Re: False Positive on VRT 28039

["Joel Esler (jesler)" <jesler () cisco com>]

No, that wouldn’t be appropriate, since u.pw is still “.pw”.

This is a case for suppression on your local instance if alerts to “u.pw” is allowed in your organization.

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Joel Esler
AEGIS Intelligence Lead
OpenSource Manager
Vulnerability Research Team, Sourcefire



On Nov 26, 2013, at 11:19 PM, Jeremy Hoel <jthoel () gmail com> wrote:

> I was fiddling around with it trying to have it !content  for u.pw,
> still working on that.  The category is fine, I just wondered if there
> was a desire to filter the known site.
>
> On Tue, Nov 26, 2013 at 9:04 PM, Joel Esler (jesler) <jesler () cisco com> wrote:
> > Maybe indicator-compromise is the wrong category.
> >
> > --
> > Joel Esler
> > Intelligence Lead
> > Open Source Manager
> > Vulnerability Research Team
> >
> > > On Nov 26, 2013, at 19:39, "Jeremy Hoel" <jthoel () gmail com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Rule is looking for .pw as indicator of compromise however upworthy
> > > bought u.pw as a URL shortener.  Maybe modify the rule to exclude that
> > > domain?
> > >
> > > http://www.thedomains.com/2013/06/03/upworthy-com-buys-u-pw-as-url-shortener/
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