# Zeek Newsletter - Issue 19 - July 2022 **URL:** \ **Category:** Announcements\ **Tags:** newsletter\ **Created:** [July 18, 2022, 1:59pm UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/zeek-newsletter-issue-19-july-2022/6608 "2022-07-18T13:59:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Richard\_Bejtlich](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/community.zeek.org/richard_bejtlich/32/597_2.png) [@Richard\_Bejtlich](https://community.zeek.org/u/Richard_Bejtlich)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2022, 1:59pm UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/zeek-newsletter-issue-19-july-2022/6608/1 "2022-07-18T13:59:24Z")
Welcome to the Zeek Newsletter. * * * In this Issue: - TL;DR - Development Updates - Zeek Blog and Mailing List - Zeek in the Community - Zeek Package Updates - Zeek in the Enterprise - Upcoming Events - Zeek Related Jobs - Get Involved * * * TL;DR Zeek 5.0.0 is here, and ZeekWeek 2022 will take place October 11-14, in Austin, Texas, USA. Abstracts for talk submissions must be submitted by August 17 2022. Notifications will be sent by September 1 2022. Please read on for more. * * * Development Updates On July 5, Tim Wojtulewicz announced the release of Zeek 5.0.0. This is a LTS release. See the release notes for details: [https://github.com/zeek/zeek/releases/tag/v5.0.0](https://github.com/zeek/zeek/releases/tag/v5.0.0) Binary packages for the new releases are available: [https://github.com/zeek/zeek/wiki/Binary-Packages](https://github.com/zeek/zeek/wiki/Binary-Packages) Updated source code is available: [https://zeek.org/get-zeek](https://zeek.org/get-zeek) [https://download.zeek.org/zeek-5.0.0.tar.gz](https://download.zeek.org/zeek-5.0.0.tar.gz) Please try Zeek 5.0.0 and let us know what you find. There has been great discussion in the Zeek Slack about this release. Thank you to everyone who has participated. On June 30 Benjamin Bannier announced the release of Spicy 1.5.0. See the NEWS file for a high-level summary, or the CHANGES file for a detailed list of changes. [https://github.com/zeek/spicy/blob/v1.5.0/NEWS.rst](https://github.com/zeek/spicy/blob/v1.5.0/NEWS.rst) [https://github.com/zeek/spicy/blob/v1.5.0/CHANGES](https://github.com/zeek/spicy/blob/v1.5.0/CHANGES) * * * Zeek Blog and Mailing List Johanna Amann migrated the mailing list to a Discourse platform in late May. The site is available here: [https://community.zeek.org](https://community.zeek.org) If you create a new account with the same email address that you used with the previous mailing list, all your old posts will be assigned to you. Please let us know if you encounter any issues, either by Slack, email, or the site-feedback category on Discourse. The old mailing list archives now redirect to this site: [https://community.zeek.org/archives/list/zeek@lists.zeek.org/](https://community.zeek.org/archives/list/zeek@lists.zeek.org/) If you’d like to read the Leadership Team meeting notes, they are here: [https://github.com/zeek/zeek/wiki/LT-Meeting-Notes](https://github.com/zeek/zeek/wiki/LT-Meeting-Notes) * * * Zeek in the Community On July 6, Fatema Bannat Wala hosted a Zeek community call. The recording is here: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgJ9RS\_Xe-0](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgJ9RS_Xe-0) The Zeek training team conducted a free community training session on May 20. Thank you to everyone who taught and participated, especially instructors Keith Lehigh, Fatema Bannat Wala, and Aashish Sharma. The entire 8 ½ hour session is live on YouTube: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBE4TrE6lhY](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBE4TrE6lhY) Keith and Fatema teach for the first 4 1/2 hrs. At the 4:32:15 mark, Aashish begins his scripting session. You can access the available training materials and artifacts here: [https://github.com/zeek/zeek-training](https://github.com/zeek/zeek-training) * * * Zeek Package Updates The following packages recently reported updates (as of July 18), via this search: [https://github.com/zeek/packages/pulls?q=is%3Apr+is%3Aclosed](https://github.com/zeek/packages/pulls?q=is%3Apr+is%3Aclosed) check