confirmed host

IP address 139.196.85.167

Cobalt Strikecommand-and-control server · :8222

On AS37963.

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. A shared value says the hosts were set up alike, not that one operator runs them.

SharedValueOther hosts
JA4X template5b6770778fe8_5b6770778fe8_f3465fcaa7625 other hosts · 5 listed

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

Network context

SharedValueOther hosts
NetworkAS37963 · Hangzhou Alibaba Advertising431 other hosts · 430 listed

Hosts near this one, for context only.

Summary

First seen by the scanner2026-10-26
Evidence1 certificate
Look up elsewhereVirusTotal · Shodan · Censys

Observation history

Listed on 5 of the 63 days since this archive began recording, 2026-08-29 UTC.

  1. listed
  2. :8222

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
  • 2026-10-26 – 2026-10-30 (5 days)

139.196.85.167:8222 · Cobalt Strike

Last confirmed (today)

first seen2026-10-26 06:19 UTC
serviceip-port · tcp
networkAS37963 · Hangzhou Alibaba Advertising
confidence100 / 100
tls certificateaa0e43f88c52d1c1c0bcf587285ede1e89e9d211a86ab276909953e2c6bd1cea
cert subjectMajor Cobalt Strike
cert subject orgcobaltstrike
cert issuerMajor Cobalt Strike
cert issuer orgcobaltstrike
cert validity2026-07-20 → 2036-07-20
cert typeself-signed
cert key2048-bit
cert serial (hex)fd3915e1f8a308b7c6a4bbbd06151516
cert serial (decimal)336591087688407821927334847962806555926

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

Hosts sharing a value with this one

5 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. Every host shown is labelled Cobalt Strike, as this one is.

AddressSharesLast confirmedStatus
JA4X template · 5 other hosts · 5 listed

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

129.211.44.129JA4X templatelisted
110.40.170.52JA4X templatelisted
160.191.40.84JA4X templatelisted
124.221.104.170JA4X templatelisted
8.160.174.154JA4X templatelisted

Deploy

Suricata rules and hunt queries for this address’s 1 listed listener.

Suricata rules

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

Microsoft Defender XDR (KQL)
DeviceNetworkEvents
| where Timestamp > ago(30d)
| where (RemoteIP == "139.196.85.167" and RemotePort in (8222))
Microsoft Sentinel (KQL)
CommonSecurityLog
| where TimeGenerated > ago(30d)
| where (DestinationIP == "139.196.85.167" and DestinationPort in (8222))
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="139.196.85.167" (All_Traffic.dest_port=8222)))
    by All_Traffic.src_ip All_Traffic.dest_ip All_Traffic.dest_port
Elastic (EQL)
network where
  (destination.ip == "139.196.85.167" and destination.port in (8222))

Cite this record

Plain text, for a ticket or a report
Address 139.196.85.167 Family Cobalt Strike (command-and-control server) Ports :8222 Status listed (feed checked 2026-10-30 18:37 UTC) First seen 2026-10-26 Last confirmed 2026-10-30 Record https://publicmosaic.com/ip/139.196.85.167 Source Public Mosaic, TLP:CLEAR