Snort rule update for June 10, 2021

 SNORTⓇ's latest rule release is here, courtesy of Cisco Talos.

Thursday's rule release includes several new rules to defend against the DarkSide ransomware. These rules will specifically detect any usage of a custom command and control framework the ransomware's been known to utilize.

Here's a full breakdown of this release:

Shared object rules	Modified shared object rules	New rules	Modified rules
14	0	8	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 malware-cnc, malware-other, os-other, policy-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.