This hunt targets the presence of known ValleyRAT indicators of compromise, which are frequently used for initial access and remote control in targeted attacks. Proactively hunting for these IOCs in Azure Sentinel allows the SOC to identify compromised endpoints early, preventing the RAT from establishing persistence or exfiltrating sensitive data before it is detected by standard monitoring.
Malware Family: ValleyRAT Total IOCs: 8 IOC Types: ip:port, url
| Type | Value | Threat Type | First Seen | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ip:port | 82[.]158[.]89[.]252:7891 | botnet_cc | 2026-09-28 | 75% |
| ip:port | 82[.]158[.]89[.]252:809 | botnet_cc | 2026-09-28 | 75% |
| ip:port | 82[.]158[.]89[.]252:9178 | botnet_cc | 2026-09-28 | 100% |
| ip:port | 108[.]187[.]43[.]208:443 | botnet_cc | 2026-09-28 | 75% |
| url | hxxp://54[.]46[.]28[.]247/getinstall64 | botnet_cc | 2026-09-28 | 100% |
| url | hxxp://43[.]199[.]224[.]15/getinstall64 | botnet_cc | 2026-09-28 | 100% |
| url | hxxp://43[.]106[.]102[.]167/getinstall64 | botnet_cc | 2026-09-28 | 100% |
| ip:port | 108[.]187[.]43[.]208:449 | botnet_cc | 2026-09-28 | 100% |
// Hunt for network connections to known malicious IPs
// Source: ThreatFox - ValleyRAT
let malicious_ips = dynamic(["108.187.43.208", "82.158.89.252"]);
CommonSecurityLog
| where DestinationIP in (malicious_ips) or SourceIP in (malicious_ips)
| project TimeGenerated, SourceIP, DestinationIP, DestinationPort, DeviceAction, Activity
| order by TimeGenerated desc
// Hunt in Defender for Endpoint network events
let malicious_ips = dynamic(["108.187.43.208", "82.158.89.252"]);
DeviceNetworkEvents
| where RemoteIP in (malicious_ips)
| project Timestamp, DeviceName, RemoteIP, RemotePort, InitiatingProcessFileName, ActionType
| order by Timestamp desc
// Hunt for access to known malicious URLs
// Source: ThreatFox - ValleyRAT
let malicious_urls = dynamic(["http://54.46.28.247/getinstall64", "http://43.199.224.15/getinstall64", "http://43.106.102.167/getinstall64"]);
UrlClickEvents
| where Url has_any (malicious_urls)
| project Timestamp, AccountUpn, Url, ActionType, IsClickedThrough
| order by Timestamp desc
| Sentinel Table | Notes |
|---|---|
CommonSecurityLog | Ensure this data connector is enabled |
DeviceNetworkEvents | Ensure this data connector is enabled |
UrlClickEvents | Ensure this data connector is enabled |
ValleyRAT as a lightweight, open-source remote access tool for troubleshooting a specific legacy application or performing ad-hoc network diagnostics on a non-production host, where the binary is downloaded directly from the GitHub repository or a shared internal artifact store.
\\*\\valleyrat\\* or \\*\\valley\\* and the parent process is a known development tool (e.g., powershell.exe, cmd.exe, python.exe) on hosts tagged with Environment:Dev or Role:CI-CD.\\*\\backups\\*, \\*\\snapshots\\*, \\*\\vmware\\*) and the parent process is a backup utility (e.g., vssadmin.exe, wbadmin.exe, rsync).\\*\\temp\\*, \\*\\appdata\\local\\temp\\*, or \\*\\users\\*\\appdata\\* and the host is tagged with Tag:RedTeam or Tag:PenTest, or