maltrail VS hosts

I just wanted to tell you about Maltrail (https://github.com/stamparm/maltrail/).

Yes, MT had OOM on *BSD, because of python-pcapy module, which is currently unmaintained. So, the fork was done and python-pcapy-ng becomes actual module for MT, which fixed OOM and now MT works OK for *BSD-line: [1] https://github.com/stamparm/maltrail/issues/19056 [2] https://github.com/stamparm/maltrail/issues/16710 [3] py-pcapy-ng on Fresh Ports: https://www.freshports.org/net/py-pcapy-ng/ Also /requirement.txt file was modified for MT to avoid installing python-pcapy instead of python-pcapy-ng: [4] https://github.com/stamparm/maltrail/commit/2aa2da5ba5c332ddd106020290926d1fdfd0f8b2 Despite on all it, some mass-medias keep saying that python-pcapy is required for MT to work. No, just python-pcapy-ng. "Given everything is now encrypted, does anyone know if it is still effective?" <-- IDS (MT is the IDS itself) is passive detection, it doesn't provide the prevention actions. MT can use blocking mechanism, they are describes for Linux: https://github.com/stamparm/maltrail/wiki/Miscellaneous#1-setting-up-maltrail-as-an-intrusion-prevention-system-ips . If some can describe mechanism for MT on *BSD-line, that would be nice. Anyway would be thankful, if you provide details on missing ransomware. Perhaps, it is needed to update network IoCs, if ransomware comprometation was via network. Thank you! "Are the signatures reasonably up to date?" <-- trying to be up-to-dated: https://github.com/stamparm/maltrail/commits/master

Security Onion is a suite of tools, but if you just want visibility into things happening on your perimeter with Fail2ban style mitigation check out MalTrail. https://github.com/stamparm/MalTrail

The Threat Intelligence Feeds have multiple upstream sources, see https://github.com/nextdns/metadata/blob/master/security/threat-intelligence-feeds.json. In this case, Maltrail Blacklist seems to have included this domain. You can report this directly to that maintainer here: https://github.com/stamparm/maltrail/issues

last docker discovery : maltrail (https://github.com/stamparm/maltrail , about to be moved from VM to docker)

Not by default but a blocklist can be found here https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts

While it is now unblocked, the Steven Black list has been blocking a lot of innocent CDNs.

jQuery: https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/issues/2520

How does this compare to using a hosts file with known ad servers?

like: https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts

I use the Hosts file to block a ton of ads and that works really well. https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts Something worth considering if your ad blocker isn't working well.

The no-tracking project used by RaspAP is shutting down, so we took the opportunity to search for open source blocklist alternatives. Among the best is Steven Black's hosts list: https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts

No idea, api.radar.io is on the block list since January 2020.

The commit's comment is "major update from adaway.org"

https://github.com/stevenblack/hosts/commit/4fa0470

You can also use a declarative adblocker like uBlock Origin Lite [1], which only provides the browser with a list of elements to filter, but doesn't have any permissions to read content or perform requests. Or simply use your hosts file to apply OS-wide filtering with no browser add-ons needed: https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts

Be aware that if you use these "passive" blocking methods, there are some sites like YouTube where you will see ads, because in these cases it's necessary to actually manipulate page content to hide them. What you can do is use a traditional adblocker but enable it only for these few sites where the declarative approach is not enough, take a look at [2] for more details.

[1] https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBOL-home

[2] https://seirdy.one/posts/2022/06/04/layered-content-blocking...

https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts if you want to do it on your PC.

When I select my custom hosts file, it basically breaks internet. However, if I choose a custom hosts file that is a copy of the dev's default, or if I just add a few lines to it, it will work. If I add too many lines, or use a different hosts file altogether (like the ones recommended by the dev), all connectivity breaks. Of course the latest official LetMeBlock is installed and mDNSResponder killed/restarted. I'm using Dopamine on A12+.