• SNORT using a lot of CPU

    Our old Sophos UTM is definitely a bit on the "too small" side by now, but still, we're trying to get things running for at least an extra year or so. Right now we occasionally have issues with the UTM CPU usage going up to 100%, to the point where the…
  • SG310 UTM - SID 20842 - Suddenly getting regular intrusion prevention alerts from various source IPs to Windows 10 hosts

    First alert we had from rule SID 20842 was on 23 Nov at 17:39 GMT. Since then have had 230 alerts to around 50 different Windows 10 hosts, all this rule, 29 different IP source addresses, all source port 80, various destination ports. Looking up the…
  • IPS Log snort: WARNING: SMTP memcap exceeded.

    Hi, I'm seeing this logs on our SG 430 9.705-3 2021:02:02-09:57:08 firewall-2 ulogd[12675]: id="2104" severity="info" sys="SecureNet" sub="ips" name="ICMP flood detected"...... 2021:02:02-09:58:05 firewall-2 snort[3052]: WARNING: SMTP memcap exceeded…
  • Snort Exclusion not working

    Hi, I am trying to run speedtests via speedtest_cli on one of my boxes to regularly check the actually available speed my ISP provides. Now the download speed is limited by my Sophos UTM box (9.510-4) by snort going to 100%. If I turn off IPS I…
  • How do I know if IPS blocks a specific malware? Can I add my own rule?

    Hello all, Do you know if Sophos will protect our network from the APT10 Operation Cloud Hopper Malware threat ? (link points to pdf document about the malware) https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=3&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwjZs_udk9vUAhWF0RoKHbxIDqoQFggxMAI&url…
  • High rate of IPS alerts for "EXPLOIT-KIT Angler exploit kit news uri structure"

    Hi, For the last month or two, I've been getting IPS alerts for EXPLOIT-KIT Angler exploit kit news uri structure https://www.snort.org/search?query=38439 everytime someone visits a certain site (backchina.com) as well as while I'm surfing misc…
  • Snort Vulnerability affect UTM IPS??

    Does anyone know what version of Snort the IPS uses? Snort/Cisco just had a vulnerability posted: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/03/31/cisco_snort_scramble_to_plug_malware_hole/ Just wondering if the UTM's are exposed as well??
  • DROWN Vulnerability: Blocking SSLv2 with UTM9

    Hello, I would like to write a firewall rule to drop all SSLv2 traffic attempting to travel through our UTM because of the DROWN vulnerability . We have a couple of servers susceptible to the attack and it would be nice to first block the attack at…