11. Changelog

This chapter contains all the changes of the ASGARD Management Center.

11.1. ASGARD Management Center

Changelog of ASGARD Management Center releases since version 2.0.0

11.1.1. ASGARD 2.17

11.1.1.1. ASGARD 2.17.2

Release Date

Thu, 1 Feb 2024 15:55:00 +0100

Type

Description

Major

Prepare for Debian 12 Upgrade (but still allow minor updates)

Bugfix

Fixed loading of sigma response rules, when corresponding sigma rules are missing

11.1.2. ASGARD 2.16

11.1.2.1. ASGARD 2.16.3

Release Date

Mon, 8 Oct 2023 13:12:00 +0200

Type

Description

Bugfix

Fixed wording in MacOS binary signatures

11.1.2.2. ASGARD 2.16.2

Release Date

Fri, 1 Sep 2023 15:49:00 +0200

Type

Description

Feature

Added uuids to tables like THOR scans, Aurora services, group tasks and many more

Change

Improved license generation for assets, THOR and Aurora. Licenses will no longer be max. valid for 90 days. Instead, they are valid as long as the ASGARD license. We also added a small tolerance that allows you to slightly exceed the license limit.

Security

OS Security Fix

Bugfix

Fixed issues with regenerating IOC rulesets for scheduled group scans (Master ASGARD only)

Bugfix

Fixed an ASGARD license issue in combination with Master ASGARD and Broker Network

Bugfix

Fixed an MacOS signing issue

Bugfix

Fixed small bug in agent installer for MacOS

Bugfix

Fixed freezing Broker Network configuration page (Master ASGARD only)

Bugfix

Fixed issues with delayed Full Disk Access on MacOS

Bugfix

Fixed inaccurate RAM usage measurement on MacOS and AIX in THOR launcher and Playbook launcher

11.1.3. ASGARD 2.15

11.1.3.1. ASGARD 2.15.3

Release Date

Tue, 16 May 2023 11:59:00 +0200

Type

Description

Change

Improved error message on wrong 2FA code

Change

Synchronize deleted assets with Analysis Cockpit

Change

Updated Sigma LogSources for LogWatcher

Bugfix

Fixed non-working gatekeeper to broker connection for two different host names

Bugfix

Removed some debug messages in asgard log

Bugfix

Fixed a typo in logrotate config that caused agent access log to not be rotated

Bugfix

Fixed non-working agent timeline if not agent log file exists

Bugfix

Truncate sigma rule title and creator to fit the database table requirements

Bugfix

Fixed typo in detection of deprecated and unsupported THOR versions

Bugfix

Removed raw code line in custom signature ioc table

Bugfix

Do not show 'labels: all' in group tasks that are based on ASGARD Query

Bugfix

Fixed non-working deletion of agent installers that are tagged as legacy

Bugfix

Fixed synchronization issues with Analysis Cockpit in very large environments

Bugfix

Fixed crashing LogWatcher caused by Sigma rulesets without custom rules

11.1.4. ASGARD 2.14

11.1.4.1. ASGARD 2.14.6

Release Date

Mon, 7 Nov 2022 15:39:00 +0100

Type

Description

Bugfix

Fixed non-working advanced labeling in group scan/task dialog

11.1.4.2. ASGARD 2.14.5

Release Date

Wed, 2 Nov 2022 10:49:00 +0100

Type

Description

Feature

Broker Network support

Feature

Search and select assets with queries, e.g. 'hostname ends with "-dev" OR labels = "dev"'

Feature

Optionally create group tasks with an asset query instead of labels

Feature

The agent config can now be maintained from ASGARD, e.g. change proxy settings

Feature

Move agent to a different ASGARD

Feature

Automatically resume THOR scans that have been terminated due to shutdown signals (e.g. on reboot)

Feature

Added a lot new ASGARD features to Master ASGARD, e.g. manage and download agent installers, manage Broker Network

Feature

Allows to delete assets

Feature

Delete agent installers

Feature

Added diagnostic checks to diagnostic download packs

Feature

Support unix filepath format in playbooks for Windows targets

Feature

Detect assets that run with same key material, e.g. cloned assets

Feature

Forward THOR and Aurora events via rsyslog

Feature

Migrate key material from old agent config on agent re-installation

Feature

Added more columns in some tables, e.g. 'creator' in service configurations or 'active since' in services

Feature

Download ASGARD users as CSV

Feature

Set description for remote consoles

Feature

New default playbook "Collect Agent Log" (requires an agent update)

Feature

Bulk task / scan creation

Change

Require min. TLS 1.3 for all agent connections. To disable min. TLS 1.3, set "LegacyTLS=1" in the ASGARD config file.

