Seth Grover<p>I'm on cloud nine since the v24.06.0 release of <a href="https://malcolm.fyi/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Malcolm</a>, bringing you (who could have imagined?!?) new features, improvements, component version updates, and a few bug fixes. Please see the <a href="https://github.com/idaholab/Malcolm/releases/tag/v24.06.0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">release notes</a>, particularly if you've been using NetBox, as an update to that tool brings some backwards-compatibility-breaking changes (sorry 😢).</p><ul><li>Features and enhancements<ul><li>Support for multiple NetBox sites (<a href="https://github.com/idaholab/Malcolm/issues/449" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">issue #449</a>)<ul><li>Malcolm now supports enrichment from a NetBox inventory for <a href="https://malcolm.fyi/docs/asset-interaction-analysis.html#AssetInteractionAnalysis" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">asset interaction analysis</a> across multiple <a href="https://demo.netbox.dev/static/docs/core-functionality/sites-and-racks/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">sites</a>. The NetBox site can be specified for uploaded PCAP, for a Hedgehog Linux sensor, and for Malcolm live capture.</li></ul></li><li><a href="https://github.com/FoxIO-LLC/ja4" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">JA4+</a> replaces the JA3 TLS fingerprinting standard from 2017 (see also this <a href="https://blog.foxio.io/ja4%2B-network-fingerprinting" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">blog post</a>) (<a href="https://github.com/idaholab/Malcolm/issues/419" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">issue #419</a>)</li><li>Support uploading Windows Event Log <a href="https://github.com/omerbenamram/evtx" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">evtx</a> files (<a href="https://github.com/idaholab/Malcolm/issues/465" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">issue #465</a>) and update associated dashboard</li><li><a href="https://malcolm.fyi/docs/contributing-github-runners.html#GitHubRunners" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Document using GitHub runners</a> to build Malcolm images (for contributors' guide, <a href="https://github.com/idaholab/Malcolm/issues/491" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">issue #491</a>)</li><li>Generate new forwarder SSL keys on-the-fly when transferring between Malcolm and Hedgehog Linux (<a href="https://github.com/idaholab/Malcolm/issues/492" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">issue #492</a>)</li><li>Incorporate <a href="https://github.com/cisagov/acid" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">ATT&CK-based Control-system Indicator Detection for Zeek (ACID)</a> (<a href="https://github.com/idaholab/Malcolm/issues/489" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">issue #489</a>), a collection of Operational Techonology (OT) protocol indicators developed to alert on specific <a href="https://attack.mitre.org/matrices/ics/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">ATT&CK for ICS</a> behaviors</li><li>Add platform architecture and machine boot time to <a href="https://malcolm.fyi/docs/api-version.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Malcolm version API</a></li><li>Add links to the navigation pane of most dashboards to "other" dashboards for non-network log data (e.g., resource monitoring, Windows Event logs, etc.)</li></ul></li><li>Component version updates<ul><li>NetBox to <a href="https://github.com/netbox-community/netbox/releases" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">v4.0.6</a> (from v3.6.7, <a href="https://github.com/idaholab/Malcolm/issues/385" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">issue #385</a>)</li><li>OpenSearch and OpenSearch Dashboards to <a href="https://github.com/opensearch-project/opensearch-build/blob/main/release-notes/opensearch-release-notes-2.15.0.md" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">v2.15.0</a></li><li>and <a href="https://github.com/idaholab/Malcolm/releases/tag/v24.06.0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">lots more</a>...</li></ul></li><li>Bug fixes<ul><li>Arkime viewer not rolling PCAPs (<a href="https://github.com/idaholab/Malcolm/issues/484" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">issue #484</a>)</li><li><a href="https://github.com/idaholab/Malcolm/blob/280173f01be4c4942efbcfa03bcc20e8f43cb12c/.github/workflows/malcolm-iso-build-docker-wrap-push-ghcr.yml#L53-L76" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Free up space</a> in GitHub runner environment building ISO images to avoid build errors due to exhausted disk space</li></ul></li></ul><p>New to Malcolm? Grab some popcorn and watch <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJg-83nW7AjOcSEiVMc4mODs4LzfVAwwN" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">these overview videos</a> to give you an idea of what it's about. See the <a href="https://malcolm.fyi/docs/quickstart.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">quick start guide</a> to learn how to install Malcolm, or check out these tutorial videos for <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQo4fyWB5xo&list=PLJg-83nW7AjPV-B_Lv71uQpDAYwphc5p9&index=2" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">installing using Docker</a> or from the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-x6IMy1GkQ&list=PLJg-83nW7AjPV-B_Lv71uQpDAYwphc5p9&index=1" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">official ISO installer images</a> for Malcolm and Hedgehog Linux, which can be downloaded from Malcolm's <a href="https://github.com/idaholab/Malcolm/releases" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">releases page</a> on GitHub.</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Malcolm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Malcolm</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/HedgehogLinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HedgehogLinux</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Zeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Zeek</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Arkime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arkime</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/NetBox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NetBox</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/OpenSearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSearch</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Elasticsearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Elasticsearch</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Suricata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Suricata</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/PCAP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PCAP</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/NetworkTrafficAnalysis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NetworkTrafficAnalysis</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/networksecuritymonitoring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>networksecuritymonitoring</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/OT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OT</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/ICS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ICS</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/icssecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>icssecurity</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/CyberSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CyberSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Cyber" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cyber</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Infosec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Infosec</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/INL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>INL</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/DHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DHS</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/CISA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CISA</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/CISAgov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CISAgov</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/ja4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ja4</span></a></p>