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URLhaus: 185-242-3-8 Malicious URLs

ioc-hunt HIGH URLhaus
CommonSecurityLogDnsEvents
iocurlhaus
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Retrieved: 2026-06-29T23:00:00Z · Confidence: medium

Hunt Hypothesis

This hunt targets adversary behavior where compromised hosts initiate outbound connections to a specific cluster of 18 known malicious URLs associated with the 185-242-3-8 threat signature. Proactively hunting for these indicators in Azure Sentinel is critical because early detection of this high-severity URL activity can prevent data exfiltration and lateral movement before broader network impact occurs.

IOC Summary

Threat: 185-242-3-8 Total URLs: 18 Active URLs: 18

URLStatusThreatDate Added
hxxp://185.242.3.8/bins/bin.armv4ebonlinemalware_download2026-06-29
hxxp://185.242.3.8/bins/bin.armv4tlonlinemalware_download2026-06-29
hxxp://185.242.3.8/bins/bin.mipsonlinemalware_download2026-06-29
hxxp://185.242.3.8/shonlinemalware_download2026-06-29
hxxp://185.242.3.8/bins/bin.m68konlinemalware_download2026-06-29
hxxp://185.242.3.8/bins/bin.powerpconlinemalware_download2026-06-29
hxxp://185.242.3.8/bins/bin.powerpc-440fponlinemalware_download2026-06-29
hxxp://185.242.3.8/bins/bin.armv7lonlinemalware_download2026-06-29
hxxp://185.242.3.8/bins/bin.armv4lonlinemalware_download2026-06-29
hxxp://185.242.3.8/bins/bin.mips64onlinemalware_download2026-06-29
hxxp://185.242.3.8/bins/bin.armv6lonlinemalware_download2026-06-29
hxxp://185.242.3.8/bins/bin.i686onlinemalware_download2026-06-29
hxxp://185.242.3.8/bins/bin.i586onlinemalware_download2026-06-29
hxxp://185.242.3.8/bins/bin.mipselonlinemalware_download2026-06-29
hxxp://185.242.3.8/bins/bin.armv5lonlinemalware_download2026-06-29
hxxp://185.242.3.8/bins/bin.x86_64onlinemalware_download2026-06-29
hxxp://185.242.3.8/bins/bin.i486onlinemalware_download2026-06-29
hxxp://185.242.3.8/bins/bin.sh4onlinemalware_download2026-06-29

KQL: Url Dns Hunt

// Hunt for DNS resolution of URLhaus malicious domains
// Threat: 185-242-3-8
let malicious_domains = dynamic(["185.242.3.8"]);
DnsEvents
| where Name has_any (malicious_domains)
| project TimeGenerated, Computer, Name, IPAddresses
| order by TimeGenerated desc

KQL: Url Proxy Hunt

// Hunt for web traffic to URLhaus malicious domains
let malicious_domains = dynamic(["185.242.3.8"]);
CommonSecurityLog
| where RequestURL has_any (malicious_domains) or DestinationHostName has_any (malicious_domains)
| project TimeGenerated, SourceIP, RequestURL, DestinationHostName, DeviceAction
| order by TimeGenerated desc

Required Data Sources

Sentinel TableNotes
CommonSecurityLogEnsure this data connector is enabled
DnsEventsEnsure this data connector is enabled

References

False Positive Guidance

Here are specific false positive scenarios for the URLhaus: 185-242-3-8 Malicious URLs detection rule, including suggested filters and exclusions tailored for an enterprise environment:

Original source: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/