Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Sourcefire VRT Certified Snort Rules Update for 10/22/2013

Just released:
Sourcefire VRT Certified Snort Rules Update for 10/22/2013

We welcome the introduction of the newest rule release for today from the VRT. In this release we introduced 45 new rules and made modifications to 66 additional rules.

There were two changes made to the snort.conf in this release:

The following ports were added to HTTP_PORTS, http_inspect ports, and Stream5's tcp (both) sections:
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The Snort.confs on the example page have been updated:
https://www.snort.org/configurations

The VRT would like to thank the following individuals for their contributions, their rules are included in the Community Ruleset:

Avery Tarasov:
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In VRT's rule release:
The Sourcefire VRT has added and modified multiple rules in the app-detect, blacklist, browser-ie, browser-other, browser-plugins, exploit-kit, file-java, file-multimedia, file-other, file-pdf, indicator-compromise, malware-backdoor, malware-cnc, os-windows, protocol-icmp, protocol-tftp, pua-adware and server-webapp rule sets to provide coverage for emerging threats from these technologies.


In order to subscribe now to the VRT's newest rule detection functionality, you can subscribe for as low as $29 US dollars a year for personal users, be sure and see our business pricing as well at http://www.snort.org/store. Make sure and stay up to date to catch the most emerging threats!