HTTP Request With Empty User Agent

 Original Source: [Sigma source]
Title: HTTP Request With Empty User Agent
Status: test
Description:Detects a potentially suspicious empty user agent strings in proxy log. Could potentially indicate an uncommon request method.
References:
  -https://twitter.com/Carlos_Perez/status/883455096645931008
Author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Date: 2017-07-08
modified:2021-11-27
Tags:
  • -'attack.command-and-control'
  • -'attack.t1071.001'
Logsource:
  • category: proxy
Detection:
  selection:
    c-useragent: ''
  condition:selection
Falsepositives:
  -Unknown
Level: medium