18. Changelog
This chapter contains all new changes of Aurora.
18.1. Aurora Agent 1.1
18.1.1. Aurora Agent Version 1.1.5
Type |
Description |
|---|---|
Bugfix |
Fixed an issue where the handle polling provider did not handle large PIDs correctly |
18.1.2. Aurora Agent Version 1.1.4
Type |
Description |
|---|---|
Bugfix |
Fixed an issue where some new log sources were not loaded properly |
18.1.3. Aurora Agent Version 1.1.3
Type |
Description |
|---|---|
Bugfix |
Fixed an issue where small files could cause issues with magic header detection |
18.1.4. Aurora Agent Version 1.1.2
Type |
Description |
|---|---|
Bugfix |
Fixed an issue where Aurora could leak process handles when analyzing stack traces, possibly leading to high memory load when running for a long time |
Feature |
Added functionality to the ResControl module to terminate Aurora if a handle leak is detected |
18.1.5. Aurora Agent Version 1.1.0
Type |
Description |
|---|---|
Feature |
Added a field for process creation events that indicates whether process parent spoofing took place |
Feature |
Added support for call traces from ETW events. Extended call traces (with full symbols) are also possible. |
Feature |
Added CallTrace (and, in intense configuration, CallTraceExtended) fields to OpenProcess events |
Feature |
Added new flags to set output format specifically for some outputs |
Feature |
Added a '--dashboard' option that starts an interactive notifier for checking recent Aurora events |
Bugfix |
Fixed an issue where rules with multiple wildcards could cause extremely high memory usage |
18.2. Aurora Agent 1.0
18.2.1. Aurora Agent Version 1.0.7
Type |
Description |
|---|---|
Bugfix |
Fixed an issue in go-sigma that can lead to high memory usage during initialization |
Feature |
Added default exclusion for Windows Defender |
18.2.2. Aurora Agent Version 1.0.6
Type |
Description |
|---|---|
Feature |
Improved performance of Sigma rule matching |
Feature |
Added a new log source for 'NtSetInformationKey' calls |
Feature |
Added a timeout for receiving the agent status |
18.2.3. Aurora Agent Version 1.0.5
Type |
Description |
|---|---|
Change |
Removed unnecessary files from ZIP package |
Bugfix |
Fixed an issue where memory was leaked over time |
18.2.4. Aurora Agent Version 1.0.4
Type |
Description |
|---|---|
Change |
Improved logging of file hash calculation |
18.2.5. Aurora Agent Version 1.0.3
Type |
Description |
|---|---|
Change |
Improved handling of signals received during Aurora startup |
18.2.6. Aurora Agent Version 1.0.2
Type |
Description |
|---|---|
Feature |
Made additional flags available from ASGARD |
Feature |
Added a warning when using keyword IOCs |
18.2.7. Aurora Agent Version 1.0.1
Type |
Description |
|---|---|
Bugfix |
Fixed a bug where an invalid rule caused the full ruleset to not be loaded |
18.2.8. Aurora Agent Version 1.0.0
Type |
Description |
|---|---|
Bugfix |
Fixed a bug where diagnostics pack creation could hang |
Feature |
Added specific 'registry_*' categories in log source mappings |
18.3. Aurora Agent 0.9
18.3.1. Aurora Agent Version 0.9.9
Type |
Description |
|---|---|
Feature |
Extended 'diagnostics' information to cover broken configurations better |
Feature |
Incorrect flags used in configuration file now cause Aurora startup to fail |
18.3.2. Aurora Agent Version 0.9.8
Type |
Description |
|---|---|
Change |
Upgraded to Golang 1.17 |
Feature |
Added a new 'diagnostics' command to Aurora Util that extracts information useful for debugging |
18.3.3. Aurora Agent Version 0.9.7
Type |
Description |
|---|---|
Bugfix |
Fixed a bug where registry events weren't applied correctly |
Bugfix |
Fixed a bug where the TemporaryDriverLoadDetector did not contain useful information |
18.3.4. Aurora Agent Version 0.9.6
Type |
Description |
|---|---|
Change |
Improved formatting of events displayed by '--trace' |
Change |
Improved handling of custom responses with nonexistent fields |
Change |
Improved handling of invalid log source files |
18.3.5. Aurora Agent Version 0.9.5
Type |
Description |
|---|---|
Feature |
Added explicit information about enabled modules to '--module-info' |
18.3.6. Aurora Agent Version 0.9.4
Type |
Description |
