Rule History

SID: 2008571 • Source: et/open

Versions (4)

Version DetailsCurrent

Rev: 8 • Jul 30, 2010, 12:00 PM

Message:

ET SCAN Acunetix Version 6 Crawl/Scan Detected

Rule:

alert http $EXTERNAL_NET any -> $HTTP_SERVERS any (msg:"ET SCAN Acunetix Version 6 Crawl/Scan Detected"; flow:to_server,established; threshold:type threshold, track by_dst, count 2, seconds 5; http.uri; content:"/acunetix-wvs-test-for-some-inexistent-file"; reference:url,www.acunetix.com/; classtype:attempted-recon; sid:2008571; rev:8; metadata:created_at 2010_07_30, confidence Medium, signature_severity Informational, tag Description_Generated_By_Proofpoint_Nexus, updated_at 2020_09_14;)

Created:

Jul 30, 2010, 12:00 PM

Updated:

Sep 14, 2020, 12:00 PM

DB Created:

Sep 21, 2024, 3:00 AM

DB Updated:

Dec 11, 2025, 10:34 PM

Filename:

rules/emerging-scan.rules