEvents
| where RemoteIP in (malicious_ips)
| project Timestamp, DeviceName, RemoteIP, RemotePort, InitiatingProcessFileName, ActionType
| order by Timestamp desc

KQL: Url Hunt

// Hunt for access to known malicious URLs
// Source: ThreatFox - ValleyRAT
let malicious_urls = dynamic(["http://gaotlix.cn/getinstall64"]);
UrlClickEvents
| where Url has_any (malicious_urls)
| project Timestamp, AccountUpn, Url, ActionType, IsClickedThrough
| order by Timestamp desc

KQL: Hash Hunt

// Hunt for files matching known malicious hashes
// Source: ThreatFox - ValleyRAT
let malicious_hashes = dynamic(["076f4f520f910df7ae11539c9491e5ceb97cee24", "4729d2eb5d04baebd30f88a84a5b7f07", "f0b0bac574efbd806924ffb0fc39901ac5ef4ef5bb280212e4c8da5f1d0e08a2"]);
DeviceFileEvents
| where SHA256 in (malicious_hashes) or SHA1 in (malicious_hashes) or MD5 in (malicious_hashes)
| project Timestamp, DeviceName, FileName, FolderPath, SHA256, InitiatingProcessFileName
| order by Timestamp desc

Required Data Sources

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

References

False Positive Guidance

Original source: https://threatfox.abuse.ch/browse/malware/win.valley_rat/