Change

Disable "Add and activate" button for "Add group task", if "Scheduled start" is set

Change

Allow "--nohtml" flag for THOR

Change

Set scan status to error if THOR scan result does not contain 'THOR scan finished' message

Change

Collect stdout/stderr at the end of each playbook step instead of streaming it directly to ASGARD

Change

Automatically set THOR's max runtime to unlimited and removed THOR's max runtime argument from THOR flag list

Change

Ignore deprecated sigma rules

Change

Improved compression level of some generated zip files

Change

Allow stop of group tasks without starting it

Change

Improved diagnostics for synchronization with Analysis Cockpit

Change

Disabled syslog debug log on agents by default, added option to agent installer to enable syslog

Change

Added key usage and SAN to self-signed TLS certificate for UI on installation

Bugfix

Security fixes

Bugfix

Fixed missing 'Default response mode' in Sigma ruleset details

Bugfix

Fixed some missing Aurora flags

Bugfix

Fixed non-working save button for global Sigma false positive filter list

Bugfix

Fixed NaN when removing the score of an IOC

Bugfix

Fixed a bug in event caching in offline mode of Aurora Agent and LogWatcher

Bugfix

Fixed 'Windows 11' detected as 'Windows 10'

Bugfix

Fixed missing LastLogon date in local users table

Bugfix

Disable deletion of the own user

Bugfix

Added "x86_64" in addition to "amd64" for agent installer rpm packages to support older yum/rpm

Bugfix

Fixed wrong YARA rule count after uploading YARA rules

Bugfix

Fixed "in a few seconds" last seen timestamps that have been caused by either a wrong server or browser clock

Bugfix

Removed some Aurora and Sigma error messages in ASGARD log after fresh installation

Bugfix

Removed a race condition between automatic and manual update checks that may cause corrupt product version numbers

Bugfix

Fixed missing "enabled/disabled service" history entries on ASGARDs that are connected to a Master ASGARD

Bugfix

Fixed corrupt network interfaces search in asset table for new assets that had no interrogate job yet

Bugfix

Fixed a bug in motd config that causes some error messages after a fresh installation

Bugfix

Removed c2 file name prefix from some compiled custom signatures

Bugfix

Fixed non-working obfuscated agent for AIX

11.1.5. ASGARD 2.13

11.1.5.1. ASGARD 2.13.11

Release Date

Wed, 14 Sep 2022 10:44:00 +0200

Type

Description

Bugfix

Fixed possible deadlock in synchronization between Master ASGARD and ASGARD

Bugfix

Fixed EOF error in synchronization between Master ASGARD and ASGARD

Bugfix

Removed a hard-coded limit that caused some missing data in UI

11.1.5.2. ASGARD 2.13.8

Release Date

Fri, 8 Jul 2022 08:57:00 +0200

Type

Description

Security

TLS Hardening

Security

Trusted Proxies

Bugfix

Fixed missing description for ASGARDs on Master ASGARD

Bugfix

Fixed bug in first sync between ASGARD and Master ASGARD

11.1.5.3. ASGARD 2.13.7

Release Date

Mon, 30 May 2022 11:46:00 +0200

Type

Description

Security

OS Security Fix

11.1.5.4. ASGARD 2.13.6

Release Date

Wed, 18 May 2022 12:49:00 +0200

Type

Description

Bugfix

fixed non-working creation of tasks with "unlimited" rate

Bugfix

added missing "No Resource Control" option in scan control

Bugfix

fixed wrong Aurora status in expanded asset view

Bugfix

short C2 IP addresses such as 1.1.1.1 are no longer getting a 'short' hint message

11.1.5.5. ASGARD 2.13.5

Important

Master ASGARD must be upgraded before upgrading the connected ASGARDs

Release Date

Tue, 12 Apr 2022 15:18:00 +0200

Type

Description

Feature

Support Aurora Agent

Feature

THOR progress bar - A progress bar in the scan table that shows the current progress of the THOR scan. On hover, you can see a detailed view of the progress

Feature

AIX Support (Beta only)

Feature

Collect JSON THOR Log (optional)

Feature

Alternatively manage iocs with files instead of ioc groups

Feature

Added 'THOR 10 Latest' option to THOR download page

Feature

New product "Aurora Signatures"

Feature

New section 'Playbook Files' that lists all files that are available for playbook steps. This section also supports downloading, deleting and uploading files.

