Public Mosaic C2 indicators
confirmed host

117.72.220.70

Cobalt Strikecommand-and-control server · :50050, :8443

On AS141679.

listed last confirmed feed checked TLP:CLEAR Suricata rules Show in the live feed

Relations

Values this address shares with other hosts in this archive, rarest first, watermarks last. A shared value says the hosts were set up alike, not that one operator runs them.

SharedValueOther hosts
JA4X template2166164053c1_2166164053c1_30d204a01551420 other hosts · 417 listed
Cobalt Strike watermark987654321166 other hosts · 166 listed

A Cobalt Strike watermark is a weak link: cracked and leaked builds share one.

Not shared with any other host in this archive: 1 server key, 1 certificate.

Network context

SharedValueOther hosts
NetworkAS141679 · China Telecom Beijing Tianjin Hebei B…34 other hosts · 34 listed

Hosts near this one, for context only.

Summary

First seen by the scanner2026-10-19
In this archive since2026-10-19
Ports2 · 2 listed
Evidence1 certificate · 1 beacon configuration · 2 files served
Look up elsewhereVirusTotal · Shodan · Censys
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Ports

This address answered on 2 ports. First seen and last confirmed dates are per row, by UTC day.

PortFirst seenLast confirmedStatusTLS certificateJA4XConfiguration
:50050 · Cobalt Strike team-server defaultlisted9e13acf83f9a2166164053c1_2166164053c1_30d204a01551
:8443 · alt-HTTPSlistedbeacon

Observation history

Listed on 12 of the 63 days since this archive began recording, 2026-08-29 UTC.

  1. listed
  2. :50050
  3. :8443

2026-08-292026-10-30

  • first seen to last confirmed

A marked day is a UTC day the feed listed this address. The feed keeps a listener for up to 90 days after its last confirmation, so a listed day is not a confirmation. A listener no longer in the feed is drawn to its last confirmation.

Listed days as dates
  • 2026-10-19 – 2026-10-30 (12 days)

Evidence

Each certificate, configuration and file appears once, with the listeners that carried it.

TLS certificate 9e13acf83f9a

On :50050.

tls certificate9e13acf83f9a6959b831ac400c24f799fedcce2203ac8f826e3ccce80bf5a70b
cert subjectMajor Cobalt Strike
cert subject orgcobaltstrike
cert issuerMajor Cobalt Strike
cert issuer orgcobaltstrike
cert validity2026-10-14 → 2027-01-12
cert typeself-signed
cert key2048-bit
cert serial (hex)1778c1f6
cert serial (decimal)393789942

The names above are what the certificate claims, not proof that this host owns them. Treat a familiar name as a likely impersonation.

Beacon configuration

On :8443.

callback117.72.220.70 · same as this host
beacon port8443
beacon typeHTTP
cs versionCobalt Strike 4.8 (Feb 28, 2023)
getGET /__utm.gif
postPOST /submit.php
user-agentMozilla/5.0 (compatible; MSIE 9.0; Windows NT 6.0; Trident/5.0)
sleep60s ±0%
watermark987654321
server key md53b803e56aa8afc1350981ee9fbf1783a
inject stube43a1b63f09794f74d90a9889f7acb77
spawn to x86%windir%\syswow64\rundll32.exe
spawn to x64%windir%\sysnative\rundll32.exe

Listeners

Each listener below shows its status and what sets it apart. Dates are in Ports; certificates, configurations and files in Evidence. Common to both listeners:

serviceip-port · tcp
networkAS141679 · China Telecom Beijing Tianjin Hebei B…
confidence100 / 100

117.72.220.70:50050 · Cobalt Strike

listed · certificate 9e13acf83f9a

117.72.220.70:8443 · Cobalt Strike

listed · beacon

Hosts sharing a value with this one

484 other hosts in this archive share at least one value with this one. Each is listed once, under its first shared value in Relations order. Dates and status are from the records that share a value. Showing the 40 that rank first. Every host shown is labelled Cobalt Strike, as this one is.

AddressSharesLast confirmedStatus
JA4X template · 420 other hosts · 417 listed

These hosts’ certificates share one JA4X template, which points to the same certificate tooling. It is not evidence of a single operator.

Of these, 380 are past the 40 hosts shown.

