confirmed host

IP address 45.203.213.168

Cobalt Strikecommand-and-control server · :18443, :443

On AS140869.

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
Cobalt Strike server keyca1c5ee4c6f4451759972387cacad5ac32 other hosts · 32 listed
JA4X template2166164053c1_2166164053c1_30d204a01551420 other hosts · 417 listed
Cobalt Strike watermark66666666689 other hosts · 89 listed

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

Not shared with any other host in this archive: 2 certificates.

Network context

SharedValueOther hosts
NetworkAS140869 · Turing Group21 other hosts · 21 listed

Hosts near this one, for context only.

Summary

First seen by the scanner2026-09-21
Ports2 · 2 listed
Evidence2 certificates · 2 beacon configurations · 2 files served
Look up elsewhereVirusTotal · Shodan · Censys

Ports

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

PortFirst seenLast confirmedStatusTLS certificateJA4XConfiguration
:18443listedba49a6f09c642166164053c1_2166164053c1_30d204a01551beacon 1
:443 · HTTPSlistedb3f2db8443e62166164053c1_2166164053c1_30d204a01551beacon 2

Observation history

Listed on 39 of the 63 days since this archive began recording, 2026-08-29 UTC.

  1. listed
  2. :18443
  3. :443

2026-08-292026-10-30

  • first seen to last confirmed
  • listed after its last confirmation

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
  • 2026-09-22 – 2026-10-30 (39 days)

Evidence

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

TLS certificate ba49a6f09c64

On :18443.

tls certificateba49a6f09c648db3f7083218652d1dbe4c568d80af43453b7884e925a23447be
cert subjectwww.baidu.com
cert subject orgLogMeIn Inc.
cert issuerwww.baidu.com
cert issuer orgLogMeIn Inc.
cert validity2026-09-21 → 2027-09-21
cert typeself-signed
cert key2048-bit
cert serial (hex)7ea101db68f4435c
cert serial (decimal)9124576361899639644

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

TLS certificate b3f2db8443e6

On :443.

tls certificateb3f2db8443e697c260c517ea402561f0fc6e7921b1332d9bbe5820c8dbd9ab04
cert subjectwww.baidu.com
cert subject orgLogMeIn Inc.
cert issuerwww.baidu.com
cert issuer orgLogMeIn Inc.
cert validity2026-09-20 → 2027-09-20
cert typeself-signed
cert key2048-bit
cert serial (hex)03c2938bf2678255
cert serial (decimal)270941156872258133

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

Beacon configurations

2 configurations on 2 listeners. Common to both:

callback45.203.213.168 · same as this host
beacon typeHTTPS
cs versionCobalt Strike 4.9 (Sep 19, 2023)
getPOST /siie=utf-8&f=8&rsv_bp=1&rsv_idx=1&ch=&tn=baidu&bar=&wd=
postPOST /r/www/static/assets/mirror-san/app/miaodong-logo_d5aa8ae.png
user-agentMozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/80.0.3987.132 Safari/537.36 Edg/80.0.361.66
sleep8s ±24%
watermark666666666
server key md5ca1c5ee4c6f4451759972387cacad5ac
inject stube781a4479f7c5a03b2dcfe4bd436366f
spawn to x86%windir%\syswow64\WerFault.exe
spawn to x64%windir%\system32\gpupdate.exe

Where they differ:

Configurationbeacon port
Beacon 1 · :1844318443
Beacon 2 · :443443

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
observed hostwww.baidu.com
networkAS140869 · Turing Group
confidence100 / 100
jarm2ad2ad16d2ad2ad00042d42d00042ddb04deffa1705e2edc44cae1ed24a4da

45.203.213.168:18443 · Cobalt Strike

listed · certificate ba49a6f09c64 · beacon 1

45.203.213.168:443 · Cobalt Strike

listed · certificate b3f2db8443e6 · beacon 2

Hosts sharing a value with this one

453 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
Cobalt Strike server key · 32 other hosts · 32 listed

Every beacon carries its team server’s public key. Hosts sharing one were set up from the same server installation, or from a leaked or cracked copy that ships its key file, so it is not evidence of a single operator.

