""ET WEB_CLIENT Tech Support Scam Landing 2018-07-18""

SID: 2025831

Revision: 3

Class Type: trojan-activity

Metadata: affected_product Web_Browsers, attack_target Client_Endpoint, created_at 2018_07_18, deployment Perimeter, signature_severity Major, tag Tech_Support_Scam, updated_at 2019_08_16

Reference:

Protocol: tcp

Source Network: $EXTERNAL_NET

Source Port: $HTTP_PORTS

Destination Network: $HOME_NET

Destination Port: any

Flow: established,to_client

Contents:

  • Value: "401"

  • Value: "WWW-Authenticate|3a 20|Basic realm=|22|Microsoft has detected suspicious activity"

Within:

PCRE:

Special Options:

  • http_stat_code

  • http_header

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