Description
'This query uses Microsoft Defender for Endpoint data to look for IoCs associated with the SUNSPOT malware shared by Crowdstrike.
More details:
- https://www.crowdstrike.com/blog/sunspot-malware-technical-analysis/
- https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftsentinelblog/monitoring-the-software-supply-chain-with-azure-sentinel/2176463/'
- Rule type
- Scheduled
- Version
- 1.0.4
- Declared status
- Available
- Query frequency
- 1d
- Query period
- 1d
- Trigger
- gt 0
Declared MITRE coverage
Declared sources
Metadata from the source file. No dependencies inferred from KQL.
Connectors
Data types
KQL query
Original query, unchanged.
let SUNSPOT_Hashes = dynamic(["c45c9bda8db1d470f1fd0dcc346dc449839eb5ce9a948c70369230af0b3ef168", "0819db19be479122c1d48743e644070a8dc9a1c852df9a8c0dc2343e904da389"]);
union isfuzzy=true(
DeviceEvents
| where InitiatingProcessSHA256 in (SUNSPOT_Hashes)),
(DeviceImageLoadEvents
| where InitiatingProcessSHA256 in (SUNSPOT_Hashes))
| extend timestamp=TimeGenerated
| extend HostName = tostring(split(DeviceName, ".")[0]), DomainIndex = toint(indexof(DeviceName, '.'))
| extend HostNameDomain = iff(DomainIndex != -1, substring(DeviceName, DomainIndex + 1), DeviceName)
Declared entities
Related content
Links established from declared identifiers and solution manifests.
Source provenance
GitHubDisplayed values come from files in Azure/Azure-Sentinel. They describe the published template, not your workspace configuration.
- Commit
9800e51↗- Source identifier
53e936c6-6c30-4d12-8343-b8a0456e8429
GSTEP / CATALOG TRACKING
Added to catalog : 16 Sept 2026 · 05:49 UTC
Last change observed : 16 Sept 2026 · 05:49 UTC