ET MALWARE Spoofed MSIE 8 User-Agent Likely Ponmocup

Query · suricata

flow:established,to_server;
http.user_agent;
content:"Mozilla/5.0 (Windows|3b 20|U|3b 20|MSIE 8.0|3b 20|Windows NT 6.0|3b 20|en-US)"; fast_pattern;
Raw source ET MALWARE Spoofed MSIE 8 User-Agent Likely Ponmocup · Suricata
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alert http $HOME_NET any -> $EXTERNAL_NET any (
    msg:"ET MALWARE Spoofed MSIE 8 User-Agent Likely Ponmocup";
    flow:established,to_server;
    http.user_agent;
    content:"Mozilla/5.0 (Windows|3b 20|U|3b 20|MSIE 8.0|3b 20|Windows NT 6.0|3b 20|en-US)"; fast_pattern;
    reference:url,malwaresurvival.net/2011/04/21/media-site-pimping-malware/;
    reference:url,community.websense.com/forums/p/10728/23862.aspx;
    reference:url,www.microsoft.com/security/portal/Threat/Encyclopedia/Entry.aspx?ThreatID=146443;
    classtype:trojan-activity;
    sid:2012802; rev:6;
    metadata:created_at 2011_05_10, confidence Medium, signature_severity Major, updated_at 2020_05_04;
)

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