Feature

New tab 'Diagnostics' that lists all components with their status

Feature

New loading bar when refreshing tables

Feature

Custom IOC rulesets and MISP rulesets support for Aurora Agent

Feature

The Master ASGARD can now generate THOR download links and provide a License API, too

Feature

Added 'Auto Refresh' to most tables that can automatically refresh the table in a specified interval

Feature

Show total ram and disk usage in overview page

Feature

New filter 'Show all / show active only' in Service Control

Feature

Show which scheduled group scans are affected when compiling or deleting custom IOC rulesets or MISP rulesets

Feature

When adding new scans with custom IOC rulesets, a warning will be shown if a ruleset contains uncompiled changes

Feature

Single Scans and Single Tasks can now be created in Scan Control and Response Control with the 'Add Scan' / 'Add Task' buttons

Feature

Show warning if automatic THOR Signature updates are disabled and the currently used THOR Signatures are outdated

Feature

Show warning if ASGARD license expires soon

Feature

Show warning if a configured scheduled group scan is running with an outdated THOR version

Feature

Added ntp to services in settings section

Feature

Custom max. runtime for scans and tasks

Feature

Added API endpoints 'Add Playbook File' and 'Search Playbook Files' to API documentation

Feature

In the Downloads > THOR > Download Token section, the latest usage of the download token will be shown

Feature

New Sigma response flag "lowprivonly" that applies responses only on processes with low privileges

Feature

Logging time stats and network traffic of Master ASGARD synchronization

Feature

Show services that use ioc / misp / sigma ruleset when compiling / deleting ruleset

Feature

Show number of assets per service configuration

Feature

Show pending changes, available revision and running revision in service table

Feature

"Available since" and "Used since" in THOR / THOR Signatures and Aurora products table

Feature

Show warning if selecting all entries in a table but table has more than 1 page

Feature

Test proxy

Feature

Show TLS information

Feature

Show NTP information

Feature

Recommended response actions for Sigma

Feature

Added success notifications in UI

Feature

The version of the used Aurora Agent can now be pinned per service configuration

Feature

Completely refactored agent installer section. Added more information like asset labels and proxy and added repacker buttons per installer.

Change

Removed the 'is directory' property in playbook steps. There will be no difference anymore between files and directories when collecting a filepath or directory

Change

Completely refactored the API documentation, the API itself has not been changed

Change

Cosmetics

Change

Wordings

Change

Added a lot more tooltips and information

Change

Other smaller UX stuff

Change

Improved performance between Master ASGARD and ASGARD

Change

Table columns are not clickable anymore, use the expand button in the first column instead

Change

Added hostname of ASGARD to CSR generator

Change

Playbook steps can now be managed in the right sidebar instead of the expanded table row in the playbook table

Change

Separated playbooks in 'new task' dialog into 'pre-installed' and 'custom'

Change

When adding new scans or creating THOR download links, the latest THOR version will automatically be selected in the dialog

Change

Changing a THOR or Signature version manually will now disable the auto update, auto update can now be activated in the 'set version' dialog, too

Change

Added fallback logic for missing THOR versions - e.g. scan with 10.5 if 10.6 was not found

Change

Creating a Sigma ruleset with "Auto Config" will now add all existing rules that match the config to the ruleset

Change

Security Fix - Updated TLS cipher suite

Change

Upgraded winpmem

Change

The asset view per service is now splitted into two tabs, one with already deployed services and one with non-deployed services

Change

Hiding LogWatcher per default if LogWatcher has not been used yet

Bugfix

Added info that filename iocs are not case insensitive if applied as regex

Bugfix

Fixed reset of MISP form data on error

Bugfix

Fixed adding users without role

Bugfix

Fixed missing ntp restrictions in ntp config

Bugfix

Fixed performance and stability of MISP event synchronization

Bugfix

Automatically refresh the UI if the UI version differs from server's UI version

Bugfix

Some collected Aurora or LogWatcher events were corrupt

Bugfix

Fixed synchronization issues between Master ASGARD and ASGARDs caused by time sync issues

Bugfix

Fixed non-working 'Agent Update Available' and 'Service Controller Update Available' indicators on Master ASGARD

Bugfix

Added autoremove to upgrade routine to prevent issues with boot partition

11.1.6. ASGARD 2.12

11.1.6.1. ASGARD 2.12.10

Release Date

Mon, 7 Mar 2022 11:22:00 +0100

Type

Description

Bugfix

Fixed some missing MISP attributes in MISP events

11.1.6.2. ASGARD 2.12.9

Release Date

Wed, 26 Jan 2022 12:29:00 +0100

Type

Description

Bugfix

Fixed non-working tls certificate upload

11.1.6.3. ASGARD 2.12.8

Release Date

Mon, 24 Jan 2022 12:20:00 +0100

Type

Description

Feature

Support Aurora Agent (Beta Only)

Feature

Manage Sigma Responses and False Positives (Aurora Only)

