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Malicious links and how to find them
It can happen to anyone, even the most seasoned of network security personnel. You can be searching for something on Google, see a seemingly innocent
July 21, 2021
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Tuning DDoS and DRDoS flow analytics to your environment
As more and more devices are added to the internet, a larger swath of insecurity comes with them. Botnets and compromised devices are the main
July 7, 2021
Security Operations
Packets vs. flow/IPFIX: The effort to reduce dwell time
When we hear about a cyberattack these days, there’s often a reference to when the network was originally compromised. In recent years, the need to
June 16, 2021
Security Operations
Malware detection using machine learning and NetFlow
Last year Plixer released version 19 of Scrutinizer, and with it came the introduction of Plixer Security Intelligence, our machine learning appliance. The ML appliance
May 19, 2021
Security Operations
Finding threats with host index
Imagine someone walks up to your desk and asks a very simple question: has this IP address been seen on our network? This could be
May 5, 2021
Security Operations
Network Detection and Response (NDR): What does it mean?
What is NDR? This blog will focus on the hottest 3-letter acronym of 2020 & 2021—NDR. Network Detection and Response solutions must address an expanding
April 28, 2021
Security Operations
Network traffic demands of the post-pandemic era and how to manage them
Gartner just posted their worldwide spending forecast report for the first quarter of 2021 and it looks positive. Clearly, the experts will continue to argue
April 22, 2021
Why and how to export a violator list for DDoS mitigation
The need to detect and mitigate denial-of-service attacks is nothing new to network and security administrators. DoS attacks on enterprise networks have been occurring for
March 17, 2021
Security Operations
Should you be monitoring ping?
Ping is one of those protocols that no one thinks about until it isn’t working and you’re trying to quickly troubleshoot connectivity between devices. Officially
March 5, 2021
Security Operations
The harsh truth about the next cyberattack
I don’t know about you, but it seems like there’s news of some big data breach every other month. The hard truth is that no
February 17, 2021