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Welcome to Zeek in Action, Video 1, Suspected Malware Compromise
Richard Bejtlich shares Video 1, Suspected Malware Compromise in this episode of Zeek in Action – in this video, Richard exams network traffic using Zeek and related applications.
Spicy 1.0 — Robust Parsers for Protocols & File Formats
We are happy to announce the release of Spicy 1.0, an open source parser generator that makes it much easier for Zeek—and other applications—to support new protocols and file formats. We had made an initial, experimental version of Spicy available a little while ago....
ZPC-3 Winners Announced
We are thrilled to announce the winners of the third Zeek Package Contest, which was sponsored by Corelight. The contest was open to all Zeek packages compatible with Zeek 3.0 and above. Below is a list of the winners and links to the packages that were...
A Zeek OpenVPN Protocol Analyzer in Spicy
This blog will not repeat the basics of OpenVPN, but instead it will briefly walk through the Spicy version of the same protocol analyzer we built in Binpac. You will see that the Spicy version of the protocol analyzer will be much more intuitive and compact
Zeek in Action: Introduction and How to Set Up a Windows Workstation Using Brim Security
Welcome to Zeek in Action, a new series of videos for Zeek users and fans. The purpose of the series is to show how analysts can interpret data in Zeek and related formats to solve various networking challenges. The focus will mainly be on security use cases, but we...
A Zeek OpenVPN Protocol Analyzer
By Keith J. Jones, Corelight Sr. Security Researcher Introduction and Background Many modern VPN providers use the OpenVPN protocol in their clients and servers. Threat actors are also known to use OpenVPN. Zeek is unable to natively detect and parse the OpenVPN...
Package management updates in Zeek 4
Our latest Zeek release includes a number of improvements around zkg, Zeek’s package manager. They aim to make zkg more accessible and familiar to users of other package managers. In this blog post I’d like to walk you through these changes.
Zeek 4.0 LTS Release
(This is an updated version of an earlier posting announcing a 4.0 release candidate.) We are very excited to make Zeek 4.0 available. This is an LTS release with support for the coming year. Some highlights coming with this version: Plugin API support for adding...
Zeek Monthly Newsletter – Issue 8 – February 2021
Welcome to the first Zeek Newsletter of 2021! Issue 8 – February 2021. This issue contains Zeek 4.0 RC, Link to new Zeek Documentation, ZeekWeek 2021, upcoming events, Zeek related jobs and more.
Save the Date – ZeekWeek 2021 Hybrid Event
ZeekWeek 2021 (formerly BroCon) will be held 13-15 October at the AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center in Austin, Texas – provided it is safe to meet in person.
Just Released – New and Improved Zeek Documentation
The Zeek Project is thrilled to announce the release of new and substantially improved Zeek documentation, which we refer to as “The Book of Zeek.” This version includes content for Zeek 4.0, and numerous additional updates.
Zeek 4.0 Release Candidate
Update: The final 4.0.0 release is now available We are very excited to publish a release candidate of Zeek 4.0. today. We expect the final version to follow in early January, which will then become the new Zeek LTS release with support for the coming year. (To help...
Virtual ZeekWeek 2020: Summary, Slides and Video
Virtual ZeekWeek 2020: Summary, Slides and Video – The global community of Zeek users and developers gathered virtually last month, October 13-15, for the annual ZeekWeek (formerly BroCon) event.
ZeekWeek 2020 Capture the Flag Summary
As part of the most recent ZeekWeek event a capture the flag (CTF) competition was available for attendees to play. The competition included 12 challenges, of varying difficulties, which involved tasks surrounding Zeek scripting and traffic analysis. After a...
New Zeek Leadership Team Announced
The Zeek Project is excited to announce the election of a new Zeek Leadership Team (LT). This group of volunteers will be responsible for providing advice and oversight to the whole of the project, and ensuring the health, vibrancy, and sustainability of our...
Zeek Monthly Newsletter – Issue 7 – September 2020
Issue 7 - September 2020 Welcome to the Zeek Monthly Newsletter! Issue 7 covers July and August 2020, as well as upcoming events. In this Issue: TL;DR Development UpdatesZeek BlogZeek In The CommunityNew Zeek PackagesZeek in EnterpriseUpcoming EventsZeek...
