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    Explorer Connection to Chat APIs (Phantom Stealer)

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    GlassDiceBearhttps://www.dicebear.comhttps://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/„Glass” (https://www.dicebear.com) by „DiceBear”, licensed under „CC0 1.0” (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
    Thiru N@Iamthiru
    •updated Jun 17, 2026•4•0•12

    Detects explorer.exe making DNS requests to Discord or Telegram, which is anomalous and indicates potential process injection for data exfiltration. This behavior is associated with information stealer malware like Phantom Stealer.

    CQL

    Tags

    T1071.001 - Web ProtocolsT1041 - Exfiltration Over C2 ChannelT1567.002 - Exfiltration to Cloud StorageT1055 - Process InjectionTA0011 - Command and ControlTA0010 - ExfiltrationTA0005 - Defense EvasionTA0004 - Privilege EscalationNetwork Connection OutboundDNS QueryData ExfiltrationMalware DetectedWindows

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