Tuesday, August 19, 2014

Snort Subscriber Rule Set Update for 08/19/2014, Shared Object Ruleset Re-categorization

Just released:
Snort Subscriber Rule Set Update for 08/19/2014


We welcome the introduction of the newest rule release from Talos. In this release we introduced 18 new rules and made modifications to 255 additional rules.

There were category additions made to the snort.conf in this release.  Please download the new snort.conf configurations from Snort.org.

Talos's rule release:
The VRT has added and modified multiple rules in the blacklist, browser-ie, browser-other, browser-plugins, exploit-kit, file-executable, file-flash, file-image, file-java, file-multimedia, file-office, file-other, file-pdf, indicator-shellcode, malware-cnc, malware-other, netbios, os-linux, os-other, os-windows, policy-social, protocol-dns, protocol-icmp, protocol-nntp, protocol-snmp, protocol-voip, pua-p2p, server-apache, server-iis, server-mail, server-mysql, server-oracle and server-webapp rule sets to provide coverage for emerging threats from these technologies.
In order to subscribe now to Talos'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 https://www.snort.org/products. Make sure and stay up to date to catch the most emerging threats!