Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Sourcefire VRT Certified Snort Rules Update for 10/29/2013

Just released:
Sourcefire VRT Certified Snort Rules Update for 10/29/2013

We welcome the introduction of the newest rule release for today from the VRT. In this release we introduced 63 new rules and made modifications to 78 additional rules.

There was one change made to the snort.conf in this release:

The following port was 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:

Nick Mavis:
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In VRT's rule release:
The Sourcefire VRT has added and modified multiple rules in the blacklist, browser-firefox, browser-ie, browser-plugins, exploit-kit, file-flash, file-identify, file-office, file-other, file-pdf, indicator-obfuscation, malware-cnc, malware-other, malware-tools, os-windows and server-other 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!