Snort rule update for June 3, 2021

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

Thursday's rule release includes new coverage for the Necro Python bot. Talos researchers recently discovered this bot adding new functionality to target several well-known vulnerabilities. It also added a cryptocurrency miner. Read more over on the Talos blog.

Here's a full breakdown of this release:

Shared object rules	Modified shared object rules	New rules	Modified rules
0	0	34	1

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

Talos' rule release:

Talos has added and modified multiple rules in the deleted, malware-cnc, malware-other and server-other 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.