Feature

Enable / Disable Sigma Rules

Feature

Manually check for THOR and Signature Updates

Feature

Show log of previous update process

Feature

Auto Config for Sigma Rulesets (Automatically add new Sigma Rules based on level)

Feature

The UI now has a lot more indicators for e.g. 'Asset Requests', 'Uncompiled Rulesets' and more

Feature

Added more graphs to overview page, e.g. incoming Aurora and Log Watcher events

Feature

Added bulk update for available Sigma rule updates

Feature

Added default Sigma Rulesets (if no ruleset has been created yet)

Feature

Added background routine that removes older and unused THOR / Signature versions

Feature

Edit Scan Templates

Feature

Search THOR Flags / Aurora Options

Feature

Download THOR Zip with target hostname as filename

Change

Improved Server Status indicators

Change

Improved licensing

Change

LDAP users require at least one LDAP role, otherwise they are not authenticated anymore

Change

Updated Sigma rules

Change

Cosmetics and UX improvements

Change

Updated default THOR and Signature auto-update config

Change

Added more links and password reset help to login page

Change

Improved usability and feedback in IOC Management section

Change

Require current password for password change

Bugfix

Re-added and improved "no labels" filter in assets table

Bugfix

Re-added resize buttons for Remote Console

Bugfix

Fixed an issue that causes some API keys to be corrupt

Bugfix

Fixed non-working 'Install Service Controller' playbook on Master ASGARD

Bugfix

Updated interrogate job to detect 'Windows 11' correctly

Bugfix

Fixed corrupt 'Is Domain Controller: No' filter

Bugfix

Fixed missing default value when editing Sigma or YARA rules in IOC Management

Bugfix

Fixed non-working "use newer Sigma rule" button

Bugfix

Fixed CRLF issues in IOC Management for some IOC types

Bugfix

Fixed some missing MISP iocs in THOR download package

Bugfix

Fixed permissions on some files that caused backup process of ASGARD config files on Master ASGARD to not work properly

Bugfix

Fixed encryption issues with custom signatures for THOR Lite

Bugfix

Fixed missing import in ntp config that causes ntp to not work properly on some ASGARDs

Bugfix

Fixed tasks that are pending forever due to unknown task module

Bugfix

Fixed non-working rsyslog reload after monthly logrotation

Bugfix

Fixed wrong file extension of stdout and stderr file in group task result package

11.1.7. ASGARD 2.11

11.1.7.1. ASGARD 2.11.11

Release Date

Thu, 11 Nov 2021 16:38:00 +0100

IMPORTANT: Please read before you upgrade your ASGARD!

The upgrade can take up to one hour in large installations, do not reboot during installation

The API has been revised. This will potentially break existing API integrations

Master ASGARD must be upgraded before upgrading the connected ASGARDs

To enable new Service Control section add Service Control right to respective roles (Settings > Roles)

Existing group scans will be stopped and can not be restarted or resumed and must therefore be recreated

Scheduled group scans will continue working unless custom IOCs are in use. If custom IOCs are in use, scheduled group scans must be stopped and recreated in order to function properly

The IOC Management has been completely revised. Existing custom IOCs will be deactivated and can be found and downloaded at /var/lib/nextron/asgard2/iocs/. Re-upload your existing custom IOCs through our new UI at Scan Control > IOC Management

Type

Description

Feature

Refactored and improved UI

Feature

Improved performance of tables on the UI

Feature

Updating the search in a UI table will now cancel the previous query instead of detaching the previous query in the background

Feature

A Service Controller Agent is now available to be installed in addition to the existing agent. It can be used to run services instead of one-shot tasks.

Feature

Added new service 'Log Watcher' that scans the Windows EventLog in real-time, based on Sigma Rules that are managed on the Management Center

Feature

Multiple THOR minor version can now be managed and used for Scan tasks

Feature

THOR flags in UI are now based on the selected THOR version

Feature

CPU-, RAM- and DISK-usage are now automatically refreshing in UI every second

Feature

New ASGARD status light in UI (green = no overload, yellow = temporary overloaded, red = overloaded)

Feature

CSV exports now contain more information, added CSV export to many more tables

Feature

ASGARD can now handle multiple licenses

Feature

Licenses for archived assets are invalidated after 3 month and the license count is reduced accordingly

Feature

Scans in the scan table now contain the exact THOR version and signature version that has been used for scanning

Feature

THOR scans are now terminated more gracefully to improve error handling

Feature

Completely refactored IOC Management

Feature

Improved LDAP settings and testing options

Feature

The asset timeline is now available on Master ASGARD

Feature

Repack agent installers from UI

Feature

MacOS ARM64 Support

Change

Requirements for password complexity has been increased

Change

The group task engine has been refactored to issue tasks asynchronously in background instead of synchronously on agent pings

