Snort Subscriber Rule Set Update for 09/29/2016

Just released:
Snort Subscriber Rule Set Update for 09/29/2016


We welcome the introduction of the newest rule release from Talos. In this release we introduced 17 new rules and made modifications to 2 additional rules.

Talos would like to thank the following individuals for their contributions, their rules are included in the Community Ruleset


Talos's rule release:

Talos has added and modified multiple rules in the app-detect, file-image, file-other, malware-cnc, protocol-scada, protocol-voip, server-apache 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://www.snort.org/products. Make sure and stay up to date to catch the most emerging threats!

Snort++ Build 213 Available Now

Snort++ build 213 is now available on snort.org.  This is the latest monthly update available for download.  You can also get the latest updates from github (snortadmin/snort3) which is updated weekly.

Snort++ is very close to overtaking Snort 2.X and with any luck Alpha 4 will be completed with the next monthly release.  If you haven't tried out Snort++ now is a good time to do so.

Enhancements:

• added dce udp snort2lua
• added file detection when they are transferred in segments in SMB2
• added dce iface fast pattern for tcp
• added --enable-tsc-clock to build/use TSC register (on x86)
• updated latency to use ticks during runtime
• updated default stream cache sizes to match 2.X
• close tcp on rst in close wait, closing, fin wait 1, and fin wait 2
• separate idle timeouts from session timeouts counts

• ported full retransmit changes from snort 2X
• ported Smbv2/3 file support
• ported mpls encode fixes from 2983
• ported smb file processing
• ported the 2.9.8 ciscometadata decoder
• ported the 2.9.8 double and triple vlan tagging changes
• started dce_udp porting

Bug Fixes:

• fixed carved smb2 filenames
• fixed multithread hyperscan mpse
• fixed sd_pattern iterative validation
• fixed another case of CPPUTest header order issues
• fixed lua conflict with _L macro from ctype.h on OpenBSD
• fixed hyperscan detection with nocase
• fixed shutdown sequence
• fixed --dirty-pig
• fixed FreeBSD build re appid / service_rpc
• fixed tcp_connector_test for OSX build
• fixed binder make files to include binder.h
• fixed double counting of ip and udp timeouts and prunes
• fixed clearing of SYN - RST flows
• fixed inverted detection_filter logic
• fixed stream profile stats parents
• fixed most bogus gap counts
• fixed unit test for high availability, hyperscan, and regex
• fixed for TCP high availability
• fixed install of file_decomp.h for consistency between Snort and extras
• fixed regex as fast pattern with hyperscan mpse
• fixed http_inspect and tcp valgrind errors
• fixed extra auto build from dist
• numerous fixes, cleanup, and refactoring for appid
• numerous fixes, cleanup, and refactoring for high availability

Other Changes:

• removed unused -w commandline option
• added HA details to stream/* dev_notes
• added stream.ip_frag_only to avoid tracking unwanted flows
• added smtp client counters and unit tests
• added appid counts for rsync
• added http_inspect alerts for Transfer-Encoding and Content-Encoding abuse
• tcp stream reassembly tweaks
• use sd_pattern as a fast-pattern
• rewrite and fix the rpc option
• cleanup fragbits option implementation
• finish up cutover to the new http_inspect by default
• moved file capture to offload thread
• updated style guide for 'using' statements and underscores

• cmake: clean dead variables out of config.cmake.h
• build: fixed 32-bit compiler warnings
• build: fixed illumos/OpenSolaris build and remove SOLARIS/SUNOS defines
• build: remove superfluous LINUX and MACOS definitions
• build: remove superfluous OPENBSD and FREEBSD definitions
• build: entering 'std' namespace should be after all headers are included
• build: clean up u_int*_t usage
• build: remove SPARC support
• build: clean up some DAQ header inclusion creep
• cleaned up compiler warnings

Please submit bugs, questions, and feedback to bugs@snort.org or the Snort-Users mailing list.

