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Measured 19 September 2026 · Public derivative · Historical training evidence, not approved threat intelligence.

Approved external passive enrichment

Completed 4/4 planned case indicators. Shared indicators reuse one saved lookup rather than consume provider quota repeatedly.

These lookups used the actual local application and were explicitly authorized. No PCAP or payload was uploaded, no private address was disclosed, no target was scanned, and no AI provider was invoked. Tier-two/three pivots query the local corpus only.

Provider intelligence was retrieved after the captures: current reputation, hosting and service observations do not establish historical causality. not_found means absent from that provider, not benign. Family labels and ATT&CK/actor leads remain source assertions awaiting review.

Historical coverage caveat: ThreatFox documents a six-month IOC expiration policy for its API since May 2025. That can limit these older exercises; it does not prove why any particular lookup missed. ThreatFox API policy.

2.56.57.108

Type: ip; request: 19.366 seconds; completed: 2026-09-19T14:06:48.322970+00:00. Persistence reread identical: True. Public provider summary. Platform triage score: 79/100 (highly suspicious); a heuristic priority, not calibrated probability. Graph: 10 nodes, 14 edges; local deeper-tier matches: 0/0.

Provider Outcome Returned context / limitation
local-db ok Found 0 local IOC record(s).
virustotal ok 2 engines marked malicious and 1 suspicious; 53 harmless, 33 undetected.
threatfox not_found ThreatFox returned 0 record(s). Query status: no_result
malwarebazaar skipped MalwareBazaar is hash-focused; input is not a hash.
otx ok OTX returned 5 pulse(s).
urlscan ok urlscan returned 5 scan result(s). urlscan activity analysis found 3 suspicious pattern(s).
greynoise not_found GreyNoise classification: unknown. Query status: not_found
abuseipdb ok AbuseIPDB confidence score: 0/100.
shodan not_found Shodan returned 0 open port(s). Query status: not_found
censys ok Censys host lookup returned 0 service(s).

Provider ATT&CK leads (not packet-observed execution):

ID Name Source / scope
T1102 Web Service otx (submitted indicator; provider-reported lead, not packet execution proof)
T1560 Archive Collected Data otx (submitted indicator; provider-reported lead, not packet execution proof)

No actor lead returned. This does not establish absence of an actor.

16574f51785b0e2fc29c2c61477eb47bb39f714829999511dc8952b43ab17660

Type: hash; request: 5.362 seconds; completed: 2026-09-19T14:06:54.317227+00:00. Persistence reread identical: True. Public provider summary. Platform triage score: 53/100 (suspicious); a heuristic priority, not calibrated probability. Graph: 15 nodes, 15 edges; local deeper-tier matches: 0/0.

Provider Outcome Returned context / limitation
local-db ok Found 0 local IOC record(s).
virustotal ok No malicious detections in last analysis; 0 harmless, 45 undetected.
VirusTotal classification/name hints unreviewed; may include benign filenames is-E9LE7.tmp
threatfox not_found ThreatFox returned 0 record(s). Query status: no_result
malwarebazaar ok MalwareBazaar returned 1 sample record(s). Query status: ok
otx ok OTX returned 17 pulse(s).
urlscan ok urlscan returned 0 scan result(s). urlscan activity analysis found no obvious suspicious pattern.
greynoise skipped GreyNoise is IP-focused; input is not an IP.
abuseipdb skipped AbuseIPDB is IP-focused; input is not an IP.
shodan skipped Shodan host lookup is IP-focused; input is not an IP.
censys skipped Censys host and search pivots support IP, domain, and URL inputs.

Provider ATT&CK leads (not packet-observed execution):

