Relations
Not a pivot:
- salt qwe123qwe
- vkey qwe123qwe
A value marked shared recurs in configurations across more than three unrelated networks. It is not evidence of a single operator.
Network context
| Shared | Value | Other hosts |
|---|---|---|
| /24 | 178.16.53.0/24 | 3 other hosts · 3 listed |
| Network | AS202412 · Omegatech | 42 other hosts · 41 listed |
Hosts near this one, for context only.
Summary
Observation history
Listed on 40 of the 63 days since this archive began recording, 2026-08-29 UTC.
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
- 2026-09-21 – 2026-10-30 (40 days)
178.16.53.215:443 · VShell
Last confirmed (3 days ago)
VShell configuration
Settings recovered from a captured sample whose configuration names this address. They describe the sample, not a live reading of this address.
Samples served · 4 files
Files this address was seen serving, each identified by running or analysing it. A widely distributed file can reach unrelated hosts.
All 4 files are configured to connect to this address on :443.
Every file here was served on :443.
Clustering values from these files’ configurations. A value marked shared recurs in configurations across more than three unrelated networks. It is not evidence of a single operator.
3 of the 4 files are VShell loaders whose configuration was read from the file. A VShell loader’s only configuration is the address and port it calls. The listener key (vkey) and the salt arrive from the listener when the loader connects, so only sandbox runs that reached a live listener show them.
Neighbourhood · 178.16.53.0/24 · 3 other hosts
3 other hosts in this archive are in the same /24, shown for context.
Deploy
Suricata rules and hunt queries for this address’s 1 listed listener.
Each query searches the last 30 days of your logs for connections to these listeners and for the 4 files this address served. Queries hold only addresses, ports and file hashes.
Microsoft Defender XDR (KQL)
DeviceNetworkEvents | where Timestamp > ago(30d) | where (RemoteIP == "178.16.53.215" and RemotePort in (443))
DeviceFileEvents
| where Timestamp > ago(30d)
| where SHA256 in ("66813adab209e05a5f75c38e3ff44e7aef40f6c76d82c1189cb0b757ba241248", "7a35cfbfc756c77482bb52cc232421e1cf88ae035f87f2a35d276b1ae18fcb2e", "817a6142c6ea546c20bffb097cc7f9b22bf0d1e93f47d71010f477cc3183fdef", "879a8c889db32e43e310039e4bf89f5ee616381e69c308f07243b84b086edf25")Microsoft Sentinel (KQL)
CommonSecurityLog | where TimeGenerated > ago(30d) | where (DestinationIP == "178.16.53.215" and DestinationPort in (443))
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="178.16.53.215" (All_Traffic.dest_port=443)))
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="66813adab209e05a5f75c38e3ff44e7aef40f6c76d82c1189cb0b757ba241248" OR Filesystem.file_hash="7a35cfbfc756c77482bb52cc232421e1cf88ae035f87f2a35d276b1ae18fcb2e" OR Filesystem.file_hash="817a6142c6ea546c20bffb097cc7f9b22bf0d1e93f47d71010f477cc3183fdef" OR Filesystem.file_hash="879a8c889db32e43e310039e4bf89f5ee616381e69c308f07243b84b086edf25")
by Filesystem.dest Filesystem.file_path Filesystem.file_hashElastic (EQL)
network where (destination.ip == "178.16.53.215" and destination.port in (443))
file where file.hash.sha256 in ("66813adab209e05a5f75c38e3ff44e7aef40f6c76d82c1189cb0b757ba241248", "7a35cfbfc756c77482bb52cc232421e1cf88ae035f87f2a35d276b1ae18fcb2e", "817a6142c6ea546c20bffb097cc7f9b22bf0d1e93f47d71010f477cc3183fdef", "879a8c889db32e43e310039e4bf89f5ee616381e69c308f07243b84b086edf25")Cite this record
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