Hi! Today I’d like to discuss a bit a quite hot topic in this world newly full of LLMs, namely MCP Servers! We’ll first see what MCP is and why it was created, moving then to a short hands-on with NetEye and in particular, the Elastic Stack feature module. Wait, what? MCP? What are we…
Read MoreWith the upgrade to NetEye 4.44, we’ve added a lot of new features (https://www.neteye-blog.com/2025/10/neteye-4-44-release-notes/) and, from my point of view, one of the most relevant is the introduction of Elastic Stack 9. This Elasticsearch major release (https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elastic-stack/9.0/elastic-stack-release-notes.html) includes some new functionalities such as: ESQL Lookup Joins , LogsDB Index Mode Optimizations, etc. During various migrations…
Read MoreAround this time last year, I wrote a blog post about improving cybersecurity with Elastic Defend. Now, one year later, we’ve gained a lot of practical experience with it, which I’d like to share. Elastic Defend is an EDR (Endpoint Detection and Response). Unlike a traditional antivirus solution that relies on signature patterns that need…
Read MoreRecently, I had the opportunity to take the Elastic Observability Engineer certification exam by Elastic. I’d like to share my experience, the challenges I faced, and some tips for anyone considering this path. What to Expect from the Exam The exam primarily focuses on practical skills in using the Elastic Stack for monitoring and observing…
Read MoreMy colleague Daniel has already described a concrete case in which he used ES|QL. Moved by curiosity I decided to attend an Elastic webinar on ES|QL, and I discovered some interesting things that I’d like to share with those of you who like using Elastic. Elastic provides several possible ways to do searches. Current query…
Read MoreWe all know that NetEye Upgrades are boring activities. Upgrading is important and useful because it brings you bug fixes and new features, but nonetheless it’s extremely expensive in terms of time. The most boring, tiring and lengthy part is when you restart NetEye Services; if you have the SIEM Module installed, the time spent…
Read MoreIn today’s digital landscape, cybersecurity is paramount. As a technical consultant, I’ve seen firsthand how organizations struggle to keep up with evolving threats. One tool that’s consistently stood out in the fight against cyber threats is Elastic Defend. In this blog post, I’ll delve into what Elastic Defend is, its key features, and how it…
Read MoreHi all, it’s been a while. I’m deeply sorry not to have sent out some blog posts lately, so now I’ll try to get back your trust by providing some useful information. Not only that, I’ll even go out of my comfort zone: instead of NetEye Core and monitoring strategies, I’ll talk about NetEye SIEM…
Read MoreAt the beginning of the month we released NetEye version 4.37 that contains Elastic Stack 8.14.3. Every version update of Elastic has both improvements and additions. To see all available integrations in NetEye, click on the screenshot here: As you can see the changes range from cloud integration, to ticketing, to not forgetting security, networking,…
Read MoreIn order to be able to carry out detailed network monitoring, an IT administrator naturally wants to know what is happening in his or her network. To obtain this information, the network flows must of course be analyzed. Many network devices offer the option of creating netflows, which are sent to a recipient who can…
Read MoreIn this blog, I’ll propose and describe a solution for detecting potential infostealers targeting Chromium-based browsers, taking a cue from the research exposed by Google’s Chrome Security Team (Detecting browser data theft using Windows Event Logs). Obviously a solution using Elastic 🙂 ! What is an Infostealer (in a nutshell) ? In the realm of…
Read MoreRecently (in September 2023) NetEye integrated version 8.8 of the Elastic Stack, which is just one of many Elastic updates brought into NetEye 4. Since this Elastic update there was a major upgrade (from version 7.17) coming with many breaking changes, so we, as the NetEye R&D team, wanted to make this important upgrade as…
Read MoreThe Fleet Management feature was automatically enabled with NetEye release 4.30, and with the current 4.31 version all the Elastic Stack packages will be upgraded to major version 8. These two milestones will permit us to centrally manage log ingestion using the new Elastic Agents (the evolutions of Beats Agents) and forget all the custom…
Read MoreAnyone who has joined the beautiful world of logging has collided, sooner or later, with the collection via syslog protocol. More than 40 years have passed since syslog was invented, and in that time there have been several attempts by the IETF to create a standard around this world (RFC 3164 and RFC 5424). Even…
Read MoreThe R&D Team is currently working on the integration of the new Elastic Fleet management tool in NetEye 4. Once Elastic Fleet is fully integrated in NetEye 4, all of the Log Management features currently supported will also need to work with the Elastic Fleet. In particular, the integration of Elastic Fleet with the Log…
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