ID Name Source / scope
T1012 Query Registry virustotal (submitted indicator; provider-reported lead, not packet execution proof)
T1018 Remote System Discovery virustotal (submitted indicator; provider-reported lead, not packet execution proof)
T1027 Obfuscated Files or Information virustotal (submitted indicator; provider-reported lead, not packet execution proof)
T1036 Masquerading virustotal (submitted indicator; provider-reported lead, not packet execution proof)
T1055 Process Injection virustotal (submitted indicator; provider-reported lead, not packet execution proof)
T1071 Application Layer Protocol virustotal (submitted indicator; provider-reported lead, not packet execution proof); otx (submitted indicator; provider-reported lead, not packet execution proof)
T1071.001 Web Protocols virustotal (submitted indicator; provider-reported lead, not packet execution proof); otx (submitted indicator; provider-reported lead, not packet execution proof)
T1082 System Information Discovery virustotal (submitted indicator; provider-reported lead, not packet execution proof)
T1095 Non-Application Layer Protocol virustotal (submitted indicator; provider-reported lead, not packet execution proof)
T1129 Shared Modules virustotal (submitted indicator; provider-reported lead, not packet execution proof)
T1213 Data from Information Repositories virustotal (submitted indicator; provider-reported lead, not packet execution proof)
T1218 System Binary Proxy Execution virustotal (submitted indicator; provider-reported lead, not packet execution proof)
T1218.011 Rundll32 virustotal (submitted indicator; provider-reported lead, not packet execution proof)
T1497 Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion virustotal (submitted indicator; provider-reported lead, not packet execution proof)
T1518 Software Discovery virustotal (submitted indicator; provider-reported lead, not packet execution proof)
T1518.001 Security Software Discovery virustotal (submitted indicator; provider-reported lead, not packet execution proof)
T1102 Web Service otx (submitted indicator; provider-reported lead, not packet execution proof)
T1104 Multi-Stage Channels otx (submitted indicator; provider-reported lead, not packet execution proof)
T1553 Subvert Trust Controls otx (submitted indicator; provider-reported lead, not packet execution proof)
T1105 Ingress Tool Transfer otx (submitted indicator; provider-reported lead, not packet execution proof)
T1146 otx (submitted indicator; provider-reported lead, not packet execution proof)
T1114 Email Collection otx (submitted indicator; provider-reported lead, not packet execution proof)
T1071.004 DNS otx (submitted indicator; provider-reported lead, not packet execution proof)
T1059.007 JavaScript otx (submitted indicator; provider-reported lead, not packet execution proof)

No actor lead returned. This does not establish absence of an actor.

a770ecba3b08bbabd0a567fc978e50615f8b346709f8eb3cfacf3faab24090ba

Type: hash; request: 7.535 seconds; completed: 2026-09-19T14:07:16.488607+00:00. Persistence reread identical: True. Public provider summary. Platform triage score: 53/100 (suspicious); a heuristic priority, not calibrated probability. Graph: 16 nodes, 16 edges; local deeper-tier matches: 0/0.

Provider Outcome Returned context / limitation
local-db ok Found 0 local IOC record(s).
virustotal ok No malicious detections in last analysis; 0 harmless, 43 undetected.
VirusTotal classification/name hints unreviewed; may include benign filenames freebl3.dll
threatfox not_found ThreatFox returned 0 record(s). Query status: no_result
malwarebazaar ok MalwareBazaar returned 1 sample record(s). Query status: ok
otx ok OTX returned 18 pulse(s).
urlscan ok urlscan returned 0 scan result(s). urlscan activity analysis found no obvious suspicious pattern.
greynoise skipped GreyNoise is IP-focused; input is not an IP.
abuseipdb skipped AbuseIPDB is IP-focused; input is not an IP.
shodan skipped Shodan host lookup is IP-focused; input is not an IP.
censys skipped Censys host and search pivots support IP, domain, and URL inputs.

Provider ATT&CK leads (not packet-observed execution):

ID Name Source / scope
T1018 Remote System Discovery virustotal (submitted indicator; provider-reported lead, not packet execution proof)
T1027 Obfuscated Files or Information virustotal (submitted indicator; provider-reported lead, not packet execution proof)
T1036 Masquerading virustotal (submitted indicator; provider-reported lead, not packet execution proof)
T1053 Scheduled Task/Job virustotal (submitted indicator; provider-reported lead, not packet execution proof)
T1055 Process Injection virustotal (submitted indicator; provider-reported lead, not packet execution proof)
T1056 Input Capture virustotal (submitted indicator; provider-reported lead, not packet execution proof)
T1057 Process Discovery virustotal (submitted indicator; provider-reported lead, not packet execution proof)
T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter virustotal (submitted indicator; provider-reported lead, not packet execution proof)
T1071 Application Layer Protocol virustotal (submitted indicator; provider-reported lead, not packet execution proof); otx (submitted indicator; provider-reported lead, not packet execution proof)
T1082 System Information Discovery virustotal (submitted indicator; provider-reported lead, not packet execution proof)
T1095 Non-Application Layer Protocol virustotal (submitted indicator; provider-reported lead, not packet execution proof)
T1140 Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information virustotal (submitted indicator; provider-reported lead, not packet execution proof)
T1218 System Binary Proxy Execution virustotal (submitted indicator; provider-reported lead, not packet execution proof)
T1218.011 Rundll32 virustotal (submitted indicator; provider-reported lead, not packet execution proof)
T1497 Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion virustotal (submitted indicator; provider-reported lead, not packet execution proof)
T1518 Software Discovery virustotal (submitted indicator; provider-reported lead, not packet execution proof)
T1518.001 Security Software Discovery virustotal (submitted indicator; provider-reported lead, not packet execution proof)
T1543 Create or Modify System Process virustotal (submitted indicator; provider-reported lead, not packet execution proof)
T1543.003 Windows Service virustotal (submitted indicator; provider-reported lead, not packet execution proof)
T1562 virustotal (submitted indicator; provider-reported lead, not packet execution proof)
T1562.001 virustotal (submitted indicator; provider-reported lead, not packet execution proof)
T1574 Hijack Execution Flow virustotal (submitted indicator; provider-reported lead, not packet execution proof)
T1574.002 virustotal (submitted indicator; provider-reported lead, not packet execution proof)
T1102 Web Service otx (submitted indicator; provider-reported lead, not packet execution proof)
T1104 Multi-Stage Channels otx (submitted indicator; provider-reported lead, not packet execution proof)
T1553 Subvert Trust Controls otx (submitted indicator; provider-reported lead, not packet execution proof)
T1105 Ingress Tool Transfer otx (submitted indicator; provider-reported lead, not packet execution proof)
T1146 otx (submitted indicator; provider-reported lead, not packet execution proof)
T1114 Email Collection otx (submitted indicator; provider-reported lead, not packet execution proof)
T1071.004 DNS otx (submitted indicator; provider-reported lead, not packet execution proof)
T1059.007 JavaScript otx (submitted indicator; provider-reported lead, not packet execution proof)
T1071.001 Web Protocols otx (submitted indicator; provider-reported lead, not packet execution proof)

