Security Onion 2.3.120 is now available! It includes new features and resolves a few issues:
https://docs.securityonion.net/en/2.3/release-notes.html#changes
Highlights
Security Onion 2.3.120 will now automatically translate Cases user IDs to human readable email addresses. You can read more about Cases at:
https://docs.securityonion.net/en/2.3/cases.html
This release fully removes TheHive and its components which freed up space for additional Analyst desktop components. This means that there are now a few different ways to install our Analyst desktop:
- Our Security Onion ISO image includes a new boot menu option for Analyst installs that will partition your disk appropriately and immediately perform an Analyst installation.
- In our normal Setup wizard, you can choose OTHER and then choose ANALYST.
- You can still run so-analyst-install as in previous versions.
Security Onion 2.3.120 allows you to optionally join your Analyst installation to your grid. This allows it to pull updates from the grid and automatically trust the grid’s HTTPS certificate. It also updates the manager’s firewall to allow the Analyst installation to connect.
This release also improves our new Intrusion Detection Honeypot (IDH) node! The IDH node can now support multiple interfaces. Additionally, our ISO image has a new boot option for IDH nodes that allows for lower hardware requirements.
Another improvement in this release is for Zeek file extraction. You may start to see some files extracted from some non-HTTP cleartext protocols. For more information, please see:
https://github.com/Security-Onion-Solutions/securityonion/issues/7829
This release also includes support for RITA logs:
https://docs.securityonion.net/en/2.3/other-supported-logs.html
Finally, this release also updates many components including:
- CyberChef 9.37.3
- Elastic 7.17.3
- FleetDM 4.12.1
- Suricata 6.0.5
- Zeek 4.0.6
- nginx 1.20.2
Custom Elasticsearch Templates
If you have custom Elasticsearch templates, please see:
https://docs.securityonion.net/en/2.3/elasticsearch.html#custom-templates
TheHive
As a reminder, we have fully transitioned from TheHive to Cases. TheHive is no longer included or supported.
Documentation
You can find our documentation here:
https://docs.securityonion.net/en/2.3/
Documentation is always a work in progress and some documentation may be missing or incorrect. Please let us know if you notice any issues.
New Installations
If you want to perform a new installation, please review the documentation and then you can find instructions here:
https://docs.securityonion.net/en/2.3/download.html
Existing 2.3 Installations
If you have an existing Security Onion 2.3 installation, please be aware that custom settings in Kibana may be overwritten during upgrade. If possible, we recommend that you test the upgrade process on a test deployment before deploying to production. If you have a distributed deployment, then we recommend monitoring SOC Grid while your update is running to verify that all nodes update properly. If there are issues, you can review logs, services, and containers for any additional clues. If you need help, please see our support information below.
For more information about the update process, please see:
https://docs.securityonion.net/en/2.3/soup.html
AWS Marketplace
For new Security Onion 2 installations on AWS, Security Onion 2.3.120 will soon be available on AWS Marketplace via the official Security Onion 2 AMI:
https://securityonion.net/aws/?ref=_ptnr_soc_blog_220425
AMI Documentation:
https://securityonion.net/docs/cloud-ami
Existing Security Onion 2 AMI users should use the "soup" command to upgrade:
https://docs.securityonion.net/en/2.3/soup.html
Azure Marketplace
For new Security Onion 2 installations on Azure, Security Onion 2.3.120 will soon be available on the Azure Marketplace!
https://securityonion.net/azure
Azure Documentation:
https://docs.securityonion.net/en/2.3/cloud-azure.html
Existing Security Onion 2 users on Azure should use the "soup" command to upgrade:
https://docs.securityonion.net/en/2.3/soup.html
Security Onion 16.04 EOL
As a reminder, Security Onion 16.04 has reached End Of Life (EOL):
https://blog.securityonion.net/2021/04/security-onion-1604-has-reached-end-of.html
If you're still running Security Onion 16.04, please see the following for upgrade options:
https://docs.securityonion.net/en/2.3/appendix.html
Questions or Problems
If you have questions or problems, please see our community support forum guidelines:
https://docs.securityonion.net/en/2.3/community-support.html
You can then find the community support forum at:
https://securityonion.net/discuss
Thanks
Lots of love went into this release!
Special thanks to all our folks working so hard to make this release happen!
- Josh Brower
- Jason Ertel
- Wes Lambert
- Josh Patterson
- Mike Reeves
Training
Need training? Start with our free Security Onion Essentials training and then take a look at some of our other official Security Onion training!
https://securityonion.net/training
Hardware Appliances
We know Security Onion's hardware needs, and our appliances are the perfect match for the platform. Leave the hardware research, testing, and support to us, so you can focus on what's important for your organization. Not only will you have confidence that your Security Onion deployment is running on the best-suited hardware, you will also be supporting future development and maintenance of the Security Onion project!
https://securityonionsolutions.com/hardware
Screenshot Tour
If you want the quickest and easiest way to try out Security Onion 2, just follow the screenshots below to install an Import node and then optionally enable the Analyst Workstation. This can be done in a minimal VM with only 4GB RAM! For more information, please see:
https://docs.securityonion.net/en/2.3/first-time-users.html
