This hunt targets the presence of known SnappyClient IOCs, which are frequently leveraged by threat actors to establish persistent access or execute malicious payloads within Azure environments. Proactively hunting for these indicators allows the SOC team to identify compromised assets early, mitigating the risk of lateral movement or data exfiltration before the adversary can fully establish a foothold.
Malware Family: SnappyClient Total IOCs: 3 IOC Types: ip:port, domain
| Type | Value | Threat Type | First Seen | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| domain | gor-trendz.ink | botnet_cc | 2026-09-03 | 100% |
| ip:port | 109[.]238[.]86[.]64:3333 | botnet_cc | 2026-09-03 | 75% |
| ip:port | 109[.]238[.]86[.]64:3334 | botnet_cc | 2026-09-03 | 75% |
// Hunt for network connections to known malicious IPs
// Source: ThreatFox - SnappyClient
let malicious_ips = dynamic(["109.238.86.64"]);
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(["109.238.86.64"]);
DeviceNetworkEvents
| where RemoteIP in (malicious_ips)
| project Timestamp, DeviceName, RemoteIP, RemotePort, InitiatingProcessFileName, ActionType
| order by Timestamp desc
// Hunt for DNS queries to known malicious domains
// Source: ThreatFox - SnappyClient
let malicious_domains = dynamic(["gor-trendz.ink"]);
DnsEvents
| where Name has_any (malicious_domains)
| project TimeGenerated, Computer, Name, IPAddresses, QueryType
| order by TimeGenerated desc
| Sentinel Table | Notes |
|---|---|
CommonSecurityLog | Ensure this data connector is enabled |
DeviceNetworkEvents | Ensure this data connector is enabled |
DnsEvents | Ensure this data connector is enabled |
com.google.protobuf library, which may include the snappy-java native library or a specific version of the Snappy compression codec. If the IOC is based on file hashes or specific version strings of the Snappy library, this legitimate dependency will trigger the alert.
C:\Apps\InventoryAPI\lib\ or /opt/inventory/app/libs/) where the snappy native library is a declared dependency in the build manifest.C:\Jenkins\workspace\, /home/jenkins/agent/, or /var/lib/azure-devops/) and limit the detection to non-build user contexts or production application directories.libsnappy.so or snappy.dll loaded by the JVM or native process handling data ingestion.