Security Operations
5 ways of verifying security risks and avoiding false positives
I think I can safely assume that everyone knows the cautionary tale of the boy who cried wolf. If you don’t, the moral is the
January 20, 2021
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How human negligence affects network security
As enterprises adjust to the new normal and remote work, they are bracing for potential attacks resulting from employee carelessness. Bad habits, such as leaving
January 13, 2021
Security Operations
Five ways Plixer Scrutinizer helps retail networks
Even though most of us have looked at a calendar recently and thought, “I could have sworn we were in May, not October,” you can’t
October 28, 2020
Security Operations
Username reporting: NetFlow integration with Splunk
I was recently able to explore the Splunk software development kit with a customer. This helped me to implement another way to get username attribution
October 7, 2020
Security Operations
How to detect suspicious ICMP traffic
A few years ago, we added a behavioral algorithm to Plixer Scrutinizer that looked at all the flow data that was collected and determined if
September 30, 2020
Security Operations
How to detect a reverse SSH tunnel
Today we are going to talk about Plixer’s new Flow Analytics algorithm, Reverse SSH Shell, which has been included in the latest Plixer Scrutinizer update.
September 28, 2020
Security Operations
STIX/TAXII for threat intelligence
What is STIX/TAXII? STIX stands for Structured Threat Information Expression, which is an open-source language and serialization format used in sharing threat intelligence. Think of
September 16, 2020
Security Operations
Enhance NetOps/SecOps collaboration with Plixer’s new collections feature
I can’t tell you how many calls I’ve been on where the NetOps and SecOps teams really don’t know what the other is doing. Sadly,
August 26, 2020
Security Operations
How to detect bogon connections
Many ISPs filter bogon connections because bogon IP addresses have no legitimate use. If you find a bogon or bogus IP address in your firewall
August 12, 2020
Security Operations
Detecting IP spoofing with Plixer Scrutinizer and Beacon
A common tactic for bad actors to get a foothold into the network is to leverage IP spoofing to either: Gain access to a network
August 5, 2020