Testimonial Phase for Zeek Leadership Team Elections Now Open
We are now in the Testimonial Phase of the Zeek Leadership Team (LT) elections. Thank you so much to all of you who provided nominations. The LT reviewed each nomination and the following individuals will be running for a seat on the LT: Aashish...
ZPC-3 Developers Phase Open
The 3rd Zeek Package Contest (ZPC-3) is currently underway! In the first phase of this contest, community members had the chance to submit their ideas for a compelling new Zeek package. Here are the submissions we received: Package to detect known C2...
Virtual ZeekWeek 2020 – Call For Presentations, and Registration Now Open
Virtual ZeekWeek 2020 will be held 13 - 15 October, from 9am - 1:20pm PDT. ZeekWeek is the annual gathering of defenders, developers, incident responders, threat hunters, and security architects who rely on open-source Zeek as a critical element in their...
Save the Date – Virtual ZeekWeek 2020 – Announced
Save The Date After much discussion, we are excited to announce that Virtual ZeekWeek 2020 will take place on 13-15 October 2020 from 9am to 1:20pm PDT. Attendees will be able to “Zeek-out” on workshops, training, community presentations and you’ll be able to...
Zeek Leadership Team Elections – Nominations Phase Now Open
Early today the Zeek Leadership Team (LT) announced the new Zeek governance framework and process. As noted, we are holding our very first Zeek Project LT elections this year. The first phase of the election process is the nominations phase. There are 9...
New Zeek Governance Framework Announced
Over the last 25 years, the open source Zeek (formerly Bro) Project has experienced remarkable growth. From humble origins as a tool to accelerate network research, Zeek has evolved into a critical platform for network defenders around the world, and has become the...
Zeek 3.2 Released
(This is an updated version of the previous RC announcement.) We are very happy to make Zeek 3.2 available today. Some highlights of the new release include: Zeek now supports synchronizing tables/sets across clusters through a backing Broker data store. The same...
Zeek Mailing List Migration
We recently migrated our mailing lists to a new mailing list host - and domain. All of our mailing lists are now hosted at lists.zeek.org; this includes the interface to join the list, as well as the list archives. This also means that all of our mailing lists now use...
Zeek 3.2 Release Candidate Available—and Zeek 3.1.5 and Zeek 3.0.8 as well
We are very happy to make a first release candidate of Zeek 3.2 available today. Barring any unforeseen issues, the final 3.2 release should be out in about two weeks from now. We highlight some updates in 3.2 below. Please see NEWS for full release notes, and CHANGES...
Zeek Package Contest – ZPC-3
Update: added winners and Jury members. Are you a Zeek user?Do you enjoy writing Zeek scripts? Do you like being recognized for your awesome work? Do you want to make the world’s networks safer? Do you like winning prizes and claiming...
Zeek Monthly Newsletter – Issue 6 – July 2020
Issue 6 - July 2020 Welcome to the Zeek Monthly Newsletter! Issue 6 covers June 2020 as well as upcoming events. In this Issue: TL;DR Development UpdatesZeek BlogZeek In The CommunityNew Zeek PackagesZeek in EnterpriseUpcoming EventsZeek Related...
Zeek Monthly Newsletter – Issue 5 – June 2020
Issue 5 - June 2020 Welcome to the Zeek Monthly Newsletter, Issue 5 covers May 2020 as well as upcoming events. In this Issue: TL;DR Development UpdatesZeek BlogZeek In The CommunityNew Zeek Related PackagesZeek in EnterpriseUpcoming EventsZeek Related...
Zeek From Home – Episode 6 – Zeek Scripting 101 to 495 in 45 Mins. – Recording Now Available!
Zeek From Home, Episode 6 recorded on 10 June and featured guest Aashish Sharma of LBL and the Zeek Project Leadership Team who discussed and presented on Zeek Scripting. Zeek From Home is a weekly Zeek Webinar series where Zeek users, developers and...
Zeek Package Contest – ZPC-2 – Winners Announced!
We are thrilled to announce the winners of our second Zeek Package Contest. ZPC-2 (Zeek Package Contest Number 2) was announced on 6 April 2020 and concluded on 15 May. The focus of this competition was on the MITRE ATT&CK™ Framework, more...
