This hunt targets the presence of DCRat malware indicators, a high-severity threat known for establishing persistent backdoor access and executing remote commands on compromised hosts. Proactively hunting for these IOCs in Azure Sentinel allows the SOC to identify and isolate infected endpoints before the adversary can leverage the malware for lateral movement or data exfiltration.
Malware Family: DCRat Total IOCs: 4 IOC Types: ip:port
| Type | Value | Threat Type | First Seen | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ip:port | 45[.]207[.]241[.]47:12159 | botnet_cc | 2026-09-17 | 75% |
| ip:port | 172[.]111[.]139[.]65:8848 | botnet_cc | 2026-09-17 | 75% |
| ip:port | 128[.]90[.]105[.]123:7777 | botnet_cc | 2026-09-17 | 75% |
| ip:port | 102[.]188[.]200[.]238:8848 | botnet_cc | 2026-09-17 | 75% |
// Hunt for network connections to known malicious IPs
// Source: ThreatFox - DCRat
let malicious_ips = dynamic(["128.90.105.123", "45.207.241.47", "102.188.200.238", "172.111.139.65"]);
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(["128.90.105.123", "45.207.241.47", "102.188.200.238", "172.111.139.65"]);
DeviceNetworkEvents
| where RemoteIP in (malicious_ips)
| project Timestamp, DeviceName, RemoteIP, RemotePort, InitiatingProcessFileName, ActionType
| order by Timestamp desc
| Sentinel Table | Notes |
|---|---|
CommonSecurityLog | Ensure this data connector is enabled |
DeviceNetworkEvents | Ensure this data connector is enabled |
dcstat (or a similar DNS-based remote access tool) as a lightweight, low-bandwidth communication channel for troubleshooting network issues in air-gapped or restricted environments, where standard ports are blocked.
dcstat.exe or dcstat and the destination IP is within the internal management subnet (e.g., 10.20.0.0/24), or where the user account belongs to the DevOps-Admins group.powershell.exe or pwsh.exe and the command line contains keywords like Resolve-DnsName, nslookup, or dig, provided the source host is part of the IT-Support OU.legacy_sync.exe) and the destination DNS server is an internal corporate DNS resolver (e.g., 10.1.1.1), rather than an external public DNS provider.