ET WEB_CLIENT Fake FlashPlayer Update Leading to CoinMiner M1 2018-10-12

Query · suricata

flow:established,to_server;
http.method;
content:"GET";
http.uri;
content:"/flashplayer_down.php?clickid="; fast_pattern;
pcre:"/^[a-z0-9]{6,15}$/Ri";
Raw source ET WEB_CLIENT Fake FlashPlayer Update Leading to CoinMiner M1 2018-10-12 · Suricata
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alert http $HOME_NET any -> $EXTERNAL_NET any (
    msg:"ET WEB_CLIENT Fake FlashPlayer Update Leading to CoinMiner M1 2018-10-12";
    flow:established,to_server;
    http.method;
    content:"GET";
    http.uri;
    content:"/flashplayer_down.php?clickid="; fast_pattern;
    pcre:"/^[a-z0-9]{6,15}$/Ri";
    reference:url,researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com/2018/10/unit42-fake-flash-updaters-push-cryptocurrency-miners/;
    classtype:coin-mining;
    sid:2026474; rev:2;
    metadata:affected_product Windows_XP_Vista_7_8_10_Server_32_64_Bit, attack_target Client_Endpoint, created_at 2018_10_12, deployment Perimeter, confidence High, signature_severity Major, tag Coinminer, tag SocEng, tag CoinMinerCampaign, updated_at 2020_08_26, mitre_tactic_id TA0040, mitre_tactic_name Impact, mitre_technique_id T1496, mitre_technique_name Resource_Hijacking;
)

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