Friday, November 16, 2018

Snort rule update for Nov. 16, 2018

Just released:
Snort Subscriber Rule Set Update for Nov. 16, 2018

We welcome the introduction of the newest rule release from Cisco Talos. In this release, we introduced seven new rules, none of which are shared object rules. There are no modified rules.

This is an urgent release that covers a type confusion vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player. It also provides protection against the BONDUPDATER malware, which was recently used in attacks against Middle Eastern governments.

There were no changes made to the snort.conf in this release.

Talos's rule release:
Talos has added and modified multiple rules in the file-flash, file-office and malware-other rule sets to provide coverage for emerging threats from these technologies.
You can subscribe to Talos' newest rule detection functionality for as low as $29 a year with a personal account. Be sure and see our business pricing as well here. Make sure and stay up to date to catch the most emerging threats.