Detects a fake nginx 404 error page that is mainly used by the Kimsuky APT from North Korea.
title: Kimsuky Nginx Fake Error 9b43f670
description: |
Detects a fake nginx 404 error page that is
mainly used by the Kimsuky APT from North Korea.
references:
- https://twitter.com/Bank_Security/status/1621034213465067520
- https://urlscan.io/search/#hash%3A9b43f670273b6a12b2b6894a9e29157c1859717594e98ccc5fb3eea05e71f4ed
detection:
fakeHTML:
html|contains|all:
- '<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=windows-1252">'
- '<body bgcolor="white">'
- '<center>'
- '<h1>404 Not Found</h1>'
- '</center>'
- '<hr>'
- '<center>nginx</center>'
nginxHeader: # Check for nginx in server response headers
headers|contains: 'nginx'
condition: fakeHTML and not nginxHeader
tags:
- threat_actor.kimsuky_apt
- target_country.south_korea