Snort rule update for Feb. 4, 2021

The newest SNORTⓇ rule release is here, courtesy of Cisco Talos.

Thursday's rule set comes with protection against the exploitation of several vulnerabilities Cisco recently disclosed in some of its VPN routers. If exploited, an adversary could gain the ability to execute remote code on the targeted machine. 

Here's a breakdown of today's rule release:

Shared object rules	Modified shared object rules	New rules	Modified rules
0	0	37	18

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

Talos' rule release:

Talos has added and modified multiple rules in the indicator-compromise, indicator-scan, os-windows 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. The Snort 3 release is also here after years of development and improvements. Upgrade here.