Lastline Analyst and Detonator On-Premises Release Notes

Version 9.8.1

New Features

Detection Improvements

  • LLAM-12143: Improved detection for Helldown Ransomware
  • LLAM-12116: Improved detection for Locky Ransomware
  • LLAM-12115: Improved detection for Linux version of Interlock Ransomware
  • LLAM-12070: Improved detection for Sdum
  • LLAM-12064: Improved detection for Interlock Ransomware
  • LLAM-12061: Improved detection for Lynx Ransomware
  • LLAM-12025: Improved detection for Gafgyt Ddos
  • LLAM-11958: Improved detection of phishing pages
  • LLAM-11911: Improved detection for SAgent
  • LLAM-11910: Improved detection for Poseidon
  • LLAM-11907: Improved detection for JS Dropper
  • LLAM-11906: Improved detection for Dunihi
  • LLAM-11888: Improved detection for AuKill
  • LLAM-11877: Improved detection for Darkgate
  • LLAM-11876: Improved detection for Dojos
  • LLAM-11874: Improved detection for Pantera LNK Agent
  • LLAM-11873: Improved detection for AsyncRAT
  • LLAM-11872: Improved detection for Powershell IOC's of Discoteka Stealer
  • LLAM-11870: Improved detection for Powershell Kematian Stealer
  • LLAM-11864: Improved detection continue.

Version 9.8

New Features

  • Introduce Permission for Viewing Analysis Reports of Other Accounts

INTRODUCE PERMISSION FOR VIEWING ANALYSIS REPORTS OF OTHER ACCOUNTS

This introduces a new permission "Can View Analysis History". With this permission, a user is able to view the history of file and URL analysis submissions performed by any account under Analyst -> Submission History. Users without this permission are only able to view their own submissions.

Previously, only users with administrator permissions were able to view submissions from other accounts.

This new feature was tracked internally as FEAT-7762

Detection Improvements

  • LLAM-10326: Reduced false positives in script behavior analysis
  • LLAM-10825: Improved detection of Malform RTF
  • LLAM-11131: Improved detection for continue.

Version 9.7.5

NSX NDR END-OF-LIFE (EOL) ANNOUNCEMENT FOR ANALYST AND PINBOX (ALL-IN-ONE) APPLIANCES

After August 31, 2023, Pinbox and Analyst appliances will no longer be supported by VMware. If you are currently using a Pinbox or Analyst appliance, please review the following VMware KB article: https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/92399

CHANGING SENDER ADDRESS FOR EMAILS TO CUSTOMERS

Due to a change in our email hosting service, we will be changing the sender address for emails sent to customers from no-reply@lastline.com to no-reply@vmware.com. Customers should make appropriate adjustments to spam filters and tools to accept emails from this new address. The exact date of the change will be announced in continue.

Version 9.7.4

NSX NDR END-OF-LIFE (EOL) ANNOUNCEMENT FOR ANALYST AND PINBOX (ALL-IN-ONE) APPLIANCES

After August 31, 2023, Pinbox and Analyst appliances will no longer be supported by VMware. If you are currently using a Pinbox or Analyst appliance, please review the following VMware KB article: https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/92399

CHANGING SENDER ADDRESS FOR EMAILS TO CUSTOMERS

Due to a change in our email hosting service, we will be changing the sender address for emails sent to customers from no-reply@lastline.com to no-reply@vmware.com. Customers should make appropriate adjustments to spam filters and tools to accept emails from this new address. The exact date of the change will be announced in continue.

Version 9.7.3

NSX NDR END-OF-LIFE (EOL) ANNOUNCEMENT FOR ANALYST AND PINBOX (ALL-IN-ONE) APPLIANCES

After August 31, 2023, Pinbox and Analyst appliances will no longer be supported by VMware. If you are currently using a Pinbox or Analyst appliance, please review the following VMware KB article: https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/92399

Detection Improvements

  • LLAM-10241: Improved detection of PolyRansom malware
  • LLAM-10328: Improved detection of malwares related to 3CS Supply Chain Attack

Bug Fixes and Improvements

  • FEAT-8080: OS updates now include Ubuntu Expanded Security Maintenance (ESM) updates for the Bionic 18.04.6 OS. To continue receiving support and patches for Bionic, please update appliances to this version. For information on ESM updates, review the following VMware continue.

