Welcome to the Zeek Newsletter.
In this Issue:
- TL;DR
- Development Updates
- Zeek in the Community
- Zeek in the Enterprise
- Friends of Zeek
- Upcoming Events
- Zeek Package Updates
- Get Involved
TL;DR
Zeek webinars continue. See Upcoming Events for details.
UPDATE: Mark your calendars! The Zeek Project is organizing a two-day Zeek community workshop in Munich, Germany, on February 26th & 27th, 2025 . We’ll have a mix of presentations and training sessions (Zeek & Spicy), with several Zeek team members on site. Attendance will be free of charge. We’ll share more details soon, including how to register. Stay tuned!
Development Updates
Tim released Zeek versions 6.0.8 and 7.0.3. These are bugfix and security releases.
https://download.zeek.org/zeek-6.0.8.tar.gz
https://download.zeek.org/zeek-7.0.3.tar.gz
See the release notes for details of the addressed bugs and security issues:
https://github.com/zeek/zeek/releases/tag/v6.0.8
https://github.com/zeek/zeek/releases/tag/v7.0.3
Binary packages for the new releases will also be available shortly:
https://github.com/zeek/zeek/wiki/Binary-Packages
With the arrival of 7.0, the 6.2 feature release series is now unmaintained. There will be no other 6.2 releases. The 6.0 long term support (LTS) series will continue to get patches until 7.1 is released in approximately months. Users running 6.2 should upgrade to 7.0.
For more information on release cadence, see:
https://github.com/zeek/zeek/wiki/Release-Cadence
Zeek in the Community
Seth published a new version of Malcolm. Please see the project site for details:
Zeek in the Enterprise
The recording of the 16 October webinar, Zeek@Meta: Scale, Log Enrichment and Detections, is live here:
https://youtube.com/live/QgLkJ_J2pp4
The recording of the 30 October webinar, Automated Zeek Builds and Adventures with the Management Framework, is live here:
https://youtube.com/live/TiwGcxpu4hg
Friends of Zeek
The Suricata project released version 7.0.7. Visit their site for details:
Upcoming Events
The next Zeek webinar, How Zeek Helps Secure Open Science by Aaron J. Scantlin, will take place Wednesday 6 November at 1 pm ET. Register for free here:
https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_RaVh0OdcRnG2EzhLNFiz7Q
We will host another Zeek webinar, What’s in a Name – Hiding in Plain Sight by Brian Olson, on Wednesday 13 November at 1 pm ET. Register for free here:
https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Hh0wmjsZR7yEIkVzybmhXQ
We will host another Zeek webinar, Parsnip: Lowering the Barrier of Entry for Parser Development, by Melanie Pierce, on Wednesday 20 November at 1 pm ET. Register for free here:
https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_B4eYpXi8SEeC_EYzbn1ARQ
The next Training Group Call is 8 November at 12 noon ET. Here is the Zoom link:
https://ESnet.zoom.us/j/6445948648
Meeting ID: 644 594 8648
Passcode: Rockon!
The next Zeek Community Call is 4 December at 1 pm ET. There is no need to register. Here is the Zoom link:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/99882457331?pwd=WVZLRGtpbmx1V2FqSnlRT1FLRC9lQT09
Zeek Package Updates
Changes to packages are available via this search:
https://github.com/zeek/packages/pulls?q=is%3Apr+is%3Aclosed
The https://packages.zeek.org site reported the last 5 updates as of 2 June:
11/4/24, 4:14 AM shodan-zeek
10/30/24, 4:13 PM icannTLD
10/25/24, 2:16 PM ja4
10/25/24, 12:23 PM cve-2022-22954
10/23/24, 2:39 PM ssl-extensions
Get Involved
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https://join.slack.com/t/zeekorg/shared_invite/zt-12z1pjy93-zuVGuT1BF~yUJJvERxhp7g
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See you next time!