Change

The single task table now only shows tasks that haven't been issued by a group task

Change

Improved security by adding more strict http headers to UI

Change

The Master ASGARD now requires that all connected ASGARDs are at least version 2.11.0

Change

Regenerated ASGARD's certificate for agent communication with SAN extension

Change

The agent stream API now terminates streams that are inactive for over 10 minutes

Change

Added more retries and pauses to the agent functions to handle issues with EDRs and AVs

Change

Improved performance by removing some mutexes and using more specific mutexes for critical data

Change

Master ASGARD now synchronizes scanners and signatures with the connected ASGARDs

11.1.8. ASGARD 2.10

11.1.8.1. ASGARD 2.10.10

Release Date

Thu, 24 Jun 2021 07:47:00 +0200

Type

Description

Change

Added a maximum of users that will be collected with interrogate

11.1.8.2. ASGARD 2.10.9

Release Date

Fri, 18 Jun 2021 11:08:00 +0200

Type

Description

Change

Improved interrogate by adding more output and timeouts for specific operations

Change

Cosmetics

Change

Replaced pdf manuals with online versions

Change

Upgraded CyLR Tool

Change

Improved IOC type detection of custom IOCs

Bugfix

Fixed non-working playbook step "Download File" from Master ASGARD

Bugfix

Fixed empty task table of a group task in response control

Bugfix

Fixed creation of playbook tasks with more than one placeholder

Bugfix

Fixed missing pending tasks in task table if filter is set to 'last x days'

Bugfix

Fixed non-working 'last x days' filter in response control's task table

11.1.8.3. ASGARD 2.10.8

Release Date

Wed, 12 May 2021 14:50:00 +0200

Type

Description

Feature

Added a new archive script that manually archives scans and scan results that are older than X days

Change

Notarization and new code signing certificate of MacOS binaries

Change

Signed MacOS installer with an installer certificate

Change

Updated Sigma Rules

Bugfix

In some cases the ASGARD Agents and Master ASGARD sent many DNS requests for a few seconds

Bugfix

Fixed ldap configuration issues

11.1.8.4. ASGARD 2.10.3

Release Date

Fri, 23 Apr 2021 07:29:00 +0200

Type

Description

Feature

Configurable host for agent API, GUI and other APIs

Bugfix

Fixed corrupt agent download links on some browsers

11.1.8.5. ASGARD 2.10.2

Release Date

Mon, 12 Apr 2021 16:00:00 +0200

Type

Description

Feature [beta]

Service Controller

Feature [beta]

New service 'Log Watcher' that scans EventLog with Sigma in real-time

Feature

Get additional asset information on interrogate, e.g. installed software and local users

Feature

New columns 'Error' and 'Error Help' in scan table to improve troubleshooting with THOR scan issues

Feature

New button in asset- and scan table that shows the history of an asset, including online/offline stats and scan stats

Feature

Added an Agent Log Analysis Tool to command line

Security

Smaller security fixes, e.g. increased min. TLS version, added more CSP headers, added more Logout headers, ...

Change

Improved LDAP with timeouts, retries and added BindDN/BindPassword to support Active Directory

Change

Refactored synchronization with Master ASGARD 2 and Analysis Cockpit 3 to improve MySQL workload

Change

Apply hostname and other system information on asset request accept

Change

Wordings

Bugfix

Do not abort THOR scan if license type could not be determined, the system will be treated as server, instead

Bugfix

Fixed corrupt group scan duplication on Master ASGARD

Bugfix

Fixed corrupt Asset Request deny on non-Master ASGARD

11.1.9. ASGARD 2.6

11.1.9.1. ASGARD 2.6.2

Release Date

Mon, 11 Jan 2021 14:20:00 +0200

Type

Description

Feature

Rescan assets that failed in a grouped task by duplicating the grouped task

Feature

Cache THOR scan results, if they can not be uploaded due to connection issues and collect them in a subsequent task

Feature

Two factor authentication

Feature

Network traffic graph in overview section

Feature

Import / Export scan templates

Feature

Search for "never" in 'Last Scan Completed' column of asset table

Feature

Added new column 'Status Text' in scan table that contains more information about the status, e.g. error message

Feature

Added button to manually synchronize with MISP

Change

Wordings

Change

Cosmetics

Bugfix

Fixed usage of unpublished MISP events in generated rulesets

Bugfix

No proxy for initial Analysis Cockpit 3 connection

11.1.10. ASGARD 2.5

11.1.10.1. ASGARD 2.5.7

Release Date

Wed, 18 Nov 2020 09:12:00 +0200

Type

Description

Change

Use proxy for MISP synchronization (optionally)