Version 9.7.2

New Features

  • Support for analysis of OneNote documents

SUPPORT FOR ANALYSIS OF ONENOTE DOCUMENTS

NSX NDR supports analysis of OneNote documents: OneNote file (mime-type: application/onenote) and OneNote package (mime-type: application/vnd.ms-onepkg-compressed).

This new feature was tracked internally as FEAT-8013

Detection Improvements

  • LLAM-10198: Improved detection of RTF documents exploiting CVE-2023-21716

Deprecation of API Methods

No additional API methods are being deprecated or discontinued in this release.

The Lastline API documentation includes a deprecation schedule for methods in the legacy API, as well as information on how to replace usage of these deprecated methods with supported methods.

Released Appliance Versions

As part of this release, we are making available the following versions of Lastline appliances continue.

Version 9.7.1

New Features

Detection Improvements

  • LLAM-10033: Improved detection accuracy for CheatEngine
  • LLAM-10013: Improved accuracy of detection of suspected shellcode instructions
  • LLAM-9820: Improved detection of Brute Ratel
  • LLAM-9885: Improved detection of Nighthawk implants
  • LLAM-10054: Improved detection of Royal ransomware
  • LLAM-10043: Improved detection of Netsupport Rat
  • LLAM-9972: Improved detection of Coinminer
  • LLAM-9970: Improved accuracy of detection for ELF files
  • LLAM-9951: Improved detection of XMRigMiner
  • LLAM-9989: Improved detection of Merlin Agent
  • LLAM-10067: Improved detection of ESXiArgs ransomware
  • LLAM-10036: Improved detection of LNKRunner
  • LLAM-10032: Improved accuracy of detection for obfuscated applications
  • LLAM-10034: Improved accuracy of detection of ransomware
  • LLAM-9940: Improved detection of Jumplump
  • LLAM-9216: Improved detection of KNOTWEED malware
  • LLAM-9941: Improved detection of Jumplump dropper
  • LLAM-9837: Improved detection of Blackbasta
  • LLAM-8450: Improved detection of Sysjoker continue.

Version 9.7

New Features

  • Support enabling SSH password authentication for additional users
  • Support essentials-only backup for HA standby setup and takeover
  • New AI-based classifier for Windows PE files
  • Malware Analysis pipeline throughput optimization
  • Intelligent Anti-Malware Signatures for Windows PE files

SUPPORT ENABLING SSH PASSWORD AUTHENTICATION FOR ADDITIONAL USERS

Support has been added to specify additional user accounts that can access the system console or via SSH using password authentication. The installation manual contains steps to configure this feature.

This new feature was tracked internally as PLTF-3240

SUPPORT ESSENTIALS-ONLY BACKUP FOR HA STANDBY SETUP AND TAKEOVER

Setting up a Standby Manager for High Availability requires first performing a full backup and creating a continue.

Version 9.6.1

New Features

Detection Improvements

  • LLAM-9126: Improved detection for SessionManager backdoor.
  • LLAM-8911: Improved detection for AvosLocker family Linux-variant.
  • LLAM-8663: Improved detection of Cyclops Blink ELF trojan.
  • LLAM-9140: Improved detection of RedAlert ransomware

Bug Fixes and Improvements

  • PLTF-3272: Fixed upgrade failure from release 9.5.1 or older, caused by unsatisfied dependencies of the "tllod-storage" package.

Deprecation of API Methods

No additional API methods are being deprecated or discontinued in this release.

The Lastline API documentation includes a deprecation schedule for methods in the legacy API, as well as information on how to replace usage of these deprecated methods with supported methods.

Released Appliance Versions

As part of this release, we are making available the following versions continue.

Version 9.6

New Features

  • AI-based scoring in Anti-Malware Sandbox
  • Prefilter for Scripts

AI-BASED SCORING IN ANTI-MALWARE SANDBOX

The new AI-based scoring logic was introduced in Anti-Malware Sandbox to increase the quality of the detection and significantly reduce the number of false positives.

This new feature was tracked internally as FEAT-5239

PREFILTER FOR SCRIPTS

A new script prefiltering component reduces the load on customer's infrastructure by filtering out clearly benign scripts from the sandbox analysis.

This new feature was tracked internally as FEAT-6141

Detection Improvements

  • LLAM-8537: Improved detection of patched UPX packed samples.
  • FEAT-7287: Improved correlation of lateral movement activity into campaigns. In particular, various types of server-side lateral movement are now better supported.
  • LLAM-8482: continue.
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