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Installation documentation:
https://intelmq.readthedocs.io/en/maintenance/user/installation.html
Upgrade documentation:
https://intelmq.readthedocs.io/en/maintenance/user/upgrade.html

Configuration

  • The BOTS file is no longer used and has been removed (by Sebastian Wagner).
  • The defaults.conf file is no longer used and has been removed (PR#1814 by Birger Schacht).
  • The pipeline.conf file is no longer used and has been removed (PR#1849 by Birger Schacht).
  • The runtime.conf was renamed to runtime.yaml and is now in YAML format (PR#1812 by Birger Schacht).

Core

  • intelmq.lib.harmonization:
    • New class ClassificationTaxonomy with fixed list of taxonomies and sanitiation
  • intelmq.lib.bot:
    • Handle InvalidValue exceptions upon message retrieval by dumping the message instead of repeating endlessly (#1765, PR#1766 by Filip Pokorný).
    • Rewrite of the parameter loading and handling, getting rid of the parameters member (PR#1729 by Birger Schacht).
    • The pipeline is now initialized before the call of init to allow bots accessing data directly on startup/initialization for cleanup or maintenance tasks (PR#1982 by Sebastian Wagner).
  • intelmq.lib.exceptions:
    • InvalidValue: Add optional parameter object (PR#1766 by Filip Pokorný).
  • intelmq.lib.utils:
    • New function list_all_bots to list all available/installed bots as replacement for the BOTS file (#368, #552, #644, #757, #1069, #1750, PR#1751 by Sebastian Waldbauer).
    • New function get_bots_settings to return the effective bot parameters, with global parameters applied.
    • Removed deprecated function create_request_session_from_bot (PR#1997 by Sebastian Wagner, #1404).
    • parse_relative: Add support for parsing minutes and seconds (PR#1857 by Sebastian Wagner).
  • intelmq.lib.bot_debugger:
    • Set bot's logging_level directly in __init__ before the bot's initialization by changing the default value (by Sebastian Wagner).
    • Rewrite load_configuration_patch by adapting it to the parameter and configuration rewrite (by Sebastian Wagner).
    • Do not rely on the runtime configuration's group setting of bots to determine the required message type of messages given on the command line (PR#1949 by Sebastian Wagner).

Development

  • rewrite_config_files.py: Removed obsolete BOTS-file-related rewriting functionality.
  • A Github action that checks for reuse compliance of all the license and copyright headers was added.
  • PyYAML is no longer a required dependency for development environments, all calls to it have been replaced by ruamel.yaml (by Sebastian Wagner).

Data Format

The IntelMQ Data Harmonization ("DHO") is renamed to IntelMQ Data Format ("IDF"). Internal files remain and work the same as before (PR#1818 by Sebastian Waldbauer, fixes 1810).
Update allowed classification fields to version 1.3 (2021-05-18) (fixes #1409, #1476).

  • The taxonomy abusive content has been renamed to abusive-content.
  • The taxonomy information content security has been renamed to information-content-security.
    • The validation of type unauthorised-information-access has been fixed, a bug prevented the use of it.
    • The validation of type unauthorised-information-modification has been fixed, a bug prevented the use of it.
    • The type leak has been renamed to data-leak.
    • The type dropzone has been removed. Taxonomy other with type other and identifier dropzone can be used instead. Ongoing discussion in the RSIT WG.
  • The taxonomy intrusion attempts has been renamed to intrusion-attempts.
  • For the taxonomy intrusions (PR#1993 by Sebastian Wagner, addresses #1409):
    • The type compromised has been renamed to system-compromise.
    • The type unauthorized-command has been merged into system-compromise.
    • The type unauthorized-login has been merged into system-compromise.
    • The type backdoor has been merged into system-compromise (PR#1995 by Sebastian Wagner, addresses #1409).
    • The type defacement has been merged into taxonomy information-content-security, type unauthorised-information-modification (PR#1994 by Sebastian Wagner, addresses #1409).
  • The taxonomy information gathering has been rename to information-gathering.
  • The taxonomy malicious code has been renamed to malicious-code.
    • The type c2server has been renamed to c2-server.
    • The type malware has been integrated into infected-system and malware-distribution, respectively (PR#1917 by Sebastian Wagner addresses #1409).
    • The type ransomware has been integrated into infected-system.
    • The type dga domain has been moved to the taxonomy other renamed dga-domain (PR#1992 by Sebastian Wagner fixes #1613).
  • For the taxonomy 'availability', the type misconfiguration is new.
  • For the taxonomy 'other', the type unknown has been renamed to undetermined.
  • For the taxonomy 'vulnerable':
    • The type vulnerable client has been renamed to vulnerable-system.
    • The type vulnerable service has been renamed to vulnerable-system.