for spicyz in system before spicy-plugin in build\_command #186 by mmguero was closed 11 days ago The [packages.zeek.org](http://packages.zeek.org) site reported the last 5 updates as of July 18: 7/18/22, 3:22 AM bro-af\_packet-plugin 7/18/22, 3:22 AM zeek-af\_packet-plugin 7/17/22, 2:53 AM zeek-community-id 7/14/22, 7:28 AM spicy-ldap 7/13/22, 9:06 PM GQUIC\_Protocol\_Analyzer * * * Zeek in the Enterprise On July 13, Seth Grover announced the release of Malcolm 6.1.0, with Zeek 5.0.0. Check out the release page on GitHub: [https://github.com/idaholab/Malcolm/releases](https://github.com/idaholab/Malcolm/releases) On July 7, Dominik Lohmann announced the release of Vast 2.1. Check out his post for details: [https://vast.io/blog/vast-v2.1](https://vast.io/blog/vast-v2.1) * * * Upcoming Events On June 9, Johanna Amann announced the call for presentations for ZeekWeek 2022. The project will hold the conference the week of October 11-14, in Austin, Texas, USA. Abstracts for talk submissions must be submitted by August 17 2022. Notifications will be sent by September 1 2022. See the post for more information: [https://zeek.org/2022/06/09/zeek-week-2022-call-for-presentations/](https://zeek.org/2022/06/09/zeek-week-2022-call-for-presentations/) On July 14, Doug Burks provided details on the upcoming security conferences in the Augusta, GA, USA region in late September 2022, including Security Onion Conference 2022. See his post for more: [https://blog.securityonion.net/2022/07/registration-now-open-for-augusta-cyber.html](https://blog.securityonion.net/2022/07/registration-now-open-for-augusta-cyber.html) On September 28, Swapneel Patnekar will host a webinar for APNIC titled “Packets don’t lie – Threat Hunting with Zeek.” See this announcement for details: [https://academy.apnic.net/en/webinar-upcoming/packets-dont-lie-threat-hunting-with-zeek-98212583294](https://academy.apnic.net/en/webinar-upcoming/packets-dont-lie-threat-hunting-with-zeek-98212583294) See [https://zeek.org/events/](https://zeek.org/events/) for other events. * * * Zeek Related Jobs The following are a sampling of job opportunities that mention Zeek skills. Senior CyberSec Architect DTG Consulting Solutions, Inc. New York, NY [https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/senior-cybersec-architect-at-dtg-consulting-solutions-inc-2917242421](https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/senior-cybersec-architect-at-dtg-consulting-solutions-inc-2917242421) Security Engineer Criterion Systems North Las Vegas, NV [https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/security-engineer-at-criterion-systems-3173082093](https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/security-engineer-at-criterion-systems-3173082093) Cyber Threat Hunter, Senior Booz Allen Hamilton Seattle, WA [https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/cyber-threat-hunter-senior-at-booz-allen-hamilton-3028113349](https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/cyber-threat-hunter-senior-at-booz-allen-hamilton-3028113349) For more, see [https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/search/?geoId=103644278&keywords=zeek](https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/search/?geoId=103644278&keywords=zeek) * * * Get Involved If you have any comments or material for the newsletter please email [news@zeek.org](mailto:news@zeek.org) or join the #news Slack channel. [https://zeekorg.slack.com](https://zeekorg.slack.com) The Slack channel has been very active during the past month. Here is an invitation link: [https://join.slack.com/t/zeekorg/shared\_invite/zt-12z1pjy93-zuVGuT1BF~yUJJvERxhp7g](https://join.slack.com/t/zeekorg/shared_invite/zt-12z1pjy93-zuVGuT1BF~yUJJvERxhp7g) Stay up to date by subscribing to the Zeek mailing list: [https://community.zeek.org](https://community.zeek.org) Follow us on Twitter: [https://twitter.com/Zeekurity](https://twitter.com/Zeekurity) Subscribe to our video channel: [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1K5-MWaM1XZcEFPCMrmNMw](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1K5-MWaM1XZcEFPCMrmNMw) See you next time!