WEB-THREAT_MAL-REDIRECT

August 04, 2015
 PLATFORM:

Windows

 OVERALL RISK RATING:
 DAMAGE POTENTIAL:
 REPORTED INFECTION:

  • Threat Type: Web Threat

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted:

  • In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW

This detection is for web threats related to malicious URL redirectors. It is common for web threats to redirect URLs to avoid detection. An example is using meta refresh and HTTP status codes of 3XX. Other examples are using scripts like Javascript, and using URL shortening services like dot.tk.