Bots

  • The parameters handling of numerous bots has been refactored (PR#1751, PR#1729, by Birger Schacht, Sebastian Wagner, Sebastian Waldbauer).

Collectors

  • Remove intelmq.bots.collectors.xmpp: one of the dependencies of the bot was deprecated and according to a short survey on the IntelMQ
    users mailinglist, the bot is not used by anyone. (https://lists.cert.at/pipermail/intelmq-users/2020-October/000177.html, PR#1761, closes #1614)
  • intelmq.bots.collectors.mail._lib: Added parameter mail_starttls for STARTTLS in all mail collector bots (PR#1831 by Marius Karotkis, fixes #1128).
  • Added intelmq.bots.collectors.fireeye: A bot that collects indicators from Fireeye MAS appliances (PR#1745 by Christopher Schappelwein).
  • intelmq.bots.collectors.api.collector_api (PR#1987 by Mikk Margus Möll, fixes #1986):
    • Added UNIX socket capability.
    • Correctly close the IOLoop in the shutdown method to fix reload.
  • intelmq.bots.collectors.rt.collector_rt (PR#1997 by Sebastian Wagner, #1404):
    • compatibility with the deprecated parameter unzip_attachment (removed in 2.1.0) was removed.

Parsers

  • Added intelmq.bots.parsers.fireeye: A bot that parses hashes and URLs from Fireeye MAS indicators (PR#1745 by Christopher Schappelwein).
  • intelmq.bots.parsers.shadowserver._config:
    • Improved the feed-mapping and all conversion functions (PR#1971 by Mikk Margus Möll).
  • intelmq.bots.parsers.generic.parser_csv:
    • Fix handling of empty string values for parameter time_format (by Sebastian Wagner).

Experts

  • intelmq.bots.experts.domain_suffix.expert:
    • Added --update-database option to update domain suffix database (by Sebastian Wagner).
    • Fix check method: load database with UTF-8 encoding explicitly (by Sebastian Wagner).
  • Added intelmq.bots.experts.http.expert_status: A bot that fetches the HTTP Status for a given URI and adds it to the message (PR#1789 by Birger Schacht, fixes #1047 partly).
  • Added intelmq.bots.experts.http.expert_content: A bot that fetches an HTTP resource and checks if it contains a specific string.
  • Added intelmq.bots.experts.lookyloo.expert: A bot that sends requests to a lookyloo instance & adds screenshot_url to the event (PR#1844 by Sebastian Waldbauer, fixes #1048).
  • Added intelmq.bots.experts.rdap.expert: A bot that checks the rdap protocol for an abuse contact for a given domain.
  • intelmq.bots.experts.sieve.expert:
    • Add operators for comparing lists and sets (PR#1895 by Mikk Margus Möll):
      • :equals
      • :overlaps
      • :supersetof
      • :subsetof
      • :equals
    • Add support for comparing boolean values (PR#1895 by Mikk Margus Möll).
    • Add support for rule negation with ! (PR#1895, PR#1923 by Mikk Margus Möll).
    • Add support for values types float, int, bool and string for all lists items (PR#1895 by Mikk Margus Möll).
    • Add actions for lists (PR#1895 by Mikk Margus Möll).
      • append
      • append! (forced/overwriting)
    • Rewrite the rule-processing and operator-handling code to make it more comprehensible and extensible (PR#1895, PR#1923 by Mikk Margus Möll).
    • Nested if statements, plus mixed actions and actions in the same scope (PR #1923 by Mikk Margus Möll).
    • The attribute manipulation actions add, add! and update support non-string (bool/int/float) values (PR #1923 by Mikk Margus Möll).
    • Drop the :notcontains operator, as it made is redundant by generic negation: ! foo :contains 'x' instead of foo :notcontains 'x' (PR#1957 by Mikk Margus Möll).
    • Split string and numeric matches into single- and multivalued variants, with the relevant new operators :in, :containsany and :regexin for string lists, and :in for numeric value lists (PR#1957 by Mikk Margus Möll).
      • Removed the == operator for lists, with the previous meaning of :in. Have a look at the NEWS.md for more information.
  • Added intelmq.bots.experts.uwhoisd: A bot that fetches the whois entry from a uwhois-instance (PR#1918 by Raphaël Vinot).
  • Removed deprecated intelmq.bots.experts.ripencc_abuse_contact.expert. It was replaced by intelmq.bots.experts.ripe.expert and marked as deprecated in 2.0.0.beta1 (PR#1997 by Sebastian Wagner, #1404).
  • intelmq.bots.experts.modify.expert:
    • Removed compatibility with deprecated configuration format before 1.0.0.dev7 (PR#1997 by Sebastian Wagner, #1404).
  • Added intelmq.bots.experts.aggregate: A bot that aggregate events based upon given fields & a timespan. (PR#1959 by Sebastian Waldbauer)
  • Added intelmq.bots.experts.tuency: A bot that queries the IntelMQ API of a tuency instance (PR#1857 by Sebastian Wagner, fixes #1856).

