Tuesday, November 6, 2018

Snort rule update for Nov. 6, 2018

Just released:
Snort Subscriber Rule Set Update for Nov. 6, 2018

The newest SNORTⓇ rule release is here courtesy of Cisco Talos. In this release, we introduced 29 new rules, of two of which are shared object rules. There are also five modified rules.

This release provides a wide array of coverage for several pieces of malware, including the FELIXROOT backdoor and the Chalubo botnet that's been spotted in the wild targeting internet-of-things devices.

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 browser-ie, file-other, file-pdf, indicator-shellcode, malware-cnc and server-webapp 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.