Setting up and configuring Security Onion

Security Onion is an open source Linux distribution aimed at providing intrusion detection, NSM, and log management functionality, all within a single appliance (a virtual machine, or VM). Version 16.04 of Security Onion is based on Ubuntu and contains Snort, Suricata, Zeek, Wazuh, and Squert, along with many other security tools. As of the writing of this book, version 16.04 of Security Onion is being phased out in favor of version 2. The major differences between Security Onion and Security Onion 16.04 include the following:

• Security Onion 2 features a new web interface called Security Onion Console (SOC) that includes native alert management, threat hunting, and pcap (packet capture file format) retrieval.
• Security Onion 2 adds TheHive and Strelka support for Sigma rules; Grafana/InfluxDB (independent health monitoring/alerting); Fleet (osquery management); and Playbook (a Detection Playbook tool).
• Security Onion 2 moves...