TCP Port 7080 – empowerid
About TCP Port 7080
Port 7080 is registered with the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) for empowerid. The IANA description reads: ‘EmpowerID Communication’. This port is referenced in 18 IDS rules and exhibits high malware activity in monitored traffic.
IDS Rule References
18 IDS / security rules reference TCP port 7080. 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 2): command-and-control (15), trojan-activity (3).
Sample rule descriptions for TCP port 7080:
- ET MALWARE W32.Geodo/Emotet Checkin
- ET MALWARE W32/Emotet CnC Beacon 1
- ET MALWARE Win32/Emotet CnC Activity (POST) M5
- ET MALWARE Win32/Emotet CnC Activity (POST) M6
- ET MALWARE Win32/Emotet CnC Activity (POST) M7
Malware Rule References
A large share of the IDS rules that reference this port are malware related.
18 of the 18 IDS rules that reference TCP port 7080 are malware related. That describes detection coverage across the whole internet, not anything about your machine or your network.
Families observed (top 1): Emotet (18).
Data Sources
This information is compiled from: IANA Service Name and Transport Protocol Port Number Registry, Emerging Threats Open Ruleset (BSD 2-Clause / GPLv2 per SID range), and MITRE ATT&CK (Apache 2.0).