Outputs

  • Remove intelmq.bots.outputs.xmpp: one of the dependencies of the bot was deprecated and according to a short survey on the IntelMQ
    users mailinglist, the bot is not used by anyone. (https://lists.cert.at/pipermail/intelmq-users/2020-October/000177.html, PR#1761, closes #1614)
  • intelmq.bots.outputs.smtp: Add more debug logging (PR#1949 by Sebastian Wagner).
  • Added new bot intelmq.bots.outputs.templated_smtp (PR#1901 by Karl-Johan Karlsson).

Documentation

  • Updated user and developer documentation to reflect the removal of the BOTS file (PR#1780 by Birger Schacht).
  • Bots documentation:
    • Added anchors to all bot sections derived from the module names for easier linking (PR#1943 by Sebastian Wagner fixes part of certtools/intelmq-api#4).
  • License and copyright information was added to all the bots.
  • Added documentation on the EventDB (PR#1955 by Birger Schacht, PR#1985 by Sebastian Wagner).
  • Added TimescaleDB for time-series documentation (PR#1990 by Sebastian Waldbauer).
  • Improved n6 interoperability documentation by adding more graphs and illustrations (PR#1991 by Sebastian Wagner).
  • Feed documentation generation: fix and simplify formatting of parameters of types lists, non-string values have been ill-treated (by Sebastian Wagner).
  • Added documentation on abuse-contact look-ups (PR#2021 by Sebastian Waldbauer and Sebastian Wagner).

Packaging

  • Docker images tagged with certat/intelmq-full:develop are built and published on every push to the develop branch (PR#1753 by Sebastian Waldbauer).
  • Adapt packaging to IntelMQ 3.0 changes: ruamel.yaml dependency, changed configuration, updated database-update scripts (by Birger Schacht and Sebastian Wagner).

Tests

  • intelmq.tests.lib.test_bot:
    • Add test case for a raised InvalidValue exception upon message retrieval (#1765, PR#1766 by Filip Pokorný and Sebastian Wagner).
  • intelmq.lib.test:
    • Compare content of the output field as dictionaries, not as string in assertMessageEqual (PR#1975 by Karl-Johan Karlsson).
    • Support multiple calls to run_bot from test cases (PR#1989 by Sebastian Wagner).
      • Split prepare_source_queue out of prepare_bot.
      • Added new optional parameter stop_bot to run_bot.

Tools

  • intelmqdump (PR#1997 by Sebastian Wagner, #1404):
    • The command e for deleting single entries by given IDs has been merged into the command d ("delete"), which can now delete either entries by ID or the whole file.
    • The command v for editing entries has been renamed to e ("edit").

Contrib

  • eventdb:
    • Added separate-raws-table.sql (PR#1985 by Sebastian Wagner).
  • cron-jobs: Removed the deprecated update scripts (PR#1997 by Sebastian Wagner, #1404):
    • update-asn-data
    • update-geoip-data
    • update-tor-nodes
    • update-rfiprisk-data
      in favor of the built-in update-mechanisms (see the bots' documentation). A crontab file for calling all new update command can be found in contrib/cron-jobs/intelmq-update-database.

Known issues

  • ParserBot: erroneous raw line recovery in error handling (#1850).
  • ruamel.yaml loader and dumper: human readability bug / support for comments (#2003).
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