The latest release includes 11 new rules and four new shared object rules.
This release provides new coverage against the NetWire trojan. Adversaries have recently been exploiting an old Microsoft Equation Editor vulnerability — CVE-2017-1182 — to deliver this malware as the final payload.
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-other, 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.