Wednesday, December 4, 2019

Security Onion 16.04.6.3 now available featuring Elastic 6.8.4, CyberChef 9.11.7, Bro 2.6.4, Suricata 4.1.5, Snort 2.9.15.0, and more!

Security Onion 16.04.6.3 is now available!

Security Onion 16.04.6.3
Major Changes Since Last ISO Image

  • Elastic 6.8.4
  • CyberChef 9.11.7
  • Bro 2.6.4
  • Suricata 4.1.5
  • Snort 2.9.15.0

Thanks
Thanks to Wes Lambert for testing this ISO image!

Package Updates
This release also includes the following updated packages:
pinguybuilder - 20180514-1ubuntu1securityonion20

This package resolves the following issue:

pinguybuilder: increment version to 16.04.6.3 #1668
https://github.com/Security-Onion-Solutions/security-onion/issues/1668

Issues Resolved
For a list of all issues resolved in this release, please see:
https://github.com/Security-Onion-Solutions/security-onion/projects/8

Release Notes
For more information about this release, please see:
https://securityonion.net/docs/release-notes.html

Installation Guide
We've updated the Installation guide to reflect the download locations for the new ISO image:
https://securityonion.net/docs/installation.html

Existing Deployments
If you have existing 16.04 installations, there is no need to download the new ISO image.  You can simply continue using our standard update process to install updated packages as they are made available:
https://securityonion.net/docs/Upgrade

If you have existing installations of Security Onion 14.04, you can upgrade from 14.04 to 16.04:
https://securityonion.net/docs/upgrading-from-14.04-to-16.04.html

Documentation
We've got a new documentation site!  Please let us know if anything needs to be updated:
https://securityonion.net/docs

Also, we're now offering a printed copy of our official documentation with foreword by Richard Bejtlich and proceeds going to Rural Technology Fund:
https://securityonion.net/book

Training
Security Onion Solutions is the only official authorized training provider for Security Onion and we have 4-day Basic and 4-day Advanced onsite training classes.  We also offer online classes as well.  For more information, please see:
https://securityonionsolutions.com

Appliances
We now offer hardware appliances!  For more information, please see:
https://blog.securityonion.net/2018/10/introducing-security-onion-solutions.html

Support
Need support?  Please see:
https://securityonion.net/docs/Support

Screenshot Tour

ISO Boot Menu

Once the Live Desktop appears, double-click the Install icon and follow the prompts

Once you've completed the installer and rebooted, login using the username and password you created in the installer

After logging in, you are prompted to run Setup

Setup can now run interactively via CLI and sosetup-minimal can be used to minimize RAM and CPU usage

Welcome to Setup

Configure network interfaces

If your hostname is securityonion, Setup gives you the opportunity to rename it

Configure your network interfaces, reboot, then log back in

Launch Setup again and skip network configuration to go to service configuration

sosetup-minimal can run Evaluation Mode in 4GB RAM

Confirm sniffing interface

Create username

Create Password

Confirm Password

Confirm all options

Please wait while Setup configures your system

Setup complete

Desktop no longer prompts to run Setup and includes icons for analyst applications 

The README shortcut includes links to the cheat sheet and online and offline documentation

CyberChef 9.11.7

Single Sign On (SSO) for Squert, CapMe, and Kibana

sosetup-minimal can run Evaluation Mode in only 4GB RAM

Analyze IDS alerts using Squert

Retrieve full packet capture with CapMe

Kibana Overview Dashboard

Help

Bro Notices

HIDS Alerts from OSSEC/Wazuh

NIDS Alerts from Snort or Suricata

Bro Connections

Bro DCERPC

Bro DHCP

Bro DNP3

Bro DNS

Bro Files

Bro FTP

Bro HTTP

Bro Intel

Bro IRC

Bro Kerberos

Bro Modbus

Bro MySQL

Bro NTLM

Bro PE

Bro RADIUS

Bro RDP

Bro RFB

Bro SIP

Bro SMB

Bro SMTP

Bro SNMP
 
Bro Software


Bro SSH

Bro SSL

Bro Syslog

Bro Tunnels

Bro Weird

Bro X.509

OSSEC (Wazuh)

Syslog

Tuesday, December 3, 2019

CyberChef 9.11.7 now available for Security Onion!

securityonion-web-page - 20141015-0ubuntu0securityonion103 is now available.  This should resolve the following issues:

CyberChef 9.11.7 #1656
https://github.com/Security-Onion-Solutions/security-onion/issues/1656

securityonion-web-page: update docs and cheat sheet for 16.04.6.3 #1657
https://github.com/Security-Onion-Solutions/security-onion/issues/1657

Screenshot
CyberChef 9.11.7

Thanks
Thanks to the CyberChef team for CyberChef 9.11.7!
Thanks to Wes Lambert for testing!