No actor lead returned. This does not establish absence of an actor.

au.download.windowsupdate.com

Type: domain; request: 8.634 seconds; completed: 2026-09-19T13:51:06.220131+00:00. Persistence reread identical: True. Public provider summary. Platform triage score: 34/100 (needs review); a heuristic priority, not calibrated probability. Graph: 32 nodes, 36 edges; local deeper-tier matches: 0/0.

Provider Outcome Returned context / limitation
local-db ok Found 0 local IOC record(s).
virustotal ok No malicious detections in last analysis; 60 harmless, 29 undetected.
threatfox not_found ThreatFox returned 0 record(s). Query status: no_result
malwarebazaar skipped MalwareBazaar is hash-focused; input is not a hash.
otx ok OTX returned 0 pulse(s).
urlscan ok urlscan returned 10 scan result(s). urlscan activity analysis found 2 suspicious pattern(s).
greynoise skipped GreyNoise is IP-focused; input is not an IP.
abuseipdb skipped AbuseIPDB is IP-focused; input is not an IP.
shodan skipped Shodan host lookup is IP-focused; input is not an IP.
censys ok Censys web property lookup returned 2 record(s) for au.download.windowsupdate.com. Broader Censys search requires an organization-enabled account and API role.

No actor lead returned. This does not establish absence of an actor.

Shared-service caution: this is a broadly used legitimate service. A feed/search hit may concern a specific hosted path or unrelated customer; do not classify or block the whole service based on this lookup.

The live case contains 4 explicitly linked, exact-type/value PCAP observables. 2 retain frame references; remaining exported-object hashes retain native object IDs and capture-export provenance, not an exact packet-frame map. Every link retains the capture checksum, points to a saved provider investigation, and was reread from the real API. Case actor associations remain empty. Verified graph links.

Current ATT&CK catalog and detection-strategy joins

These are read-only joins against the actual database, not generated detections or proof that the victim executed the technique. A valid catalog join cannot validate the original provider assertion.