38.76.219.253JA4X templatelisted
101.200.193.211JA4X template · watermarklisted
8.163.59.20JA4X templatelisted
117.72.182.5JA4X templatelisted
192.252.185.78JA4X templatelisted
119.45.160.160JA4X template · watermarklisted
49.232.42.116JA4X templatelisted
156.239.252.191JA4X templatelisted
47.109.23.77JA4X templatelisted
113.250.188.15JA4X templatelisted
47.105.36.109JA4X templatelisted
85.175.101.203JA4X template · watermarklisted
47.251.177.187JA4X templatelisted
101.42.255.92JA4X templatelisted
8.152.212.104JA4X templatelisted
47.95.201.24JA4X templatelisted
154.12.86.154JA4X templatelisted
111.231.116.164JA4X template · watermarklisted
117.72.181.104JA4X templatelisted
60.247.206.23JA4X templatelisted
47.120.32.72JA4X templatelisted
117.72.242.9JA4X template · watermarklisted
43.108.51.124JA4X template · watermarklisted
222.255.215.42JA4X template · watermarklisted
116.198.233.179JA4X template · watermarklisted
82.156.219.31JA4X templatelisted
179.43.186.214JA4X template · watermarklisted
92.222.50.154JA4X templatelisted
85.121.5.211JA4X templatelisted
8.222.166.74JA4X templatelisted
64.177.112.233JA4X templatelisted
64.118.154.116JA4X templatelisted
54.164.24.73JA4X templatelisted
51.159.194.10JA4X templatelisted
47.97.206.32JA4X templatelisted
45.154.12.150JA4X templatelisted
43.138.225.166JA4X templatelisted
43.136.19.18JA4X templatelisted
43.108.84.25JA4X templatelisted
37.60.141.43JA4X templatelisted
Cobalt Strike watermark · 166 other hosts · 166 listed

The watermark identifies the Cobalt Strike licence a beacon was built with. Cracked and leaked builds share watermarks widely, so it is not evidence of a single operator.

Of these, 9 are listed under an earlier value and 157 are past the 40 hosts shown.

Samples served · 2 files

Files this address was seen serving, each identified by running or analysing it. A widely distributed file can reach unrelated hosts.

Every file here was served on :8443.

FileConfirmedFile last seen
002b9c14c1e97d18483c3819c319fc0ce3cd76b949620242071b5eb173db3cd5analysed
02a26090677413b453c2df6092b20f96e375ab5a72e441000ca1551a68d2ecaeanalysed

Deploy

Suricata rules and hunt queries for this address’s 2 listed listeners.

Suricata rules

Each query searches the last 30 days of your logs for connections to these listeners and for the 2 files this address served. Queries hold only addresses, ports and file hashes.

Microsoft Defender XDR (KQL)
DeviceNetworkEvents
| where Timestamp > ago(30d)
| where (RemoteIP == "117.72.220.70" and RemotePort in (8443, 50050))
DeviceFileEvents
| where Timestamp > ago(30d)
| where SHA256 in ("002b9c14c1e97d18483c3819c319fc0ce3cd76b949620242071b5eb173db3cd5", "02a26090677413b453c2df6092b20f96e375ab5a72e441000ca1551a68d2ecae")
Microsoft Sentinel (KQL)
CommonSecurityLog
| where TimeGenerated > ago(30d)
| where (DestinationIP == "117.72.220.70" and DestinationPort in (8443, 50050))
Splunk (SPL, CIM data models)
| tstats summariesonly=false count min(_time) as first_time max(_time) as last_time
    from datamodel=Network_Traffic where earliest=-30d
    ((All_Traffic.dest_ip="117.72.220.70" (All_Traffic.dest_port=8443 OR All_Traffic.dest_port=50050)))
    by All_Traffic.src_ip All_Traffic.dest_ip All_Traffic.dest_port
| tstats summariesonly=false count min(_time) as first_time max(_time) as last_time
    from datamodel=Endpoint.Filesystem where earliest=-30d
    (Filesystem.file_hash="002b9c14c1e97d18483c3819c319fc0ce3cd76b949620242071b5eb173db3cd5" OR Filesystem.file_hash="02a26090677413b453c2df6092b20f96e375ab5a72e441000ca1551a68d2ecae")
    by Filesystem.dest Filesystem.file_path Filesystem.file_hash
Elastic (EQL)
network where
  (destination.ip == "117.72.220.70" and destination.port in (8443, 50050))
file where file.hash.sha256 in ("002b9c14c1e97d18483c3819c319fc0ce3cd76b949620242071b5eb173db3cd5", "02a26090677413b453c2df6092b20f96e375ab5a72e441000ca1551a68d2ecae")

Cite this record

Plain text, for a ticket or a report
Address 117.72.220.70 Family Cobalt Strike (command-and-control server) Ports :8443, :50050 Status listed (feed checked 2026-10-30 18:37 UTC) First seen 2026-10-19 Last confirmed 2026-10-30 Record https://publicmosaic.com/ip/117.72.220.70 Source Public Mosaic, TLP:CLEAR