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-====== IDS - Emerging Threats - Emerging Threat Categories ======
-Protects against attacks and exploits of:
-^Category^Description^Reference^
-|3CORESec|Generated automatically from the 3CORESec team IP block lists; based on malicious activity from their Honeypots.|https://blacklist.3coresec.net/lists/et-open.txt|
-|ActiveX|Microsoft ActiveX controls.| |
-|Adware-PUP|Ad-tracking and spyware related activity.| |
-|Attack Response|Identifies responses indicative of intrusion; such as LMHost file download, presence of certain web banners and the detection of Metasploit Meterpreter kill command.||
-|Botcc (Bot Command and Control)|Auto-generated from several sources of known and confirmed active botnet and other Command and Control (C2) hosts.|https://www.shadowserver.org|
-|Botcc Portgrouped|Similar to the Botcc category but grouped by destination port. Rules grouped by port can offer higher fidelity than those not grouped by port.||
-|Chat|Chat clients such as Internet Relay Chat (IRC).| |
-|CIArmy|Generated using Collective Intelligence IP blocking rules.|https://www.cinsscore.com|
-|Coinmining|Malware which performs coin mining.| |
-|Compromised|Known compromised hosts; updated daily from several private but highly reliable data sources.| |
-|:::|**WARNING:**  This category can add significant processing load.  In a high-capacity situation it is recommended to use the Botcc rules instead.| |
-|Current Events|In response to active and short-lived campaigns and high-profile items that are expected to be temporary; such as fraud campaigns related to disasters.| |
-|:::|The rules in this category are not intended to be kept in in the ruleset for long.| |
-|Deleted|Signatures removed from a rule set; often due to being problematic or duplicates or being super-seeded.||
-|DNS|Attacks and vulnerabilities regarding Domain Name Service (DNS) including tunneling.||
-|DOS|Denial of Service (DoS) attempts.||
-|Drop|To block IP addresses on the Spamhaus DROP (Do not Route or Peer) list, which is updated daily.|https://www.spamhaus.org|
-|Dshield|Attackers identified by Dshield, updated daily from the DShield top attackers list which is very reliable.|https://www.dshield.org|
-|Exploit|Direct exploits not otherwise covered in a specific service category; including vulnerabilities against Microsoft Windows.| |
-|:::|Attacks with their own category such as SQL injection have their own category.| |
-|Exploit-Kit|Activity related to Exploit Kits.| |
-|FTP|Attacks, exploits, and vulnerabilities regarding File Transfer Protocol (FTP).| |
-|Games|Gaming traffic and attacks against those games.| |
-|:::|Includes many popular online games; while these games and their traffic are not malicious, they are often unwanted and prohibited by policy on corporate networks.| |
-|Hunting|Threat hunting in an environment.| |
-|:::|These rules can provide false positives on legitimate traffic and inhibit performance. They are only recommended for use when actively researching potential threats in the environment.| |
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-===== References =====
-https://tools.emergingthreats.net/docs/ETPro%20Rule%20Categories.pdf