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

SID: 2026474

Revision: 2

Class Type: trojan-activity

Metadata: affected_product Windows_XP_Vista_7_8_10_Server_32_64_Bit, attack_target Client_Endpoint, created_at 2018_10_12, deployment Perimeter, signature_severity Major, tag Coinminer, tag SocEng, tag CoinMinerCampaign, updated_at 2018_10_12, mitre_tactic_id TA0040, mitre_tactic_name Impact, mitre_technique_id T1496, mitre_technique_name Resource_Hijacking

Reference:

Protocol: tcp

Source Network: $HOME_NET

Source Port: any

Destination Network: $EXTERNAL_NET

Destination Port: $HTTP_PORTS

Flow: established,to_server

Contents:

  • Value: "GET"

  • Value: "/flashplayer_down.php?clickid="

Within:

PCRE: "/\/flashplayer_down.php\?clickid=[a-z0-9]{6,15}$/Ui"

Special Options:

  • http_method

  • http_uri

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