Bugfix

Fixed duplicate files in THOR zip packages

Bugfix

Fixed removal of THOR config files if content is empty on update

11.1.10.2. ASGARD 2.5.6

Release Date

Fri, 6 Nov 2020 12:17:00 +0200

Type

Description

Feature

Encrypt custom IOCs and MISP IOCs in the download packages

Feature

Download THOR packages with IOCs from Master ASGARD 2 on ASGARD 2

Change

Master ASGARD 2 now synchronizes the custom IOCs to the connected ASGARDs per default

Bugfix

Fixed asset synchronization with Analysis Cockpit 2

Bugfix

Fixed proxy issues between Master ASGARD 2 and ASGARD 2 and between ASGARD 2 and Analysis Cockpit 3

Bugfix

Fixed rejection of custom ioc deletion when Master ASGARD 2 is connected

Bugfix

Fixed browser cache issues in THOR config management

Bugfix

Fixed issues with log file collection after THOR crashed

Bugfix

Fixed calculation of used RAM in the Overview section

11.1.10.3. ASGARD 2.5.4

Release Date

Thu, 1 Oct 2020 16:31:00 +0200

Type

Description

Bugfix

Added default false_positive_filters.cfg in THOR packages if not configured via GUI

11.1.10.4. ASGARD 2.5.3

Release Date

Wed, 30 Sep 2020 12:24:00 +0200

Type

Description

Bugfix

Fixed connectivity issues with Analysis Cockpit 2

11.1.10.5. ASGARD 2.5.2

Release Date

Mon, 28 Sep 2020 17:43:00 +0200

Type

Description

Feature

Support for Analysis Cockpit 3

Feature

Support for THOR 10 TechPreview

Feature

Added description field to single scans

Feature

Generate and download THOR licenses via GUI

Feature

Remote console can be disabled via command line

Feature

Improved download token management

Feature

Use download token for license API, support THOR's --asgard flag

Feature

Added watcher to THOR launcher that will terminate THOR if system resources run out

Feature

Download ASGARD's ca.pem via GUI that will be used for Agent- and THOR communcation

Feature

Manage THOR config files via GUI (Direcory Excludes, False Positive Filters)

Feature

New tab 'Agents' in update section that will show assets with legacy agents and legacy installers

Change

Exchanged code signing certificate and added time stamping

Change

Redesigned management of events in MISP rulesets

Change

Added unlink buttons for Analysis Cockpit and MISP

Change

Page content will now be vertically scrollable if large tables exceed the 100% width

Change

Wordings

Change

Cosmetics

Bugfix

Fixed corrupt THOR Manual download link in IOC Management

11.1.11. ASGARD 2.4

11.1.11.1. ASGARD 2.4.4

Release Date

Fri, 19 Jun 2020 16:58:00 +0200

Type

Description

Bugfix

Fixed disabled delete and edit buttons for playbook steps

11.1.11.2. ASGARD 2.4.3

Release Date

Mon, 15 Jun 2020 08:40:00 +0200

Type

Description

Change

Improved system stability during process memory collection by adding more watchers on the pmem process

Change

Cosmetics

Change

Improved audit logging for Bifrost settings

Bugfix

Fixed sporadically wrong task stats graph in grouped task details view (Master ASGARD only)

Bugfix

Added 'missingok' to logrotate config

11.1.11.3. ASGARD 2.4.2

Release Date

Mon, 8 Jun 2020 13:04:00 +0200

Type

Description

Change

Improved differentiation between ASGARD and Master ASGARD by adding separate logo and page title

11.1.11.4. ASGARD 2.4.1

Release Date

Mon, 8 Jun 2020 08:34:00 +0200

Type

Description

Bugfix

Added missing column in asset request's table when upgrading from ASGARD 2.3

11.1.11.5. ASGARD 2.4.0

Release Date

Thu, 28 May 2020 13:10:00 +0200

Type

Description

Feature

Master ASGARD v2

Feature

Added 'Collected Evidences' section that unites incoming evidences from multiple sources

Feature

Added notifications that can be dismissed for a whole session, e.g. that 'admin' password was not changed

Feature

When creating a scan, you can now decide between THOR and THOR Lite (a trimmed THOR that doesn't cost you a license)

Change

Refactored remote console to be much more stable

Change

Improved error messages when THOR exits with non-zero status code

Change

Using stacked graph for issued / completed tasks of grouped tasks

Change

Cosmetics

Change

Upgraded swagger UI

Change

Improved audit logging

Change

Added warning to product update popup, if product has automatic updates configured

