OSSEC v1.4 released
- http://www.ossec.net/main/ossec-v14-released
October 29th, 2007 - "…This version comes with the following major new features:
* Support for reading database logs from PostgreSQL and MySQL (info)
* Support for Prelude (info)
* Support for storing the alerts on MySQL and PostgreSQL (info)
* Support for Sonicwall logs, HP-UX ftpd, AIX 5.3 syslog ,etc
Plus lots of bug fixes and small improvements…"
OSSEC v1.5 released
- http://www.ossec.net/main/ossec-v15-released
May 1st, 2008 by dcid
"…general availability of OSSEC version 1.5. This version comes with lots of bug fixes and new features…"
OSSEC HIDS being detected as malware
- http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=5629
Last Updated: 2009-01-05 23:32:50 UTC = "… OSSEC has reported that a couple Antivirus products are currently detecting the Windows version of OSSEC HIDS as malware. They have been notified and will (we hope) be fixing it soon. Currently the products finding it as malware are (in VirusTotal format of Product, Version, Last Update, Detection Result):
a-squared 4.0.0.73 2009.01.05 Generic.Qhost!IK
BitDefender 7.2 2009.01.05 Generic.Qhost.E185971A
F-Secure 8.0.14470.0 2009.01.05 Suspicious:W32/Malware!Gemini
GData 19 2009.01.05 Generic.Qhost.E185971A
Ikarus T3.1.1.45.0 2009.01.05 Generic.Qhost
Prevx1 V2 2009.01.05 Worm …"