Updating
Please see the following page for full update instructions:
https://securityonion.net/docs/Upgrade

Documentation
We've got a new documentation site!  Please let us know if anything needs to be updated:
https://securityonion.net/docs

Also, we're now offering a printed copy of our official documentation with foreword by Richard Bejtlich and proceeds going to Rural Technology Fund:
https://securityonion.net/book

Training
Security Onion Solutions is the only official authorized training provider for Security Onion and we have 4-day Basic and 4-day Advanced onsite training classes.  We also offer online classes as well.  For more information, please see:
https://securityonionsolutions.com

Appliances
We now offer hardware appliances!  For more information, please see:
https://blog.securityonion.net/2018/10/introducing-security-onion-solutions.html

Support
Need support?  Please see:
https://securityonion.net/docs/Support

Thanks!

Tuesday, November 26, 2019

securityonion-setup - 20120912-0ubuntu0securityonion316 now available for Security Onion!

securityonion-setup - 20120912-0ubuntu0securityonion316 is now available for Security Onion!

This update should resolve the following issues:

Setup: remind user to keep LOG_SIZE_LIMIT under 90% #1659
https://github.com/Security-Onion-Solutions/security-onion/issues/1659

securityonion-setup: include SOSTATADDRESS in so-email.conf #1665
https://github.com/Security-Onion-Solutions/security-onion/issues/1665

Thanks
Thanks to Wes Lambert for his work on improving and testing this package!

Updating
Please see the following page for full update instructions:
https://securityonion.net/docs/Upgrade

Documentation
We've got a new documentation site!  Please let us know if anything needs to be updated:
https://securityonion.net/docs

Also, we're now offering a printed copy of our official documentation with foreword by Richard Bejtlich and proceeds going to Rural Technology Fund:
https://securityonion.net/book

Training
Security Onion Solutions is the only official authorized training provider for Security Onion and we have 4-day Basic and 4-day Advanced onsite training classes.  We also offer online classes as well.  For more information, please see:
https://securityonionsolutions.com

Appliances
We now offer hardware appliances!  For more information, please see:
https://blog.securityonion.net/2018/10/introducing-security-onion-solutions.html

Support
Need support?  Please see:
https://securityonion.net/docs/Support

Thanks!

securityonion-sostat - 20120722-0ubuntu0securityonion136 now available for Security Onion!

securityonion-sostat - 20120722-0ubuntu0securityonion136 is now available for Security Onion! 

This update should resolve the following issue:

securityonion-sostat: calculate suricata packet loss as percentage #1663
https://github.com/Security-Onion-Solutions/security-onion/issues/1663

Thanks
Thanks to Wes Lambert for his work on improving and testing this package!

Updating
Please see the following page for full update instructions:
https://securityonion.net/docs/Upgrade

Documentation
We've got a new documentation site!  Please let us know if anything needs to be updated:
https://securityonion.net/docs

Also, we're now offering a printed copy of our official documentation with foreword by Richard Bejtlich and proceeds going to Rural Technology Fund:
https://securityonion.net/book

Training
Security Onion Solutions is the only official authorized training provider for Security Onion and we have 4-day Basic and 4-day Advanced onsite training classes.  We also offer online classes as well.  For more information, please see:
https://securityonionsolutions.com

Appliances
We now offer hardware appliances!  For more information, please see:
https://blog.securityonion.net/2018/10/introducing-security-onion-solutions.html

Support
Need support?  Please see:
https://securityonion.net/docs/Support

Thanks!

Monday, November 25, 2019

Elastic 6.8.4 now available for Security Onion!

