New service - the Team Cymru Malware Hash Registry!

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Tue Oct 28 10:53:19 GMT 2008


Yep kinda agree Alex after reading some more.  I thing a SA rule would be well suited, and have mentioned such elsewhere.

Regards,

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----- "Alex Broens" <ms-list at alexb.ch> wrote:

> It has a couple of disadvantages compared to the malware.com.br ClamAV
> 
> signatures:
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> 
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> - The ClamAV signatures include a size field to avoid possible MD5
> 
> collisions.
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> 
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> - The ClamAV sigs don't delay processing and have a small memory
> 
> fingerprint.
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> 
> 
> - The lookups to the Cymru site will slow down processing.
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> (do they have enough iron to hold up to global traffic?)
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> 
> 
> - "The Malware Hash Registry (MHR) is free for non-commercial use
> ONLY"
> 
> so it should hardly become part of default MS.
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> 
> The one big plus is the close to real time detection though its hard
> to
> 
> imagine that the stuff it detects doesn't get marked as spam by
> already
> 
> existing methods.
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> 
> If Jules decides to add this to MailScanner I hope he does it as a
> 
> custom function plugin
> 
> imo, this does't belong in the main "glue" aka MailScanner.
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> 
> I see lots more potential for a SA plugin.
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> 
> 
> Alex

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