|---|---|
Bugfix |
Fixed a bug where backslashes in custom responses were parsed incorrectly |
Bugfix |
Fixed a bug where events that indirectly originated from Aurora (e.g. via Sysmon) were processed |
Bugfix |
Fixed a bug where some response events had an incorrect log ID |
Feature |
Added IOC counts to status |
Bugfix |
Fixed a bug where explorer.exe could be terminated even if 'lowprivonly' was set |
18.3.7. Aurora Agent Version 0.9.3
Type |
Description |
|---|---|
Change |
Decreased time needed to stop Aurora |
Bugfix |
Fixed a bug where certain responses could lead to a deadlock in response execution |
Bugfix |
Fixed a bug where the log file was not recreated when it was deleted |
Bugfix |
Fixed a bug where '--restart-service' did not work as intended |
Bugfix |
Fixed a bug where faulty hash IOCs were silently ignored |
18.3.8. Aurora Agent Version 0.9.2
Type |
Description |
|---|---|
Change |
TCP log target now tries to reconnect if the connection is interrupted |
Feature |
Aurora Agent Util's 'upgrade' now also upgrades the installed agent when run with '--restart-service' |
18.3.9. Aurora Agent Version 0.9.1
Type |
Description |
|---|---|
Change |
Renamed providers to have similar naming patterns for all modules |
Change |
Changed indentation for '--status' |
Bugfix |
Fixed a bug where ProcessTree contained incorrect elements |
18.3.10. Aurora Agent Version 0.9.0
Type |
Description |
|---|---|
Feature |
Improved performance for many matching operations |
18.4. Aurora Agent 0.8
18.4.1. Aurora Agent Version 0.8.3
Type |
Description |
|---|---|
Bugfix |
Fixed a bug regarding decision making whether a process is considered high privileged |
18.4.2. Aurora Agent Version 0.8.2
Type |
Description |
|---|---|
Change |
Clarified log messages if responses are simulated |
Change |
Clarified log messages for IOC matches |
18.4.3. Aurora Agent Version 0.8.1
Type |
Description |
|---|---|
Change |
Renamed the 'FileAge' field to 'ImageAge' for many events |
Feature |
Improved debug logging |
Feature |
Added 'ParentCommandLine' field to some file events |
Feature |
Added information about grandparent process to process creation events |
Feature |
Added 'ProcessTree' field to process creation events |
18.4.4. Aurora Agent Version 0.8.0
Type |
Description |
|---|---|
Change |
The default locations for process exclude and false positive exclusion files have been moved to the new 'config/' directory |
Change |
The number of process excludes and false positive exclusions is now part of the agent status |
Feature |
Added 'exclude' command to Aurora Agent Util for a dialogue to exclude processes causing many events |
18.5. Aurora Agent 0.7
18.5.1. Aurora Agent Version 0.7.0
Type |
Description |
|---|---|
Feature |
Added '--process-exclude' parameter that can be used to filter out events from specific processes early |
Bugfix |
Fixed a bug that could potentially lead to deadlocks |
Feature |
Added ResControl module to terminate Aurora if memory usage is too excessive |
Feature |
Added information about events received per process to '--status --trace' output |
18.6. Aurora Agent 0.6
18.6.1. Aurora Agent Version 0.6.4
Type |
Description |
|---|---|
Bugfix |
Fixed a bug where some content information was missing from events |
18.6.2. Aurora Agent Version 0.6.3
Type |
Description |
|---|---|
Change |
Improved output for response execution |
18.6.3. Aurora Agent Version 0.6.2
Type |
Description |
|---|---|
Change |
Deprecated 'killparent' which was replaced by 'processidfield' |
Feature |
Added lookup of parent process using cached data for responses |
Feature |
Added 'emp' response action |
18.6.4. Aurora Agent Version 0.6.1
Type |
Description |
|---|---|
Feature |
Added 'processidfield' flag for responses using 'kill', 'suspend' or 'dump' |
Change |
Change '--deactivate-all-modules' to '--deactivate-all-consumers' |
Feature |
Added support for 'response: none' to explicitly overwrite a response with one that does nothing |
18.6.5. Aurora Agent Version 0.6.0
Type |
Description |
|---|---|
Feature |
Added '--response-set' flag for external definitions of responses for sigma rules |
Bugfix |
Fixed a bug where some events did not contain the process ID as expected by responses |