The following updates are now available for Security Onion!
Elastic 6.8.4 Docker images
securityonion-elastic - 20190510-1ubuntu1securityonion69

These updates should resolve the following issues:

Elastic 6.8.4 #1634
https://github.com/Security-Onion-Solutions/security-onion/issues/1634

Curator: move from pip to yum #1638
https://github.com/Security-Onion-Solutions/security-onion/issues/1638

Logstash: add prune filter #1639
https://github.com/Security-Onion-Solutions/security-onion/issues/1639

securityonion-docker: so-elastalert - update to Python 3 #1629
https://github.com/Security-Onion-Solutions/security-onion/issues/1629

securityonion-elastic: update /etc/apt/preferences.d/securityonion-docker #1653
https://github.com/Security-Onion-Solutions/security-onion/issues/1653

securityonion-elastic: so-kibana-start needs to wait on .kibana shard #1655
https://github.com/Security-Onion-Solutions/security-onion/issues/1655

securityonion-elastic: add elasticsearch index scripts #1636
https://github.com/Security-Onion-Solutions/security-onion/issues/1636

securityonion-elastic: reconcile additional geo fields in ingest node #1640
https://github.com/Security-Onion-Solutions/security-onion/issues/1640

securityonion-elastic: so-elasticsearch-pipelines should update parsers in place without removing #1649
https://github.com/Security-Onion-Solutions/security-onion/issues/1649

securityonion-elastic: master logstash output to redis should be batched by default #1661
https://github.com/Security-Onion-Solutions/security-onion/issues/1661

securityonion-elastic: storage node redis input should be batched by default #1662
https://github.com/Security-Onion-Solutions/security-onion/issues/1662

so-elastic-auth: add more guidance #1635
https://github.com/Security-Onion-Solutions/security-onion/issues/1635

so-import-pcap: only decrease ES heap if less than 9GB RAM #1642
https://github.com/Security-Onion-Solutions/security-onion/issues/1642

Thanks
Thanks to the Elastic team for Elastic 6.8.4!
Thanks to the following for testing and QA!
Bryant Treacle
Wes Lambert
Josh Brower
Kris Springer

Updating
Please see the following page for full update instructions:
https://securityonion.net/docs/Upgrade

Documentation
We've got a new documentation site!  Please let us know if anything needs to be updated:
https://securityonion.net/docs

Also, we're now offering a printed copy of our official documentation with foreword by Richard Bejtlich and proceeds going to Rural Technology Fund:
https://securityonion.net/book

Training
Security Onion Solutions is the only official authorized training provider for Security Onion and we have 4-day Basic and 4-day Advanced onsite training classes.  We also offer online classes as well.  For more information, please see:
https://securityonionsolutions.com

Appliances
We now offer hardware appliances!  For more information, please see:
https://blog.securityonion.net/2018/10/introducing-security-onion-solutions.html

Support
Need support?  Please see:
https://securityonion.net/docs/Support

Thanks!

Monday, November 4, 2019

securityonion-sostat - 20120722-0ubuntu0securityonion134 now available for Security Onion!

securityonion-sostat - 20120722-0ubuntu0securityonion134 is now available for Security Onion!  This package resolves the following issue:

securityonion-sostat: check for syslog-ng drops #1660
https://github.com/Security-Onion-Solutions/security-onion/issues/1660

Thanks
Thanks to Wes Lambert for testing!

Updating
Please see the following page for full update instructions:
https://securityonion.net/docs/Upgrade

Documentation
We've got a new documentation site!  Please let us know if anything needs to be updated:
https://securityonion.net/docs

Also, we're now offering a printed copy of our official documentation with foreword by Richard Bejtlich and proceeds going to Rural Technology Fund:
https://securityonion.net/book

Training
Security Onion Solutions is the only official authorized training provider for Security Onion and we have 4-day Basic and 4-day Advanced onsite training classes.  We also offer online classes as well.  For more information, please see:
https://securityonionsolutions.com

Appliances
We now offer hardware appliances!  For more information, please see:
https://blog.securityonion.net/2018/10/introducing-security-onion-solutions.html

Support
Need support?  Please see:
https://securityonion.net/docs/Support

Thanks!

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