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April 2012 Archive
Sourcefire VRT Rules Update
Date: 2012-04-26
Synopsis:
This release adds and modifies rules in several categories.
Details:
The Sourcefire VRT has added and modified multiple rules in the backdoor, blacklist, dos, exploit, file-identify, file-office, misc, specific-threats, telnet and web-misc rule sets to provide coverage for emerging threats from these technologies.
Rule Pack Summary:
For a complete list of new and modified rules,
click here.
Warning:
Sourcefire VRT rule packs often utilize enhancements made to Snort. Operators should upgrade to the latest revision or patch level for Snort to ensure these enhancements are available before using these rules.
About the VRT:
The Sourcefire VRT is a group of leading edge intrusion detection and prevention experts working to proactively discover, assess and respond to the latest trends in hacking activity, intrusion attempts and vulnerabilities. This team is also supported by the vast resources of the open source Snort community, making it the largest group dedicated to advances in the network security industry.
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Posted by on Apr 26, 2012
Sourcefire VRT Rules Update
Date: 2012-04-25
Synopsis:
This release adds and modifies rules in several categories.
Details:
The Sourcefire VRT has added and modified multiple rules in the file-office and spyware-put rule sets to provide coverage for emerging threats from these technologies.
Rule Pack Summary:
For a complete list of new and modified rules,
click here.
Warning:
Sourcefire VRT rule packs often utilize enhancements made to Snort. Operators should upgrade to the latest revision or patch level for Snort to ensure these enhancements are available before using these rules.
About the VRT:
The Sourcefire VRT is a group of leading edge intrusion detection and prevention experts working to proactively discover, assess and respond to the latest trends in hacking activity, intrusion attempts and vulnerabilities. This team is also supported by the vast resources of the open source Snort community, making it the largest group dedicated to advances in the network security industry.
why subscribe? ||
download rules
Posted by on Apr 25, 2012
Sourcefire VRT Rules Update
Date: 2012-04-24
Synopsis:
This release adds and modifies rules in several categories.
Details:
The Sourcefire VRT has added and modified multiple rules in the blacklist, botnet-cnc, dos, exploit, file-identify, file-office, file-pdf, indicator-compromise, misc, netbios, oracle, server-mail, specific-threats, spyware-put, web-activex, web-client, web-iis and web-php rule sets to provide coverage for emerging threats from these technologies.
Rule Pack Summary:
For a complete list of new and modified rules,
click here.
Warning:
Sourcefire VRT rule packs often utilize enhancements made to Snort. Operators should upgrade to the latest revision or patch level for Snort to ensure these enhancements are available before using these rules.
About the VRT:
The Sourcefire VRT is a group of leading edge intrusion detection and prevention experts working to proactively discover, assess and respond to the latest trends in hacking activity, intrusion attempts and vulnerabilities. This team is also supported by the vast resources of the open source Snort community, making it the largest group dedicated to advances in the network security industry.
why subscribe? ||
download rules
Posted by on Apr 24, 2012
Sourcefire VRT Rules Update
Date: 2012-04-17
Synopsis:
This release adds and modifies rules in several categories.
Details:
The Sourcefire VRT has added and modified multiple rules in the blacklist, botnet-cnc, dos, exploit, file-identify, file-office, file-other, file-pdf, imap, indicator-obfuscation, misc, netbios, oracle, policy-social, pua-toolbars, specific-threats, sql, web-activex, web-cgi, web-client and web-misc rule sets to provide coverage for emerging threats from these technologies.
Rule Pack Summary:
For a complete list of new and modified rules,
click here.
Warning:
Sourcefire VRT rule packs often utilize enhancements made to Snort. Operators should upgrade to the latest revision or patch level for Snort to ensure these enhancements are available before using these rules.
About the VRT:
The Sourcefire VRT is a group of leading edge intrusion detection and prevention experts working to proactively discover, assess and respond to the latest trends in hacking activity, intrusion attempts and vulnerabilities. This team is also supported by the vast resources of the open source Snort community, making it the largest group dedicated to advances in the network security industry.
why subscribe? ||
download rules
Posted by on Apr 17, 2012
Sourcefire VRT Rules Update
Date: 2012-04-12
Synopsis:
This release adds and modifies rules in several categories.
Details:
The Sourcefire VRT has added and modified multiple rules in the botnet-cnc, dns, dos, exploit, file-identify, file-office, file-pdf, indicator-compromise, policy, policy-multimedia, pua-p2p, server-mail, specific-threats, web-activex, web-client and web-misc rule sets to provide coverage for emerging threats from these technologies.
Rule Pack Summary:
For a complete list of new and modified rules,
click here.
Warning:
Sourcefire VRT rule packs often utilize enhancements made to Snort. Operators should upgrade to the latest revision or patch level for Snort to ensure these enhancements are available before using these rules.
About the VRT:
The Sourcefire VRT is a group of leading edge intrusion detection and prevention experts working to proactively discover, assess and respond to the latest trends in hacking activity, intrusion attempts and vulnerabilities. This team is also supported by the vast resources of the open source Snort community, making it the largest group dedicated to advances in the network security industry.
why subscribe? ||
download rules
Posted by on Apr 12, 2012
Sourcefire VRT Rules Update
Date: 2012-04-11
Synopsis:
This release adds and modifies rules in several categories and includes detection for a Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability in Samba.
Details:
Samba Remote Code Execution (CVE-2012-1182):
The RPC code generator in certain versions of Samba does not correctly validate an array length. This error may allow remote attackers to execute code on an affected system.
A rule to detect attacks targeting this vulnerability is included in this release and is identified with GID 1, SID 21806.
