Shazam

Description

This indicates an attempt to access Shazam.
Shazam is a music identification service. It uses a smartphone or computer's microphone to record a short sample of audio. It then creates a fingerprint based on the acoustic of the sample and compares it against a central database for a match. It will return information about the song if a match is found.

Affected Products

Shazam

Impact

Unexpected network communication

Technology

Browser-Based, Network-Protocol, Client-Server, Peer-to-Peer, Cloud-Based, Mobile-Device

Behavior

• Excessive-Bandwidth

Default Ports

• TCP/80
• TCP/443
• UDP/443

References

• http://www.mobile-ent.biz/news/read/4th-screen-advertising-launches-in-the-us-with-shazam/010860
• http://www.shazam.com/