Feature |
Added 'all' as a valid value for the 'ancestors' flag |
18.7. Aurora Agent 0.5
18.7.1. Aurora Agent Version 0.5.8
Type |
Description |
|---|---|
Change |
Added descriptions for all modules |
18.7.2. Aurora Agent Version 0.5.7
Type |
Description |
|---|---|
Feature |
Added additional information for ASGARD's parameter representation |
Change |
Unified module list for Windows and Linux builds |
Change |
Included providers in '--module-list' |
18.7.3. Aurora Agent Version 0.5.6
Type |
Description |
|---|---|
Change |
Allowed deactivation of providers |
Bugfix |
Fixed an issue where some sigma rule matches were reported as Info level instead of Notice |
18.7.4. Aurora Agent Version 0.5.5
Type |
Description |
|---|---|
Feature |
Added '--quiet' flag for ASGARD |
Feature |
Added more log IDs for identification |
Bugfix |
Fixed a bug where '--restart-service' would fail if the Aurora service was stopped |
18.7.5. Aurora Agent Version 0.5.4
Type |
Description |
|---|---|
Change |
Improved identification of processes for correlation purposes |
18.7.6. Aurora Agent Version 0.5.3
Type |
Description |
|---|---|
Change |
Improved handling of allocations, reduced temporary allocations during event analysis |
18.7.7. Aurora Agent Version 0.5.2
Type |
Description |
|---|---|
Feature |
Added exclusions to intrusive tampering detectors |
Feature |
'--json' now also applies to eventlog output |
Bugfix |
Fixed a bug where Aurora Agent Util downloaded upgrades / updates even when not necessary |
18.7.8. Aurora Agent Version 0.5.1
Type |
Description |
|---|---|
Feature |
Added log source for 'WinEventLog:Microsoft-Windows-Windows Firewall With Advanced Security/Firewall' |
Change |
Removed unnecessary completion command in Aurora Agent Util |
18.7.9. Aurora Agent Version 0.5.0
Type |
Description |
|---|---|
Feature |
Added detection for 'EtwEventWrite' patches to process tampering detector |
Bugfix |
Fixed a bug where hash order was not constant |
18.8. Aurora Agent 0.4
18.8.1. Aurora Agent Version 0.4.4
Type |
Description |
|---|---|
Change |
Changed the scheduled task names to be better understandable |
Feature |
Added an additional log source for virtual disk mounts |
Change |
Administrator tokens now count as low privileged for 'lowprivonly' (only LOCAL SYSTEM and similar tokens are protected) |
18.8.2. Aurora Agent Version 0.4.3
Type |
Description |
|---|---|
Bugfix |
Fixed a bug where installation paniced in certain race conditions |
Feature |
Added better support for file names in events from 'Microsoft-Windows-Kernel-File' |
18.8.3. Aurora Agent Version 0.4.2
Type |
Description |
|---|---|
Feature |
Added 'Alert' and 'Notice' log levels to better distinguish internal error / info messages and matches |
Bugfix |
Fixed a bug where a handle was not correctly closed |
Change |
Improved error message when receiving a Sigma correlation rule |
Change |
Improved output when failing to parse the command line |
18.8.4. Aurora Agent Version 0.4.1
Type |
Description |
|---|---|
Bugfix |
Fixed a bug where Aurora installation timed out |
Change |
Improved output if Aurora service failed to start after installation |
Bugfix |
Fixed a bug where '--uninstall' failed when run from the installed Aurora executable |
Bugfix |
Fixed a bug where a segmentation fault in the eventlog API was visible to the user |
18.8.5. Aurora Agent Version 0.4.0
Type |
Description |
|---|---|
Change |
Startup errors when running as a service are now written to 'service-startup.log' next to the executable |
Change |
There are now two scheduled tasks: one for upgrades, one for updates |
Feature |
Added '--report-stats-verbose' flag for more information in '--report-stats' output |
Bugfix |
Fixed a bug where signatures where updated even when this was unnecessary |
Change |
Installation now adds the installation path to the PATH environment variable |
18.9. Aurora Agent 0.3
18.9.1. Aurora Agent Version 0.3.0
Type |
Description |
|---|---|
Bugfix |
Fixed a bug where Aurora indefinitely tried to restart after a startup error |
Bugfix |
Fixed a bug where the installed service still referred to the paths as they were prior to installation |
Bugfix |
