Snort rule update for May 27, 2021

The newest rule set for SNORTⓇ is now available from Cisco Talos. In case you missed it, there is also a new version of Snort 3 out now.

Thursday's rule release includes new coverage to protect against the REvil ransomware, which is recently known for targeting health care systems.

Here's a breakdown of everything in today's release:

Shared object rules	Modified shared object rules	New rules	Modified rules
46	3	6	0

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

Talos' rule release:

Talos has added and modified multiple rules in the file-multimedia, file-pdf, malware-other 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.