""ET INFO Googlebot User-Agent Observed in Outbound HTTP Request""

SID: 2050746

Revision: 1

Class Type: misc-activity

Metadata: attack_target Client_Endpoint, created_at 2024_02_07, deployment Perimeter, performance_impact Moderate, confidence High, signature_severity Informational, updated_at 2024_02_07

Reference:

Protocol: tcp

Source Network: $HOME_NET

Source Port: any

Destination Network: $EXTERNAL_NET

Destination Port: $HTTP_PORTS

Flow: established,to_server

Contents:

  • Value: "Googlebot/"

Within:

PCRE: "/^User-Agent\x3a\x20[^\r\n]+Googlebot\x2f/Hmi"

Special Options:

  • http_header

  • fast_pattern

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