Fixed a bug where Aurora didn't update the signatures daily |
Change |
Updated description for many flags in '--help' |
Change |
Process dumps are now written to the 'process-dumps' folder by default instead of the working directory |
Feature |
Added banner display for interactive runs |
Feature |
Added a default file for '--false-positive-filter' that includes a usage example |
Feature |
Added rule paths to '--status' output |
Change |
Specifying positional arguments (which were ignored before) now causes an error |
18.10. Aurora Agent 0.2
18.10.1. Aurora Agent Version 0.2.4
Type |
Description |
|---|---|
Feature |
Added support for DestinationIsIpv6 in Microsoft-Windows-TCPIP events |
Change |
Improved installation procedure to account for user interrupts |
Feature |
Added custom-signatures folder that is on the search list by default |
Change |
Improved handling of panics and runtime faults |
18.10.2. Aurora Agent Version 0.2.3
Type |
Description |
|---|---|
Feature |
Active and Inactive modules are listed at startup |
Feature |
Added more verbose output to installation success |
18.10.3. Aurora Agent Version 0.2.2
Type |
Description |
|---|---|
Feature |
Signature revision is now included in status and initial message |
Change |
Events from the named pipe poller now include the process that has a handle to the named pipe |
Change |
The named pipe polling provider now provides polling for all handles on the system |
Change |
Command lines from existing processes at Aurora startup are now properly cached |
18.10.4. Aurora Agent Version 0.2.1
Type |
Description |
|---|---|
Bugfix |
Fixed bug that caused the version numbers to be empty in Eventlog |
Bugfix |
Fixed overlaps with Event IDs of different modules (default ID 199) |
Change |
Lowered score of driver loads from System32 folder (TemporaryDriverLoadDetector) |
18.10.5. Aurora Agent Version 0.2.0
Type |
Description |
|---|---|
Change |
Disabled EtwCanary for x86 systems due to issues with Windows 10 x86 |
Bugfix |
Fixed a bug where the prodcess tampering detector caused panics on Windows 7 |
Change |
Errors in single sigma rules no longer cause the Aurora Agent startup to fail |
Feature |
Added '--false-positive-filter-file' for custom exclusions |
Change |
Aurora now installs all files to C:Program FilesAurora Agent and none to C:ProgramData |
Feature |
Added '--force' flag to Aurora Agent Util for forced upgrades |
Feature |
Aurora Agent Util is now installed and can be used to update the installed version directly |
Feature |
Aurora Agent now adds a daily update scheduled tasks on installation |
18.11. Aurora Agent 0.1
18.11.1. Aurora Agent Version 0.1.12
Type |
Description |
|---|---|
Bugfix |
Fixed a bug in Sigma matching that could cause false negatives |
Change |
Unified startup log lines into a single message |
Feature |
Added module for process tampering detection |
Feature |
Added module for temporary driver detection |
Feature |
Added '--deactivate-all-modules' for easier debugging |
Feature |
Added '--sigdev' option for Aurora Agent Util |
Feature |
Added module for IOC (filenames, domains, hashes, ... ) application |
Change |
Renamed '--no-content-info' to '--no-content-enrichment' |
18.11.2. Aurora Agent Version 0.1.11
Type |
Description |
|---|---|
Feature |
Added an ETW Canary module that checks whether ETW events are received |
Feature |
Added content information via correlation to many events |
Change |
Restricted number of active responses to 2 for Aurora Agent Lite |
Feature |
Added FileAge field for content information |
Feature |
Added Aurora Signature pack, Aurora Signatures can be updated with Aurora Util |
18.11.3. Aurora Agent Version 0.1.10
Type |
Description |
|---|---|
Feature |
Added a whitelist as beaconhunter excludes |
Bugfix |
Fixed a bug where the UDP socket permanently broke down |
Feature |
Added more context information to beaconhunter messages |
Change |
Sigma can now be deactivated with '--deactivate-module Sigma' |
Change |
BeaconHunter no longer activates expensive event sources by default, but still uses them if others activate them |
Change |
Renamed '--no-hashes' to the more accurate '--no-content-info' |
18.11.4. Aurora Agent Version 0.1.9