Additionally, the Sourcefire VRT has added and modified multiple rules in the exploit, file-identify, file-office, indicator-compromise and web-client rule sets to provide coverage for emerging threats from these technologies.
Rule Pack Summary:
For a complete list of new and modified rules,
click here.
Warning:
Sourcefire VRT rule packs often utilize enhancements made to Snort. Operators should upgrade to the latest revision or patch level for Snort to ensure these enhancements are available before using these rules.
About the VRT:
The Sourcefire VRT is a group of leading edge intrusion detection and prevention experts working to proactively discover, assess and respond to the latest trends in hacking activity, intrusion attempts and vulnerabilities. This team is also supported by the vast resources of the open source Snort community, making it the largest group dedicated to advances in the network security industry.
why subscribe? ||
download rules
Posted by on Apr 11, 2012
Sourcefire VRT Rules Update
Date: 2012-04-10
Synopsis:
The Sourcefire VRT is aware of vulnerabilities affecting products from Microsoft Corporation.
Details:
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS12-023:
Microsoft Internet Explorer suffers from programming errors that may allow a remote attacker to execute code on an affected system.
Rules to detect attacks targeting these vulnerabilities are included in this release and are identified with GID 1, SIDs 21793 and 21796.
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS12-024:
The Microsoft Windows Authenticode verification system contains a programming error that may allow a remote attacker to include executable code in an application while keeping the digital signature intact.
A rule to detect attacks targeting this vulnerability is included in this release and is identified with GID 1, SID 21795.
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS12-025:
The Microsoft .NET framework incorrectly validates some parameters used in processing image data. This may allow a remote attacker to execute code on an affected system.
A rule to detect attacks targeting this vulnerability is included in this release and is identified with GID 1, SID 21792.
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS12-027:
The Microsoft Windows Common Controls ActiveX DLL (MSCOMCTL) contains programming errors that may allow a remote attacker to execute code on an affected system.
Rules to detect attacks targeting these vulnerabilities are included in this release and are identified with GID 1, SIDs 21797 through 21801.
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS12-028:
The Microsoft Office WPS converter contains a programming error that may allow a remote attacker to execute code on an affected system.
A rule to detect attacks targeting this vulnerability is included in this release and is identified with GID 1, SID 21794.
Additionally, the Sourcefire VRT has added and modified multiple rules in the backdoor, botnet-cnc, dns, dos, exploit, file-identify, file-office, file-other, file-pdf, netbios, policy, pop3, rpc, scada, shellcode, smtp, specific-threats, sql, voip, web-activex and web-misc rule sets to provide coverage for emerging threats from these technologies.
Rule Pack Summary:
For a complete list of new and modified rules,
click here.
Warning:
Sourcefire VRT rule packs often utilize enhancements made to Snort. Operators should upgrade to the latest revision or patch level for Snort to ensure these enhancements are available before using these rules.
About the VRT:
The Sourcefire VRT is a group of leading edge intrusion detection and prevention experts working to proactively discover, assess and respond to the latest trends in hacking activity, intrusion attempts and vulnerabilities. This team is also supported by the vast resources of the open source Snort community, making it the largest group dedicated to advances in the network security industry.
why subscribe? ||
download rules
Posted by on Apr 10, 2012
Sourcefire VRT Rules Update
Date: 2012-04-05
Synopsis:
This release adds and modifies rules in several categories.
Details:
The Sourcefire VRT has added and modified multiple rules in the dos, exploit, file-identify, file-office, file-other, file-pdf, misc, multimedia, netbios, policy, policy-other, shellcode, smtp, specific-threats, sql, web-activex and web-misc rule sets to provide coverage for emerging threats from these technologies.
Rule Pack Summary:
For a complete list of new and modified rules,
click here.
Warning:
Sourcefire VRT rule packs often utilize enhancements made to Snort. Operators should upgrade to the latest revision or patch level for Snort to ensure these enhancements are available before using these rules.
About the VRT:
The Sourcefire VRT is a group of leading edge intrusion detection and prevention experts working to proactively discover, assess and respond to the latest trends in hacking activity, intrusion attempts and vulnerabilities. This team is also supported by the vast resources of the open source Snort community, making it the largest group dedicated to advances in the network security industry.
why subscribe? ||
download rules
Posted by on Apr 05, 2012
Sourcefire VRT Rules Update
Date: 2012-04-03
Synopsis:
This release introduces eleven new rule categories and contains new and modified rules in several categories.
Details:
This release introduces eleven new rule categories:
File-Office
File-Other
File-PDF
Indicator-Compromise
Indicator-Obfuscation
Policy-Multimedia
Policy-Other
Policy-Social
PUA-P2P
PUA-Toolbars
Server-Mail
These categories have been populated with rules that were formerly in policy.rules, leaving 36 rules in that category.
This release contains new and modified rules in the backdoor, botnet-cnc, dos, exploit, file-identify, file-office, file-other, file-pdf, indicator-compromise, indicator-obfuscation, mysql, policy-multimedia, policy-other, policy-social, pua-p2p, pua-toolbars, server-mail, specific-threats, spyware-put, voip, web-client and web-php rule sets to provide coverage for emerging threats from these technologies.
Rule Pack Summary:
For a complete list of new and modified rules,
click here.
Warning:
Sourcefire VRT rule packs often utilize enhancements made to Snort. Operators should upgrade to the latest revision or patch level for Snort to ensure these enhancements are available before using these rules.
About the VRT:
The Sourcefire VRT is a group of leading edge intrusion detection and prevention experts working to proactively discover, assess and respond to the latest trends in hacking activity, intrusion attempts and vulnerabilities. This team is also supported by the vast resources of the open source Snort community, making it the largest group dedicated to advances in the network security industry.
why subscribe? ||
download rules
Posted by on Apr 03, 2012