Bugfix

Fixed bug in graph of issued / completed tasks of grouped task

Bugfix

Fixed process leak that may occur on too many page clicks that causes missing system info on overview page

11.1.12. ASGARD 2.3

11.1.12.1. ASGARD 2.3.3

Release Date

Fri, 8 May 2020 11:16:00 +0200

Type

Description

Bugfix

Removed legacy auto-update config that may cause unwanted THOR/Signatures updates in background

11.1.12.2. ASGARD 2.3.2

Release Date

Wed, 6 May 2020 15:50:00 +0200

Type

Description

Feature

THOR HTML reports will be generated after THOR scans and can be downloaded via GUI

Feature

Added MOTD to SSH sessions

Feature

New playbook - List processes

Feature

New playbook - Kill process

Feature

New playbook - Uninstall ASGARD 1 Agent

Feature

MISP Rulesets don't have to be generated manually anymore. Adding MISP Events to a ruleset that doesn't exist will automatically create a new one

Feature

Added port 80 listener that redirects to port 8443

Feature

Improved detailed view of playbook results. Stdout/Stderr and collected files are now shown in the GUI

Feature

New user restriction 'NoInactiveAssets' that restricts users from seeing inactive assets in the Asset Management

Change

Added hostname and task start date to filename of scan results

Change

Update filename of memory dumps from mem.raw to mem.aff4

Change

Default admin role will now have all rights (doesn't affect ASGARDs that were upgraded to 2.3)

Change

Wordings

Change

Download tokens are not based on query parameters anymore

Change

Reduced default validity for self-signed ASGARD certificate

Change

License adjustments

Change

Removed memory collection playbook for MacOS

Bugfix

Removed loading circle when clicking on an attribute in a MISP event

Bugfix

Improved IE support

Bugfix

Hide proxy credentials in log

Bugfix

Fixed a field name in Swagger API documentation

Bugfix

Fixed THOR flag synchronization issues due to too large description

11.1.13. ASGARD 2.2

11.1.13.1. ASGARD 2.2.1

Release Date

Wed, 8 Apr 2020 14:46:00 +0200

Type

Description

Security

Always clear all temporary files and use random names for temp directories

11.1.13.2. ASGARD 2.2.0

Release Date

Mon, 6 Apr 2020 11:37:00 +0200

Type

Description

Feature

API documentation in GUI

Feature

Improved query APIs for assets, tasks and more

Feature

Dynamic ping rate based on number of connected assets

Feature

Added default roles

Feature

Quarantine playbook (and de-quarantine playbook)

Feature

Download file or directory playbook

Feature

Backup and restore scripts

Feature

Create diagnostic pack script + download via GUI

Feature

Added "NoTaskStart" right

Feature

Search for multiple values using pipe

Feature

Show head and tail of THOR logs in preview instead of head only

Feature

Check total memory and free disk space before running PMEM

Feature

Throttle uploads

Feature

Specify max. file size / dir size using 'KB', 'MB', ...

Feature

Show badge in sidebar if ASGARD update is available

Feature

Resizable remote console

Feature

Set max. runtime for a task (default is 1 week)

Feature

Added new flag '-systemproxy' to agent repacker. Agents will then use system-configured proxy.

Feature

Support agent obfuscation by passing '-name <name>' to agent repacker

Feature

Support more search types, e.g. '< 3 GB'. All types are now shown as tooltip in search fields

Feature

Improved uninstall of agents

Feature

Edit playbooks and playbook steps

Feature

License API

Feature

Automatically hide assets that haven't been seen for X days (can be configured)

Change

Wording Client > Agent

Change

Cosmetics

Change

Agents do not write local log anymore (except with write_log: true in config)

Change

Automatically download newest THOR and signatures every hour (per default, can be disabled)

Change

Improved error handling in remote console sessions

Change

Improved usability in playbook section

Change

Restrict uploads of ioc files with unknown file type

Change

Differentiate between rights and restrictions in User Management

Change

Improved IOC generation from MISP (reduces false positives)

Change

Download API is now protected with unique tokens (validation can be disabled)

Security

Improved randomness of login tokens

Security

Added CSRF tokens for POST requests

Bugfix

Fixed escape problems in windows playbooks

Bugfix

Fixed typo in logrotate config

Bugfix

Fixed missing filenames in file upload forms

Bugfix

Fixed missing role descriptions

Bugfix

Fixed wrong permissions of agent installers

Bugfix

Fixed missing debian packages for changelog extraction

Bugfix

Do not hide other labels when searching for a label

Bugfix

Fixed wrong disk usage on ASGARDs that were installed with an ISO

Bugfix

Generate a server license for an asset that already has a workstation license but now requires a server license

