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Peter Manev will be leading a workshop at Hack.Lu “HHAMMERRing the Noise: AI-Agentic Threat Hunting with Suricata & the Power of EVE Metadata.” Happening on October 21st from 2:15 PM–4:15 PM. Attend the workshop! 2026.hack.lu/agenda/

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Suricata IDS @suricata.io · 29/09/2026

Open-source security tools are only as resilient as the components underneath them. That's why OISF is working with Konstantinos Margaritis and @VectorCamp on a 6-month pilot to support #Vectorscan, the pattern-matching library at the heart of #Suricata's performance. suricata.io/2026/09/29/w...

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Suricata IDS @suricata.io · 23/09/2026

The #SuriCon2026 agenda is now ready! Check out all of the insightful talks and more in the jam-packed agenda for this year’s conference: suricon.net/agenda-lisbon/ Don’t forget to register! suricon.net/tickets/

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Suricata IDS @suricata.io · 18/09/2026

Read the new blog by Jeff Lucovsky on the Suricata keyword highlight: subslice, part 2 - transforms, the prefilter, and what’s next! Learn how subslice closes a real gap in Suricata’s detection language: suricata.io/2026/09/11/s...

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Suricata IDS @suricata.io · 15/09/2026

We're pleased to announce the release of #Suricata 8.0.7! 🎉 This is another release with a higher-than-usual number of security fixes, due to AI-assisted analysis. Please update! Get the release: 🔸 8.0.7: www.openinfosecfoundation.org/download/sur... Read more: forum.suricata.io/t/suricata-8...

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Suricata IDS @suricata.io · 10/09/2026

Welcome Profitap to the #Suricata Community and to SuriCon! They’re joining us as Community Partner sponsors and we’re so grateful for their support. Profitap delivers packet-based network intelligence to strengthen network performance. Learn more about them: www.profitap.com

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Suricata IDS @suricata.io · 08/09/2026

Get ready because SuriCon 2026 is hitting Lisbon this November, and our Capture The Flag competition is about to become legendary! Grab your #SuriCon tickets now, tag your ultimate threat-hunting squad below, and let the countdown begin! Register for SuriCon today: suricon.net/tickets

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Suricata IDS @suricata.io · 03/09/2026

5 SEATS LEFT! Join us for live training at #SuriCon2026 this November 16-17. Training is bundled with SuriCon 2026 conference registration, so you can get two days of training followed by three days of conference sessions and community networking. Choose your training: suricon.net/trainings/

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Suricata IDS @suricata.io · 01/09/2026

Join us this November in Lisbon for SuriCon 2026 to connect with fellow practitioners, hear what’s next for the project, and learn directly from the team building and tuning the engine behind so many critical security systems. Come share with the #Suricata community! Register: suricon.net/tickets/

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Suricata IDS @suricata.io · 27/08/2026

DYNANIC is a Community Advocate sponsor for #SuriCon2026! They offer a ready-to-use solution for different network applications to offload processing of high-speed traffic into the FPGA accelerator cards. 🔗https://dyna-nic.com/

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Suricata IDS @suricata.io · 25/08/2026

Sign up for Threat Hunting with #Suricata at #SuriCon2026! The 2-day training will provide the skills to uncover hidden threats and use Suricata-generated data for powerful investigations and detection workflows. Register now with bundled ticketing! suricon.net/trainings/

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Suricata IDS @suricata.io · 21/08/2026

#ICYMI our Suricata webinar with Peter Manev on “DNS Did it! - with Suricata 8” is on our Youtube! He walks through a real-world DNS tunneling case from detection to reverse engineering, using Suricata 8's powerful new capabilities. 🔗 www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6zd...

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DNS Did it! - with Suricata 8 and Peter Manev

YouTube video by OISF-Suricata

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Suricata IDS @suricata.io · 19/08/2026

Big week for #Suricata in Vegas 🎰 - Peter, Jeff & Lukas ran a hands-on workshop on AI SKILLs for network security monitoring @ #BSidesLV - Broke down Suricata 8 @ #BlackHatUSA Arsenal - Lukas Sismis won the Telecom Village CTF @ #DEFCON34 And gave out all the #Suricata swag - Send us pix!

