{"id":3763,"date":"2018-10-15T10:53:38","date_gmt":"2018-10-15T08:53:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nextron.bsk-consulting.de\/?p=3763"},"modified":"2022-03-25T14:15:03","modified_gmt":"2022-03-25T13:15:03","slug":"important-update-process-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nextron-systems.com\/2018\/10\/15\/important-update-process-changes\/","title":{"rendered":"Important Update Process Changes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.22&#8243;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; column_structure=&#8221;1_3,2_3&#8243;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.2&#8243; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>As we have <a href=\"\/2018\/05\/24\/thor-util-replaces-thor-upgrade\/\">announced<\/a> in May, the old &#8220;thor-upgrade.exe&#8221; is already out-of-support and the old update servers accessed by &#8220;thor-upgrade.exe&#8221; will be decommissioned at the end of October.<\/p>\n<p>The new all-round utility &#8220;thor-util.exe&#8221; now supports all of the features provided by the old &#8220;thor-upgrade.exe&#8221; including NTLM Authentication with corporate proxy servers.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;2_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nextron-systems.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screenshot-2018-10-15-at-10.31.54.png&#8221; align_tablet=&#8221;center&#8221; align_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.2&#8243; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; column_structure=&#8221;2_3,1_3&#8243;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;2_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nextron-systems.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screenshot-2018-10-15-at-10.41.49.png&#8221; align_tablet=&#8221;center&#8221; align_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.2&#8243; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.2&#8243; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>You can use &#8220;thor-util.exe upgrade &#8211;help&#8221; to see all options of the &#8220;upgrade&#8221; feature.<\/p>\n<p>Also note that &#8220;thor-util&#8221; has an &#8220;<a href=\"\/2018\/08\/16\/new-feature-thor-util-and-spark-core-util-signature-encryption\/\">encrypt<\/a>&#8221; feature that allows you to encrypt custom signature files and the &#8220;<a href=\"\/2018\/06\/20\/thor-util-with-html-report-generation\/\">report<\/a>&#8221; feature that creates HTML reports from plain text log files.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.27.4&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>The only valid update servers that should be accessible to get updates from November onward are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>update1.nextron-systems.com<\/li>\n<li>update2.nextron-systems.com<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; column_structure=&#8221;1_3,2_3&#8243;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.27.4&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;thor-util&#8221; utility is part of the THOR and SPARK packages and can also be downloaded from the Customer Portal in the &#8220;Downloads&#8221; section.<\/p>\n<p>If you are a customer and don&#8217;t have access to the Customer Portal yet, please contact us or the respective partner.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;2_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nextron-systems.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screenshot-2018-10-15-at-10.51.19.png&#8221; align_tablet=&#8221;center&#8221; align_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.2&#8243; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As we have announced in May, the old &#8220;thor-upgrade.exe&#8221; is already out-of-support and the old update servers accessed by &#8220;thor-upgrade.exe&#8221; will be decommissioned at the end of October. The new all-round utility &#8220;thor-util.exe&#8221; now supports all of the features provided by the old &#8220;thor-upgrade.exe&#8221; including NTLM Authentication with corporate proxy servers.You can use &#8220;thor-util.exe upgrade &#8211;help&#8221; to see all options of the &#8220;upgrade&#8221; feature. Also note that &#8220;thor-util&#8221; has an &#8220;encrypt&#8221; feature that allows you to encrypt custom signature files and the &#8220;report&#8221; feature that creates HTML reports from plain text log files.\u00a0The only valid update servers that should be accessible to get updates from November onward are: update1.nextron-systems.com update2.nextron-systems.com The &#8220;thor-util&#8221; utility is part of the THOR and SPARK packages and can also be downloaded from the Customer Portal in the &#8220;Downloads&#8221; section. If you are a customer and don&#8217;t have access to the Customer Portal yet, please contact us or the respective partner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[46,33,32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newsletter","category-spark","category-thor"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Important Update Process Changes - Nextron Systems<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nextron-systems.com\/2018\/10\/15\/important-update-process-changes\/\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.nextron-systems.com\/2018\/10\/15\/important-update-process-changes\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.nextron-systems.com\/2018\/10\/15\/important-update-process-changes\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Florian Roth\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.nextron-systems.com\/#\/schema\/person\/4fd503007d60aabaf1ae747502f36919\"},\"headline\":\"Important Update Process Changes\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-10-15T08:53:38+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-03-25T13:15:03+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.nextron-systems.com\/2018\/10\/15\/important-update-process-changes\/\"},\"wordCount\":453,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.nextron-systems.com\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Newsletter\",\"SPARK\",\"THOR\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.nextron-systems.com\/2018\/10\/15\/important-update-process-changes\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.nextron-systems.com\/2018\/10\/15\/important-update-process-changes\/\",\"name\":\"Important Update Process Changes - Nextron Systems\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.nextron-systems.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2018-10-15T08:53:38+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-03-25T13:15:03+00:00\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.nextron-systems.com\/2018\/10\/15\/important-update-process-changes\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.nextron-systems.