How resourceful are you – Turning a Next Gen firewall into a Next Gen Security Information collection tool?

Palo Alto NetworksWe here at Satisnet deal with a lot of SIEM vendors , the likes of Splunk, Q1 labs, Honeycomb etc. These vendors specialise in collecting data from various sources in your IT infrastructure, correlate them and convert into actionable information. … Read this post »

Recycled Botnets

Palo Alto NetworksPalo Alto Networks Research Centre, 19 March 2012: Earlier in the year, Palo Alto Networks researchers used WildFire to track down a new variant of the Waledac/Kelihos botnet making the rounds through Europe. Since our initial analysis, this new botnet … Read this post »

WildFire™ – Just another sandbox technology? Or is it really unique?

Palo Alto NetworksI have been looking at the new release of Palo Alto Networks firewalls, Version 4.1. This release introduces a new feature to the Next Generation Firewalls from Palo Alto Networks. It’s named WildFire™, (wonder where they got the inspiration for … Read this post »

A new baby is born, is it a boy… is it a girl… no it’s a PA200

Palo Alto NetworksNir Zuk seems to make a habit of breeding….new technologies that is! His Next Gen Firewall/IPS company have just delivered a new offspring, a small perfectly formed addition to the Palo Alto family.… Read this post »