Type |
Description |
|---|---|
Feature |
Added log id for status messages |
Bugfix |
Fixed a FP in LSASS dump check |
Feature |
Added more information for TCP connections |
18.11.5. Aurora Agent Version 0.1.8
Type |
Description |
|---|---|
Change |
Moved log source mappings to a separate file that is shared for all configurations |
Bugfix |
Fixed a bug where process information could be misinterpreted when a process ID was reused |
Feature |
Added more content information for PE files (version resource information) |
18.11.6. Aurora Agent Version 0.1.7
Type |
Description |
|---|---|
Feature |
Added registry kernel logger as default source, values and paths are now parsed correctly |
Bugfix |
Fixed a bug where process information was discarded too early |
Bugfix |
Fixed a bug where Aurora didn't register properly for kernel providers if it was terminated harshly |
18.11.7. Aurora Agent Version 0.1.6
Type |
Description |
|---|---|
Feature |
Added '--print-event-id' option |
Bugfix |
Fixed a bug where errors in other ETW sessions could affect Aurora |
18.11.8. Aurora Agent Version 0.1.5
Type |
Description |
|---|---|
Feature |
Added '--no-hashes' option |
Bugfix |
Fixed a race condition where log sources were not updated properly on sigma log source change |
Bugfix |
Fixed a bug where hash calculation didn't close its file mapping properly |
Change |
Log sources are now in a separate folder |
Feature |
Added four agent configurations (minimal, reduced, standard, intense) for common use cases |
Change |
Renamed 'sigma-config' to '--log-source' |
Bugfix |
Fixed a bug where debugging output from the imphash calculation was visible |
Change |
Disabled quick edit mode in a console while Aurora is running |
18.11.9. Aurora Agent Version 0.1.4
Type |
Description |
|---|---|
Feature |
Added MD5, SHA1, SHA256 hashes as well as imphashes to process creation, image load, and driver load events |
Feature |
Added Aurora Util for Aurora upgrades and rule encryption |
Feature |
Added example for proper named pipe detection using SystemLogger:Handle |
Change |
Expanded Log IDs, defined different Log ID ranges for the different modules |
18.11.10. Aurora Agent Version 0.1.3
Type |
Description |
|---|---|
Change |
Renamed '--event-throttling' to '--output-throttling', it now drops events instead of slowing Aurora |
Bugfix |
Fixed a bug where the log file wasn't written after installation |
Feature |
Added '--low-prio' for reduced process priority, changed default priority to normal |
Change |
Added '--sigma-match-throttling' and '--sigma-match-burst' for limiting sigma matches on a per-rule basis |
Change |
aurora-agent now calls aurora-agent-64 when called on a 64 bit platform |
Feature |
Added missing log source rewrite for systemlogger-process |
Change |
Grouped "source not found" messages |
Change |
Rules may now define multiple responses |
Change |
Event Log IDs are now equal to Sysmon Event IDs for common sigma categories |
Change |
Custom fields are now marshaled to YAML in string form |
Change |
CPU limit now measures only CPU usage of Aurora |
18.11.11. Aurora Agent Version 0.1.2
Type |
Description |
|---|---|
Feature |
Added '--event-throttling' option for slowed output |
Feature |
Added '--no-stdout' option for no logging to stdout |
Feature |
Added '--module-info' option to enumerate existing modules |
Bugfix |
Fixed a bug where some parameters weren't written to the installed config |
Change |
Expanded '--status' output |
Feature |
Added support for response options: recursive, ancestors, and simulate |
Feature |
Added output for simulated responses |
Bugfix |
Fixed a bug where Aurora could match events that it wrote itself |
Bugfix |
Fixed a bug where fields available for sigma matching and responses were inconsistent |
Feature |
Added Aurora Agent Icon |
18.11.12. Aurora Agent Version 0.1.1
Type |
Description |
|---|---|
Feature |
Added support for activating and deactivating single consumers |
Change |
Allowed query syntax with ETW channels to request only specific event IDs |
Feature |
Added build revision support |
18.11.13. Aurora Agent Version 0.1.0
Type |
Description |
|---|---|
Major Release |
Initial Release |