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Suricata IDS @suricata.io · 14/08/2026

Join our growing lineup of sponsors for #SuriCon2026 this fall! Sponsoring SuriCon positions your organization alongside the people and amazing companies helping shape the future of threat detection and network security. Don't miss out! suricon.net/sponsorships/

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Suricata IDS @suricata.io · 13/08/2026

Did you know #Suricata 7 is EOL? We recommend updating to a Suricata 8 if you’re still running an older version. Remember, you're not on your own with this. Consortium members get direct access to our team for upgrade planning and support - reach out! suricata.io/our-story/eo...

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Suricata IDS @suricata.io · 11/08/2026

#SuriCon2026 is shaping up to be a fantastic event this fall! Attend the talks, the hands-on training, meet the people behind the work, and learn what community members are seeing in the field! Buy your bundled ticket today! suricon.net/tickets/

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Suricata IDS @suricata.io · 05/08/2026

Thanks to Hunters Ledger, the #Suricata rule index has a new ruleset! This is what the open source community is all about - when researchers, defenders and contributors share their knowledge, it makes everyone stronger. Check the Suricata Rule Index: rules.suricata.io

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Suricata IDS @suricata.io · 31/07/2026

Happy SysAdmin Day! 🎉 Today, we recognize the IT professionals who keep systems running, data secure, and teams connected. Thank you for your dedication, expertise, and countless hours spent keeping everything running smoothly. #SysAdminDay

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Suricata IDS @suricata.io · 29/07/2026

In this #Suricata webinar replay, Ladislav Bačo walks through an incident investigation from the network POV. He offers a look into how network visibility supports incident response when teams need more than a single alert. Watch now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HCq...

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Incident Response and Network Monitoring with Ladislav Bačo (with Suricata)

YouTube video by OISF-Suricata

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Suricata IDS @suricata.io · 23/07/2026

Great news! We’ve been invited to do a 4 hour workshop training for Security BSides Las Vegas 2026! Join us for “Engineering the Hunt: Developing AI SKILLs for Network Security Monitoring” with Peter Manev, Jeff Lucovsky & Lukas Sismis on August 3rd at 3pm PST. Learn more: bsideslv.org

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Suricata IDS @suricata.io · 22/07/2026

Let’s give it up for the sponsors making #SuriCon2026 possible: OPNsense, Léargas Security, Corelight, Stamus Networks, ENEA AB, Catena Cyber, NEOX Networks and AWS. Sponsorship opportunities are still available! Help bring this community together in 2026! suricon.net/sponsorships/

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Suricata IDS @suricata.io · 17/07/2026

SuriCon is community-funded - sponsorships keep it self-sustaining. Spots remain from the $800 Mob tier (for individual super fans) up to Community Partner ($10K). And our last exclusive slot: Welcome Reception Sponsor ($6K). Secure your spot: suricon.net/sponsorships/

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Suricata IDS @suricata.io · 10/07/2026

Peter Manev will be presenting a lecture for the MIT Lincoln Laboratory Beaver Works Summer Institute (BWSI) Cyber Operations program! Topic: Building SKILLs for #Suricata Threat Hunting 🗓️ Date: July 16 🕙 Time: 10:00 AM EDT 🔗 bwsi.mit.edu/bwsi-program...

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Suricata IDS @suricata.io · 09/07/2026

Have you planned for #SuriCon2026 yet? Introducing the Conference + Training Bundle: one purchase gives you full conference access and one 2-day custom Suricata training that only happens once a year. Reserve your spot and pick your training track today! suricon.net/tickets/

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Suricata IDS @suricata.io · 07/07/2026

We're pleased to announce the releases of #Suricata 8.0.6 and 7.0.17! 🎉 With this, