Re: newbq: snort working, getting hits, got sig id's. What now?

[Y M <snort () outlook com>]

It depends on the alerts you may get, for example: 1. If get an alert for a malware, say ZeroAccess Trojan outbound 
connectin, in this case you want to:     a. identify the infected host in your network, find the proper tools to remove 
the Trojan.     b. identify how the Trojan got in and how to prevent it from happing again, that could be in the 
firewall, or finding a better AV.2. If you get an attemped web application attack (cmd.exe access) attempts, you may 
want to check the reference url from the rule, in this case you will have a Microsoft KB or security bulletin, identify 
the affected systems from their and compare to your environment. You may block the offending IP address if you see 
repeated attempts from the same. There is a whole lot to do than that, you need to define your response methodology, 
and over time, you will be able to cover much of the alerts you get. Hope this helps.YM
 From: ThomisonL () muni org
To: snort-users () lists sourceforge net
Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2012 14:29:43 -0900
Subject: [Snort-users] newbq: snort working, getting hits,      got sig id's.  What now?














Pardon the newbie question, but…

 

I’ve got snort up and running (via security onion
12.04), got latest vrt rules, etc.  Let it run overnight and now I’ve got
hits (surprise, surprise).  I’ve got sig id’s for the first couple
of high event count hits I want to look at, but what now?  Where do I go next
or what do I do next to decide whether I have a problem or not?

 

Here’s the two sigs I want to use as trainers for
myself:

 

SIG ID

 

2102649            GPL SQL service_name buffer overflow
attempt

2102650            GPL SQL user name buffer overflow attempt

 

Where do I go to get more information on a sig id?

 

Now, in this case, the source ip is an old control systems
box sending data to a couple of oracle databases.  The source and dest IP’s
correspond with the ‘right’ boxes.  So I suspect that this is
simply a result of the vendor or oracle (or both) being sloppy.  But how do I
confirm (or not) ?

 

FWIW googling showed lots of info on how to write rules, but
nothing on what to do after a hit.

 

Thanks!

 

 







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