The classifications can be used to create custom event notifications. Simply create a classification through the browser and choose the email action. This will trigger email messages detailing the particular flows that matched your specification. I would say that creating an email alert for all events with ranking >0 is a good place to start. This feature now runs from the server side even if your browser is not active.
Enjoy!
Have you ever wondered what content is being transmitted in and out of your network by suspicious hosts? Now you can use Content Extraction to extract files from your network traffic to preview them or download them to you desktop for further analysis.
Obviously you need to have packet logging enabled and Ntop enabled (it uses Ntop back-end for managing the file extraction application). Sometimes it gets slow because it needs to go though tons of data so please be patient.
This is still experimental; if you have suggestions on how to improve it, let us know at support@metaflows.com
We found a bug that caused BotHunter to generate lots of DNS alerts. Some of you may like to know where all your DNS servers are; but this was getting out of hand. Now BotHunter will only alert if the client is performing lots of queries to an external DNS in a short amount of time..Just restart your sensor to get the bug fix.
Sometime we come across an historical query with lots of information that cannot be summarized in a single escalation report. With this new feature (the report button on the bottom of the historical report page) you can take a snapshot of the current page which is archived under Historical Queries. This is especially useful if you collaborate with someone else and you want to share the information (for example show it to your boss..) or you simply want to archive what you see.
Simply make the OSSEC daemon send syslog messages to your sensor IP address and ‘voila’; now you can view aggregate/correlate your OSSEC alerts with snort alerts, flows and other syslog entries. The nsm will also store your OSSEC alerts (just like any other syslog message) in the DB to mine at your leisure. As always send any questions or bugs to support@metaflows.com.
Click on reports and inspect automatically generated daily and weekly reports or create your own custom reports.
Periodic reports are generated every day or every week. One time reports are specified between specific dates.
Once the report it is saved, it will be executed in the background. Reports are interactive and let you explore the
report data through the historical interface. Enjoy!
By popular demand, the real time interface now only shows Snort alerts by default; this makes it much less demanding on your browser. Clicking on the “View Flows” on the bottom-left will toggle the interface to show all the flows (like it used to). Also, the context menus have been rearranged to be easier to use.
The MetaFlows interface was updated last night with the following changes:
Cloud Computing Concept Meets Supercharged Open-Source Network Security Tools at SC10
REDLANDS, CA, November 12, 2010 — MetaFlows, Inc., a startup focused on leveraging emerging cloud/virtualization technologies for the next generation of network security solutions, will debut an innovative network security monitoring system as part of the SC10 networking infrastructure called ?SCinet?. By monitoring SCinet?s diverse and high throughput network, MetaFlows aims to demonstrate that its new network security monitoring (?NSM?) system, the world?s first fully SaaS-based system, is ?ready for the big leagues.? If successful, it would also signal the realization of a new cost-cutting paradigm shift the network security industry -and its patrons- have been waiting for.
Founded upon battle-hardened, open-source resources (Emerging Threats signatures, Cyber-TA?s BotHunter dialog-based correlator, Sourcefire?s Snort VRT, etc.), MetaFlows? NSM reconciles and ranks IDS, flow, and active (local AND global) intelligence through a revolutionary predictive global correlation system based on Google?s page ranking algorithm, better revealing true positives while significantly cutting down on false-positive clutter. MetaFlows? NSM then delivers and unifies these results, along with log management, through the world?s first fully SaaS-based, real-time security console with easy-to-use forensic tools for deep event analysis. To cap it all off, MetaFlows? Open-Sensor Technology? helps NSM subscribers save thousands more dollars per year by granting them the ability to use almost any off-the-shelf sensor hardware they prefer or, via Linux/FreeBSD or virtual machines, use their preexisting hardware.
?At SC10, we expect to show the world that these technologies are now fully matured and able to handle the most demanding of environments,? said Livio Ricciulli, Founder and Chief Scientist of MetaFlows. ?The HPC community should find our fully SaaS-based security console and predictive global correlation technologies especially interesting, because they afford HPC admins and their MSSPs the levels of secure mobility and efficiency they?ve always needed but have never seen before.?
MetaFlows? NSM will be active throughout SC10, and MetaFlows Chief Scientist, Livio Ricciulli, will be available to answer any questions you might have about it, November 14th through the 19th.
If you are interested in a live demonstration of MetaFlows NSM while at SC10, Livio Ricciulli would be happy to personally demo the system and get your feedback. Simply RSVP with MetaFlows? press contact, Jude Calvillo (media@metaflows.com), to arrange a meeting.
About MetaFlows, Inc.
MetaFlows, Inc. is a California-based corporation currently working to bring the world?s first fully SaaS-based IDS management solution to market, a solution so revolutionary in infrastructure and intelligence that it will unavoidably slash the costs and complexity of network security monitoring while actually improving upon event analysis and remediation response time(s). MetaFlows is partially funded by the National Science Foundation and SRI International and is led by a team of experienced entrepreneurs with a track record of success in network security ventures. For more information on MetaFlows, please visit: www.MetaFlows.com
About SC10
SC10, sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society and the ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) offers a complete technical education program and exhibition to showcase the many ways high performance computing, networking, storage and analysis lead to advances in scientific discovery, research, education and commerce. This premier international conference includes a globally attended technical program, workshops, tutorials, a world class exhibit area, demonstrations and opportunities for hands-on learning. For more information on SC10, please visit: https://sc10.supercomputing.org/
Contact:
Shaun Keating
MetaFlows Media Relations
Phone: 877.664.7774
Fax: (877) 539-7778
Email: media@metaflows.com
MetaFlows has done its first official release!
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