8.163.59.20server key · JA4X template · watermarklisted
192.252.185.78server key · JA4X template · watermarklisted
47.109.23.77server key · JA4X template · watermarklisted
113.250.188.15server key · JA4X template · watermarklisted
8.152.212.104server key · JA4X template · watermarklisted
47.120.32.72server key · JA4X template · watermarklisted
43.136.92.170server key · JA4X template · watermarklisted
49.235.158.141server key · JA4X template · watermarklisted
137.220.194.15server key · JA4X template · watermarklisted
47.92.208.27server key · JA4X template · watermarklisted
104.143.204.78server key · JA4X template · watermarklisted
150.158.102.111server key · JA4X template · watermarklisted
43.138.116.60server key · JA4X template · watermarklisted
42.51.44.173server key · JA4X template · watermarklisted
149.30.232.29server key · JA4X template · watermarklisted
114.215.188.153server key · JA4X template · watermarklisted
191.223.41.183server key · JA4X template · watermarklisted
192.252.179.24server key · JA4X template · watermarklisted
47.94.224.229server key · JA4X template · watermarklisted
175.27.214.144server key · JA4X template · watermarklisted
102.134.35.205server key · watermarklisted
162.14.122.146server key · watermarklisted
43.167.177.224server key · watermarklisted
8.159.146.72server key · watermarklisted
47.236.149.142server key · watermarklisted
198.44.116.156server key · watermarklisted
103.236.84.103server key · watermarklisted
1.117.61.139server key · watermarklisted
117.72.125.206server key · watermarklisted
39.98.116.82server key · watermarklisted
39.102.125.11server key · watermarklisted
207.57.123.57server key · watermarklisted
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, 20 are listed under an earlier value and 392 are past the 40 hosts shown.

38.76.219.253JA4X templatelisted
117.72.182.5JA4X template · watermarklisted
49.232.42.116JA4X templatelisted
156.239.252.191JA4X templatelisted
47.105.36.109JA4X templatelisted
85.175.101.203JA4X templatelisted
47.251.177.187JA4X templatelisted
101.42.255.92JA4X template · watermarklisted
Cobalt Strike watermark · 89 other hosts · 89 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, 34 are listed under an earlier value and 55 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.

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 == "45.203.213.168" and RemotePort in (443, 18443))
DeviceFileEvents
| where Timestamp > ago(30d)
| where SHA256 in ("a825374f95db93a7241abf34268db1a50eb6e83b5c11e44a5e2bbc132c731eff", "fbc03a799e50499df21e89ac4c5bff5b2209cb2744d307dbd6c2d53cd10c2171")
Microsoft Sentinel (KQL)
CommonSecurityLog
| where TimeGenerated > ago(30d)
| where (DestinationIP == "45.203.213.168" and DestinationPort in (443, 18443))
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="45.203.213.168" (All_Traffic.dest_port=443 OR All_Traffic.dest_port=18443)))
    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="a825374f95db93a7241abf34268db1a50eb6e83b5c11e44a5e2bbc132c731eff" OR Filesystem.file_hash="fbc03a799e50499df21e89ac4c5bff5b2209cb2744d307dbd6c2d53cd10c2171")
    by Filesystem.dest Filesystem.file_path Filesystem.file_hash
Elastic (EQL)
network where
  (destination.ip == "45.203.213.168" and destination.port in (443, 18443))
file where file.hash.sha256 in ("a825374f95db93a7241abf34268db1a50eb6e83b5c11e44a5e2bbc132c731eff", "fbc03a799e50499df21e89ac4c5bff5b2209cb2744d307dbd6c2d53cd10c2171")

Cite this record

Plain text, for a ticket or a report
Address 45.203.213.168 Family Cobalt Strike (command-and-control server) Ports :443, :18443 Status listed (feed checked 2026-10-30 18:37 UTC) First seen 2026-09-21 Last confirmed 2026-10-02 Record https://publicmosaic.com/ip/45.203.213.168 Source Public Mosaic, TLP:CLEAR