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.nextron-systems.com\/\",\"name\":\"Nextron Systems\",\"description\":\"We Detect Hackers\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.nextron-systems.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.nextron-systems.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.nextron-systems.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Nextron Systems GmbH\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.nextron-systems.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.nextron-systems.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.nextron-systems.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Nextron_0.2s_inv_symbol_only.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.nextron-systems.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Nextron_0.2s_inv_symbol_only.png\",\"width\":260,\"height\":260,\"caption\":\"Nextron Systems GmbH\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.nextron-systems.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.nextron-systems.com\/#\/schema\/person\/4fd503007d60aabaf1ae747502f36919\",\"name\":\"Florian Roth\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.nextron-systems.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0dfaa838ce5d82e2e7bfa75ed3f43ae5?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0dfaa838ce5d82e2e7bfa75ed3f43ae5?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Florian Roth\"},\"description\":\"Florian Roth serves as the Head of Research and Development at Nextron Systems. With a background in IT security since 2000, he has delved deep into nation-state cyber attacks since 2012. Florian has developed the THOR Scanner and actively engages with the community via his Twitter handle @cyb3rops. He has contributed to open-source projects, including 'Sigma', a generic SIEM rule format, and 'LOKI', an open-source scanner. Additionally, he has shared valuable resources like a mapping of APT groups and operations and an Antivirus Event Analysis Cheat Sheet.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.nextron-systems.com\/author\/florian\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Important Update Process Changes - Nextron Systems","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.nextron-systems.com\/2018\/10\/15\/important-update-process-changes\/","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.nextron-systems.com\/2018\/10\/15\/important-update-process-changes\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.nextron-systems.com\/2018\/10\/15\/important-update-process-changes\/"},"author":{"name":"Florian Roth","@id":"https:\/\/www.nextron-systems.com\/#\/schema\/person\/4fd503007d60aabaf1ae747502f36919"},"headline":"Important Update Process Changes","datePublished":"2018-10-15T08:53:38+00:00","dateModified":"2022-03-25T13:15:03+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.nextron-systems.com\/2018\/10\/15\/important-update-process-changes\/"},"wordCount":453,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.nextron-systems.com\/#organization"},"articleSection":["Newsletter","SPARK","THOR"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.nextron-systems.com\/2018\/10\/15\/important-update-process-changes\/","url":"https:\/\/www.nextron-systems.com\/2018\/10\/15\/important-update-process-changes\/","name":"Important Update Process Changes - Nextron Systems","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.nextron-systems.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2018-10-15T08:53:38+00:00","dateModified":"2022-03-25T13:15:03+00:00","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.nextron-systems.com\/2018\/10\/15\/important-update-process-changes\/"]}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.nextron-systems.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.nextron-systems.com\/","name":"Nextron Systems","description":"We Detect Hackers","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.nextron-systems.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.nextron-systems.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.nextron-systems.com\/#organization","name":"Nextron Systems GmbH","url":"https:\/\/www.nextron-systems.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.nextron-systems.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.nextron-systems.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Nextron_0.2s_inv_symbol_only.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.nextron-systems.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Nextron_0.2s_inv_symbol_only.png","width":260,"height":260,"caption":"Nextron Systems GmbH"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.nextron-systems.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.nextron-systems.com\/#\/schema\/person\/4fd503007d60aabaf1ae747502f36919","name":"Florian Roth","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.nextron-systems.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0dfaa838ce5d82e2e7bfa75ed3f43ae5?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0dfaa838ce5d82e2e7bfa75ed3f43ae5?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Florian Roth"},"description":"Florian Roth serves as the Head of Research and Development at Nextron Systems. With a background in IT security since 2000, he has delved deep into nation-state cyber attacks since 2012. Florian has developed the THOR Scanner and actively engages with the community via his Twitter handle @cyb3rops. He has contributed to open-source projects, including 'Sigma', a generic SIEM rule format, and 'LOKI', an open-source scanner. Additionally, he has shared valuable resources like a mapping of APT groups and operations and an Antivirus Event Analysis Cheat Sheet.","url":"https:\/\/www.nextron-systems.com\/author\/florian\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextron-systems.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextron-systems.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextron-systems.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextron-systems.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextron-systems.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3763"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextron-systems.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3763\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7270,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextron-systems.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3763\/revisions\/7270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextron-systems.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextron-systems.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextron-systems.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}