SMTP on Port 26/TCP

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About the rule

Rule Type

Standard

Rule Description

This rule detects events that may indicate use of SMTP on TCP port 26. This port is commonly used by several popular mail transfer agents to deconflict with the default SMTP port 25. This port has also been used by a malware family called BadPatch for command and control of Windows systems.

Severity

Trouble

Rule Requirement

Criteria

Action1: actionname = "DETECTION_ACTION_NETWORK_NETWORK_TRAFFIC" AND (PROTOCOL_TR = "tcp" AND DEST_PORT = 26) AND (APPLICATION = "smtp" OR COMPONENT = "smtp" OR EVENT_TYPE = "smtp") select Action1.HOSTNAME,Action1.SOURCE_IP,Action1.SOURCE_PORT,Action1.SOURCE_MAC,Action1.SOURCE_INTERFACE,Action1.DEST_NAME,Action1.DESTINATIONHOST,Action1.DEST_IP,Action1.DEST_PORT,Action1.DEST_MAC,Action1.DEST_INTERFACE,Action1.PROTOCOL_APP,Action1.PROTOCOL_TR,Action1.DIRECTION,Action1.DIRECTION_TR,Action1.FW_DIRECTION,Action1.URL_SITE,Action1.URL_ARG,Action1.APPLICATION,Action1.MESSAGE

Detection

Execution Mode

realtime

Log Sources

Network