11.1.14. ASGARD 2.1

11.1.14.1. ASGARD 2.1.0

Release Date

Mon, 2 Mar 2020 16:12:00 +0200

Type

Description

Feature

Master ASGARD Support

Feature

LDAP Authorization

Feature

Remote Console

Feature

Remote Console Protocol

Feature

Cache THOR on assets (encrypted)

Feature

Show asset labels in task tables

Feature

Grouped navigation bar items

Feature

Role Management

Feature

Import / Export client requests as CSV

Feature

Download all group task results as tar.gz

Feature

Schedule start of group task

Feature

Added more lines to group task graphs, e.g. errored tasks

Feature

Dynamic playbooks (by using placeholders)

Change

Automatically check for updates after license installation

Change

Cosmetics

Bugfix

Fixed corrupt bifrost files download

Bugfix

Threadsafe config writings

Bugfix

Changed agent binary directory to /usr/sbin/ due to problems with SELinux

Bugfix

Security Fixes - Improved TLS cipher suites and http headers

11.1.15. ASGARD 2.0

11.1.15.1. ASGARD 2.0.3

Release Date

Wed, 19 Feb 2020 09:38:00 +0200

Type

Description

Bugfix

Added missing upgrade script to /etc/nextron/asgard2

11.1.15.2. ASGARD 2.0.2

Release Date

Wed, 19 Feb 2020 08:24:00 +0200

Type

Description

Bugfix

Fixed gz issues on log forwarding to Analysis Cockpit

11.1.15.3. ASGARD 2.0.1

Release Date

Tue, 18 Feb 2020 12:15:00 +0200

Type

Description

Feature

Import / Export assets as CSV

Bugfix

Support IE 11 (Protofills, JS syntax error fixes)

Bugfix

Fixed spec file for RPM 32bit installer

Bugfix

Fixed non-working table filters

Bugfix

Fixed upgrade procedure

11.1.15.4. ASGARD 2.0.0

Release Date

Wed, Mon, 17 Feb 2020 14:17:00 +0200

Type

Description

Major Release

Initial release

11.2. ASGARD Agent

Changelog of ASGARD Agent releases since version 1.2.0

11.2.1. Agent 1.6.5

Release Date

Mon, 24 Oct 2022 15:00:00 +0200

Type

Description

Feature

Support for ASGARD Broker

Change

Improved proxy support

Change

Improved logging. Logs are now written in log/ subdirectory and rotated based on file size

Change

Disabled syslog per default

11.2.2. Agent 1.5.5

Release Date

Mon, 8 Nov 2021 06:59:00 +0100

Type

Description

Feature

Support for ARM64 MacOS

Fix

Improved stability of task executions on clients with an EDR installed

Fix

Gracefully shutdown running tasks on os signals

Fix

Improved stability of config file on system crash

11.2.3. Agent 1.4.3

Release Date

Mon, 6 Sep 2021 12:19:00 +0200

Type

Description

Change

Rebuilt agent with newest Golang Version

Change

Removed code fragments used for service controller

11.2.4. Agent 1.4.2

Release Date

Tue, 11 May 2021 05:16:00 +0200

Type

Description

Change

Signed MacOS binaries with a new certificate

Fix

In some cases the ASGARD Agents sent many DNS requests for a few seconds

Fix

Fixed non-starting task after module version upgrade in some cases

11.2.5. Agent 1.3.5

Release Date

Mon, 28 Sep 2020 10:38:00 +0200

Type

Description

Change

Exchanged code signing certificate and added time stamping

11.2.6. Agent 1.2.0

Release Date

Wed, 19 Feb 2020 09:38:00 +0200

Type

Description

Major Release

Initial release

11.3. ASGARD Service Controller

Changelog of ASGARD Service Controller releases since version 2.0.5

11.3.1. Service Controller 2.1.2

Release Date

Tue, 13 Aug 2022 08:55:00 +0200

Type

Description

Feature

Support for ASGARD Broker

Change

Improved proxy support

Change

Improved logging. Logs are now written in log/ subdirectory and rotated based on file size

11.3.2. Service Controller 2.0.7

Release Date

Mon, 21 Feb 2022 15:05:00 +0100

Type

Description

Feature

Send more detailed status of currently running services

11.3.3. Service Controller 2.0.6

Release Date

Thu, 9 Dec 2021 09:42:00 +0100

Type

Description

Change

Increased max. offline mode time from 4 to 14 days

Bugfix

Improved stability in offline mode

Bugfix

Fixed sporadically service restarts due to connectivity issues

11.3.4. Service Controller 2.0.5

Release Date

Thu, 11 Nov 2021 16:38:00 +0100

Type

Description

Major Release

Initial release