ET HUNTING Detect iPhone or MacOS Device and Force Safari Usage


Query · suricata

flow:established,to_client;
http.stat_code;
content:"200";
http.response_body;
content:"|2f|iPhone|2f|i|2e|test|28|navigator|2e|userAgent|29|";
content:"|2f|Macintosh|2f|i|2e|test|28|navigator|2e|userAgent|29|";
content:"location.href"; distance:0;
content:"x-safari-https://"; fast_pattern; within:25;
Raw source ET HUNTING Detect iPhone or MacOS Device and Force Safari Usage · Suricata
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alert http $EXTERNAL_NET any -> $HOME_NET any (
    msg:"ET HUNTING Detect iPhone or MacOS Device and Force Safari Usage";
    flow:established,to_client;
    http.stat_code;
    content:"200";
    http.response_body;
    content:"|2f|iPhone|2f|i|2e|test|28|navigator|2e|userAgent|29|";
    content:"|2f|Macintosh|2f|i|2e|test|28|navigator|2e|userAgent|29|";
    content:"location.href"; distance:0;
    content:"x-safari-https://"; fast_pattern; within:25;
    reference:url,christiantietze.de/posts/2023/05/safari-for-mac-url-scheme/;
    reference:url,cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/darksword-ios-exploit-chain?e=48754805;
    classtype:misc-activity;
    sid:2068402; rev:1;
    metadata:affected_product Mac_OSX, affected_product iOS, attack_target Client_Endpoint, tls_state TLSDecrypt, created_at 2026_03_24, deployment Perimeter, deployment SSLDecrypt, confidence High, signature_severity Informational, updated_at 2026_03_24, mitre_tactic_id TA0043, mitre_tactic_name Reconnaissance, mitre_technique_id T1590, mitre_technique_name Gather_Victim_Network_Information;
)

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