TCP Port 40500

About TCP Port 40500

Port 40500 has no formal IANA registration. Ports in this numerical range can be assigned by IANA but this specific port has no current registration. It is referenced in 1 IDS rule and exhibits low malware activity indicators. Ports outside formal IANA assignment are commonly used by malware authors and security tooling.

IDS Rule References

1 IDS / security rule reference TCP port 40500. Presence in IDS rules does not mean traffic on this port is malicious. These are patterns security tools monitor.

Rule categories (top 1): trojan-activity (1).

Sample rule descriptions for TCP port 40500:

• ET MALWARE Win32/Phorpiex UDP Peer-to-Peer CnC

Malware Activity

Some malware indicators are observed on this port.

1 of 1 IDS rule for TCP port 40500 involve malware activity.

Families observed (top 1): Win32_Phorpiex (1).

Data Sources

This information is compiled from: Emerging Threats Open Ruleset (BSD 2-Clause / GPLv2 per SID range).