At the upcoming Sharkfest Europe 2021 we’ll talk about using Wireshark in cybersecurity. Part of the talk will focus on nDPI and Wireshark integration. Since the last release nDPI features flow risk analysis, that is basically a numerical indication of … Continue reading
Join FOSDEM 2021 ntop sessions, Sat-Sun Feb 6-7th (online)
We are proud to announce that a couple of talks have been accepted at FOSDEM 2021, one of the most important FOSS conferences in the world that this yar will take place online due to the pandemic. In the Network … Continue reading
Security-Centric Traffic Analysis
Days ago we have given a short speak about cybersecurity at an Italian meetup. These are the presentation slides (English) where you can read more about the steps we have taken to make our tools more cybersecurity-oriented. Below you can … Continue reading
How Attack Mitigation Works (via SNMP)
One of the greatest strengths of ntopng is its ability to correlate data originating at different layers and at multiple sources together. For example, ntopng can look at IP packets, Ethernet frames and, at the same time, poll SNMP devices. … Continue reading
How to Detect Domain Hiding (a.k.a. as Domain Fronting)
Domain fronting is a technique that was used in 2010s by mobile apps to attempt to bypass censorship. The technique relies on a “front” legitimate domain that basically acts as a pivot for the forbidden domain. In essence an attacker … Continue reading
Mice and Elephants: HowTo Detect and Monitor Periodic Traffic
Most people are used to top X: top senders, top receivers, top protocols. So in essence they are looking for elephants. While this is a good practice, mice are also very interesting as they can often be hidden in the … Continue reading