Technique Current catalog match Available detection strategies
T1012 True Detection of Registry Query for Environmental Discovery (x-mitre-detection-strategy--106e32a9-29b7-4ec7-80cf-768662706490)
T1018 True Detection Strategy for Remote System Enumeration Behavior (x-mitre-detection-strategy--9ec6dafe-3e93-4ebb-943e-26b84136f6a9)
T1027 True Behavioral Detection of Obfuscated Files or Information (x-mitre-detection-strategy--e3758cbb-5dd9-4aad-b848-0539a8c56307)
T1036 True Behavioral Detection of Masquerading Across Platforms via Metadata and Execution Discrepancy (x-mitre-detection-strategy--408aedab-4a23-41ad-809d-fe9c3805b7f6)
T1053 True Cross-Platform Behavioral Detection of Scheduled Task/Job Abuse (x-mitre-detection-strategy--df11466a-27a2-4cb1-bf73-2a3a4aaee0d9)
T1055 True Behavioral Detection of Process Injection Across Platforms (x-mitre-detection-strategy--9833b57b-4c83-4f58-b4cf-76f041b29273)
T1056 True Behavioral Detection of Input Capture Across Platforms (x-mitre-detection-strategy--c922d994-74bd-4847-a870-c0ae216318c9)
T1057 True Detection of Adversarial Process Discovery Behavior (x-mitre-detection-strategy--309ca3cd-d3f0-4aea-8932-558550aa89f4)
T1059 True Behavioral Detection of Command and Scripting Interpreter Abuse (x-mitre-detection-strategy--8582f5e6-44a5-4950-b7e8-a3e1b6d58d63)
T1059.007 True Cross-Platform Detection of JavaScript Execution Abuse (x-mitre-detection-strategy--6dd441e4-d264-4f7f-b145-9c122955c532)
T1071 True Detection of Command and Control Over Application Layer Protocols (x-mitre-detection-strategy--155cab5b-c70b-4cfb-ba52-f62a21836b19)
T1071.001 True Detection of Web Protocol-Based C2 Over HTTP, HTTPS, or WebSockets (x-mitre-detection-strategy--e6496b9b-2458-4616-9712-a7c0da7fd3bc)
T1071.004 True Behavioral Detection of DNS Tunneling and Application Layer Abuse (x-mitre-detection-strategy--c2721658-fa76-4b6f-9f84-50618de81ae0)
T1082 True System Discovery via Native and Remote Utilities (x-mitre-detection-strategy--75161d5e-2b6d-4112-ab4d-338f70ea97f0)
T1095 True Detection of Non-Application Layer Protocols for C2 (x-mitre-detection-strategy--2cb544af-ef54-4376-9608-b399ad67d3d6)
T1102 True Suspicious Use of Web Services for C2 (x-mitre-detection-strategy--769615c5-08d5-4f51-8f3b-7ac2f1febce8)
T1104 True Detect Multi-Stage Command and Control Channels (x-mitre-detection-strategy--6368178a-04c5-490b-96d5-f12dcccd0497)
T1105 True Detect Ingress Tool Transfers via Behavioral Chain (x-mitre-detection-strategy--67677c4c-5778-49eb-ae74-1920645b8554)
T1114 True Email Collection via Local Email Access and Auto-Forwarding Behavior (x-mitre-detection-strategy--2470975e-6748-42a5-9a48-74dc7b687fe9)
T1129 True Behavior-chain, platform-aware detection strategy for T1129 Shared Modules (x-mitre-detection-strategy--928a6ce6-fca0-4d66-aba3-1121431b953e)
T1140 True Detect Adversary Deobfuscation or Decoding of Files and Payloads (x-mitre-detection-strategy--5b3bf2de-d91e-4272-97a8-5df6f4071e45)
T1146 False None returned
T1213 True Abuse of Information Repositories for Data Collection (x-mitre-detection-strategy--48e8d8b1-0117-48bd-a32d-f4e43b665bf3)
T1218 True Detection of Proxy Execution via Trusted Signed Binaries Across Platforms (x-mitre-detection-strategy--ce0b969a-1411-4b6f-a6aa-c31ef6fe6727)
T1218.011 True Detection Strategy for T1218.011 Rundll32 Abuse (x-mitre-detection-strategy--a51d4d34-78fc-49b7-9071-348905dd33c2)
T1497 True Detection Strategy for T1497 Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion (x-mitre-detection-strategy--7f5dde79-7872-48dd-8718-cd2e10d7cbfc)
T1518 True Multi-Platform Software Discovery Behavior Chain (x-mitre-detection-strategy--f18dee58-43be-41e4-85a3-c6820033ac0d)
T1518.001 True Security Software Discovery Across Platforms (x-mitre-detection-strategy--e2409f82-e24c-4bb9-ad44-b20d97fb7a5a)
T1543 True Detection of System Process Creation or Modification Across Platforms (x-mitre-detection-strategy--dab6c58b-2f44-4539-93e1-b03990fc1649)
T1543.003 True Detection of Windows Service Creation or Modification (x-mitre-detection-strategy--c7d19c6f-a7f8-4323-af57-c626ccb74d88)
T1553 True Detect Subversion of Trust Controls via Certificate, Registry, and Attribute Manipulation (x-mitre-detection-strategy--73cde34a-247f-4ebc-87a5-ab6a9c400f40)
T1560 True Detect Archiving and Encryption of Collected Data (T1560) (x-mitre-detection-strategy--043bc738-1f07-4d28-9f5c-1b1f81525e7c)
T1562 False None returned
T1562.001 False None returned
T1574 True Detection Strategy for Hijack Execution Flow across OS platforms. (x-mitre-detection-strategy--07669925-383b-455b-a3e2-3a79e18eed27)
T1574.002 False None returned