TCP Port 63536

About TCP Port 63536

Port 63536 sits outside of IANA’s formally registered assignments. This port falls within the dynamic/private port range, which IANA explicitly does not register; these ports are intended for ephemeral or temporary use. 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 63536. Treat that number as context, not a danger score. Many detection rules are written against groups of ports rather than one service, web ports especially, so common web alternate ports inherit large counts while genuinely sensitive services can show few rules or none. Presence in IDS rules does not mean traffic on this port is malicious.

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

Sample rule descriptions for TCP port 63536:

• MALWARE-CNC Insane Network 4.0 connection port 63536

Malware Rule References

A small share of the IDS rules that reference this port are malware related.

1 of the 1 IDS rule that reference TCP port 63536 are malware related. That describes detection coverage across the whole internet, not anything about your machine or your network.

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

Data Sources

This information is compiled from: Snort Community Rules (GPLv2).