Snort rule update for Sept. 27, 2018

Just released:
Snort Subscriber Rule Set Update for Sept. 27, 2018

Today, Cisco Talos released the newest rule update for SNORTⓇ. In this release, we introduced 27 new rules, of which six are shared object rules. There are no modified rules in this update.

This release provides coverage for multiple important vulnerabilities in Cisco IOS XE, as well as a new malware variant from the OilRig APT that has been spotted targeting governments in the Middle East. Our rules block any outbound connections that the malware tries to make.

Snort Subscriber Rule Set Update for 05/22/2018, VPNFilter

Just released:
Snort Subscriber Rule Set Update for 05/22/2018


We welcome the introduction of the newest rule release from Talos. In this release we introduced 31 new rules of which 7 are Shared Object rules and made modifications to 4 additional rules of which 0 are Shared Object rules.

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

This release also provides coverage for the VPNFilter threat.



Talos's rule release:

Talos has added and modified multiple rules in the browser-firefox, browser-ie, deleted, file-office, malware-cnc, malware-other, os-windows and server-webapp rule sets to provide coverage for emerging threats from these technologies.

In order to subscribe now to Talos's newest rule detection functionality, you can subscribe for as low as $29 US dollars a year for personal users, be sure and see our business pricing as well at https://snort.org/products#rule_subscriptions. Make sure and stay up to date to catch the most emerging threats!