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ThreatFox: VShell IOCs

ioc-hunt HIGH ThreatFox
CommonSecurityLogDeviceNetworkEvents
iocthreatfoxwin-vshell
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Retrieved: 2026-07-24T11:00:00Z · Confidence: high

Hunt Hypothesis

This hunt detects adversary activity involving known indicators of compromise from the VShell threat intelligence feed to identify potential malicious network connections or file interactions within the Azure Sentinel environment. Proactively hunting for these specific IOCs is critical because it enables the SOC team to rapidly validate and respond to emerging threats before they escalate into broader incidents, leveraging high-severity alerts to minimize dwell time.

IOC Summary

Malware Family: VShell Total IOCs: 13 IOC Types: ip:port

TypeValueThreat TypeFirst SeenConfidence
ip:port206[.]238[.]123[.]117:8080botnet_cc2026-07-24100%
ip:port175[.]178[.]26[.]180:8084botnet_cc2026-07-24100%
ip:port206[.]238[.]123[.]117:8443botnet_cc2026-07-24100%
ip:port206[.]238[.]123[.]117:80botnet_cc2026-07-24100%
ip:port206[.]238[.]123[.]117:10443botnet_cc2026-07-24100%
ip:port60[.]185[.]67[.]143:8084botnet_cc2026-07-24100%
ip:port64[.]118[.]132[.]80:8084botnet_cc2026-07-24100%
ip:port54[.]46[.]14[.]24:8084botnet_cc2026-07-24100%
ip:port47[.]97[.]47[.]29:8084botnet_cc2026-07-24100%
ip:port47[.]100[.]94[.]78:8084botnet_cc2026-07-24100%
ip:port193[.]134[.]211[.]175:8443botnet_cc2026-07-24100%
ip:port104[.]168[.]22[.]209:8080botnet_cc2026-07-24100%
ip:port38[.]54[.]14[.]80:80botnet_cc2026-07-24100%

KQL: Ip Hunt

// Hunt for network connections to known malicious IPs
// Source: ThreatFox - VShell
let malicious_ips = dynamic(["64.118.132.80", "193.134.211.175", "175.178.26.180", "60.185.67.143", "38.54.14.80", "54.46.14.24", "104.168.22.209", "47.100.94.78", "47.97.47.29", "206.238.123.117"]);
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(["64.118.132.80", "193.134.211.175", "175.178.26.180", "60.185.67.143", "38.54.14.80", "54.46.14.24", "104.168.22.209", "47.100.94.78", "47.97.47.29", "206.238.123.117"]);
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 and corresponding filters for the ThreatFox: VShell IOCs detection rule in an enterprise environment:

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