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How can I load balance my NetFlow traffic across multiple collectors?

Do you find that you are constantly modifying NetFlow configurations to balance collector workloads?  The latest release of Scrutinizer introduces

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Tracking the SUNBURST exploit with metadata

Updated: 1/6/2021 On 12/13/20, cybersecurity company FireEye published research for the SUNBURST exploit, which is affecting companies using SolarWinds

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Inspecting encrypted traffic with JA3 and JA3S fingerprinting

Two years ago, I wrote a blog about tracking malware in encrypted traffic. The overall theme of that blog

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Plixer Scrutinizer new UI changes

With the newest release of version 19.0.0, I’d like to go over how Plixer Scrutinizer’s UI has changed to

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Detecting RDP attacks with NetFlow and metadata

An ever increasing attack vector in the healthcare industry are attacks against open or unsecured RDP connections that allow

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Slickwraps breach and metadata analysis

In a new series of blogs, we will go over some recent data breaches and how metadata analysis could

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Top five VPN monitoring use cases

With the dramatic shift to work from home, Plixer has been working with people all over the globe to

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Troubleshooting NetFlow over VPN tunnel

I was working with a customer last week who had configured NetFlow on four of their Cisco routers. They

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