by Christian Kreibich | Jan 21, 2026 | 8.1, development, development update, release
The Zeek team is proud to announce Zeek 8.1! This release achieves a major milestone in our architectural shift away from the Broker messaging backend, includes a bunch of analyzer enhancements, takes first steps to phase out MD5 support, and features a host of other...
by Christian Kreibich | Dec 16, 2025 | 8.1, development, development update, Release Candidate
The first release candidate for Zeek 8.1 is out! This release includes the last major building block in our multi-release effort to move Zeek’s cluster communication off of Broker. Work on this release began in August and includes the switch to ZeroMQ as...
by Benjamin Bannier | Dec 8, 2025 | development, How-to, Scripting, Spicy
Whether you’re extending Zeek’s functionality or integrating it into a larger NDR stack, your work probably involves some form of source code. While that code is ultimately a means to an end, I like code to be neat: fit for the task, to the point,...
by Christian Kreibich | Aug 22, 2025 | 8.0, development, release, Spicy, Zeek
We’re proud to announce the release of Zeek 8.0! This release introduces a range of technical innovations and culminates architectural improvements we’ve been working on since the release of Zeek 7 a year ago. Customizable Flow Tuples For the first time ever, it’s now...
by Christian Kreibich | Jul 28, 2025 | 8.0, development, development update, release
Zeek 8.0, our next long-term support (LTS) release, is just a few weeks away! Time for a quick recap of what the development team has been up to lately, and a look at our planned release timeline. The major features we planned for this release have landed at this...
by Christian Kreibich | May 13, 2025 | 7.2, development, release, Spicy, Zeek
The Zeek team is proud to announce Zeek 7.2! Work on this release began in December 2024 and includes some 1,200 commits, 330 merged pull requests, and 130 closed issues. The 7.2 release brings important new features, matures Zeek’s ability to run on alternative...
RSS - Posts