Suspicious Watering Hole Exfiltration to Fake wp-includes Endpoint via SilentSelfie

ATT&CK techniques

Initial Access → Exfiltration

Recon
Resource Dev
Initial Access
- T1189Drive-by Compromise
Execution
Persistence
Priv Esc
Defense Evasion
Cred Access
Discovery
Lateral Movement
Collection
C2
Exfiltration
- T1041Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Impact

What it detects

This rule detects HTTP POST requests to the path /wp-includes/ms-menu.php, a fake WordPress endpoint used by the SilentSelfie watering hole campaign to receive stolen geolocation, WebRTC IP and webcam selfie data from visitors of compromised Kurdish websites. The ms-menu.php filename does not exist in genuine WordPress installations. Traffic to it indicates victim data exfiltration.

Reporting behind it

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Suspicious Watering Hole Exfiltration to Fake wp-includes Endpoint via SilentSelfie

Pivot detection · T1041 · 9 related

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