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Category: NIDS

NIDS (Network Intrusion Detection System): The vigilant sentry of the digital highway. Amidst the ceaseless flow of network traffic, NIDS stands guard, scrutinizing every packet for signs of malevolence. It’s not just monitoring—it’s proactive defense, ensuring safe passage in the vast cyber landscape. Safeguard your digital corridors with the ever-watchful eyes of NIDS.

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Threat Hunting with Bro IDS

jbower, February 20, 2017April 21, 2023

This post is a quick look at how I personally use Bro IDS for threat hunting. Specifically some of the queries I run when I start a hunt by data set. A quick note on Bro. Bro IDS is a pretty amazing piece of software for threat hunting and my…

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How to Install Bro IDS 2.5 on Ubuntu 16.0x

jbower, September 5, 2016April 21, 2023

I decided to write out the steps I took to for installing Bro IDS 2.5 on Ubuntu 16.0x. Before we begin installing Bro from source we need to make sure we have all the correct dependencies. On Ubuntu 16.0x you can run the following: sudo apt-get install cmake make gcc…

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How to Visualize Network PCAP Files in Kali Linux

jbower, September 15, 2014April 21, 2023

So this past weekend I attended the Security Onion Conference in Augusta, GA.  While sitting in the back listening to some great speakers, @pentestfail and I were hacking away on a side project of his that involved analyzing a decent number of PCAP files. As usual I was doing my…

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