The new compromised_website metadata tag

Greetings! You may have noticed we recently introduced a new metadata tag to several rules (in fact, over 1700) - ‘compromised_website’.

This tag indicates a rule is alerting on the threat actor tactic of using malicious JavaScript injects within legitimate websites to serve malware - typically bogus messaging alerting the site visitor that their system requires an update. This may lead to a download of a malicious, .js file and subsequent system infection.

For further information and triaging guidance for infections of this type, see our ET SocGholish Rules Response Guidance page!

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