Havoc C2 Outbound HTTPS Beaconing via QEMU VM NAT Interface

Ibrahim Saud@tektrix

•updated Jun 30, 2026•0•0•0

Detects repeated outbound network connections (HTTPS or HTTP) originating from QEMU emulator processes (qemu-system-x86_64 or qemu-system-i386). This activity is indicative of C2 beaconing or post-exploitation traffic originating from a virtualized guest hidden on a host system.