Happy Snorting!
The Snort Release Team

Snort Subscriber Rule Set Update for 09/27/2016

Just released:
Snort Subscriber Rule Set Update for 09/27/2016


We welcome the introduction of the newest rule release from Talos. In this release we introduced 11 new rules and made modifications to 20 additional rules.

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



Talos's rule release:

Talos has added and modified multiple rules in the blacklist, browser-firefox, browser-ie, exploit-kit, file-image, file-office, indicator-shellcode, os-windows, protocol-dns 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://www.snort.org/products. Make sure and stay up to date to catch the most emerging threats!

Snort++ Update

Pushed build 211 to github (snortadmin/snort3):

• fix hyperscan detection with nocase
• fix shutdown sequence
• fix --dirty-pig
• fix FreeBSD build re appid / service_rpc

Snort 2.9.8.2 is End of Life!

Just a notification to remind everyone that Snort 2.9.8.2 is now End of Life (EOL).  In accordance with our EOL policy, 2.9.8.2 met its EOL date today.

Now it is time to upgrade your engines, Snort 2.9.8.3 is the current version of Snort, and users should upgrade immediately.

Thanks for all of your support!

Snort Subscriber Rule Set Update for 09/22/2016

Just released:
Snort Subscriber Rule Set Update for 09/22/2016


We welcome the introduction of the newest rule release from Talos. In this release we introduced 23 new rules and made modifications to 73 additional rules.



Talos's rule release:

Talos has added and modified multiple rules in the browser-ie, browser-plugins, file-flash, file-office, indicator-compromise, indicator-obfuscation, malware-cnc, server-mysql 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://www.snort.org/products. Make sure and stay up to date to catch the most emerging threats!

Snort++ Update

Pushed build 210 to github (snortadmin/snort3):

• started dce_udp porting
• added HA details to stream/* dev_notes
• added stream.ip_frag_only to avoid tracking unwanted flows
• updated default stream cache sizes to match 2.X
• fixed tcp_connector_test for OSX build
• fixed binder make files to include binder.h
• fixed double counting of ip and udp timeouts and prunes
• fixed clearing of SYN - RST flows

Pushed build 209 to github last week:

• add dce iface fast pattern for tcp
• add --enable-tsc-clock to build/use TSC register (on x86)
• update latency to use ticks during runtime
• tcp stream reassembly tweaks
• fix inverted detection_filter logic
• fix stream profile stats parents
• fix most bogus gap counts
• unit test fixes for high availability, hyperscan, and regex

Snort Subscriber Rule Set Update for 09/20/2016

Just released:
Snort Subscriber Rule Set Update for 09/20/2016


We welcome the introduction of the newest rule release from Talos. In this release we introduced 12 new rules and made modifications to 2 additional rules.

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


Talos's rule release:

Talos has added and modified multiple rules in the blacklist, file-image, indicator-obfuscation, malware-cnc and server-other 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://www.snort.org/products. Make sure and stay up to date to catch the most emerging threats!

Snort 2.9.8.2 is rapidly approaching!

As you can see from our EOL page:

https://www.snort.org/eol

The EOL for Snort 2.9.8.2 is approaching in a couple days.   From our download statistics, the percentage of people is pretty small.

Please try and update your engines this week to 2.9.8.3, the current version. We also look forward to the release of 2.9.9.0 in the coming weeks, so for those of you still on 2.9.7.6, the EOL for 2.9.7.6 will be the release of 2.9.9.0 + 90 days (as a reminder).

So, 2.9.7.6 users, your EOL is coming too, and there are tens of thousands of you on that version.  It's upgrade time!

Snort Subscriber Rule Set Update for 09/15/2016

Just released:
Snort Subscriber Rule Set Update for 09/15/2016


We welcome the introduction of the newest rule release from Talos. In this release we introduced 3 new rules.

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



Talos's rule release:

Talos has added and modified multiple rules in the malware-cnc 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://www.snort.org/products. Make sure and stay up to date to catch the most emerging threats!