IMPORTANT Rule Download Change
Today the Snort Web Team made a change to the way that Snort rules are downloaded from snort.org. Hopefully this will result in faster downloads for most people. The changes are highlighted below: We are changing the way we publish rules. In June 2010 we stopped offering rules i
Smart Grids and the Importance of Smart Security Choices
I got a flyer in my mail a couple of days ago, telling me that my local utility company would be coming out soon to install a smart meter on my house. Like most customers, I didn't think too much about it, until the new meter was installed today. That's when my curiosity
ClamAV for Windows
Recently, we released the only official Windows-specific version of ClamAV, appropriately called ClamAV for Windows (http://www.clamav.net/lang/en/about/win32/). It is designed to use little memory and processing speed because it uses an advanced cloud-based protection mechanism,
Defenders of the Faith
Quite recently, Tavis Ormandy released a 0-day vulnerability in a prominent piece of software. For this transgression, both he and his employer received a good deal of bad press. Sadly, very few in the professional security researcher crowd made enough noise about this, and to th
Rule Release for Today - June 17th, 2010
As a result of ongoing research, the Sourcefire VRT has added multiple rules in the dos, exploit, ftp, mysql, policy, rpc, specific-threats, spyware-put, web-activex, web-client, web-misc and web-php rule sets to provide coverage for emerging threats from these technologies. For
National Cyber-Security Emergency and Phenomenal Cosmic Power or Lieberman -- EARN IT
So…you’re at the bar and across the room you see this incredible [insert whatever floats your boat here].You spend an inappropriate amount of your time watching this person and your mind starts to fill in the details that the dark environment masks. Then they turn around walk to
Rule Release for Today - June 14th, 2010
Apple Safari RCE (CVE-2010-1939), Google Chrome GLUG bypass (CVE-2010-1663). Details available here: http://www.snort.org/vrt/advisories/2010/06/14/vrt-rules-2010-06-14.html/
Sourcefire VRT Expansion Plans (We are Hiring)
One of the hardest things in life is finding the right place to work, where you can spend eight to ten hours a day doing something you enjoy and also pay your bills. I’ve been lucky enough in my life to find this type of place three times: HiverWorld, Farm9, and Sourcefire. Each
Rule Release for Today, June 10th, 2010
Microsoft Help and Support Center Bypass Vulnerability: Microsoft Help and Support Center contains a programming error that may allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions on an affected system. The error occurs when invalid hex-encoded characters are used as a param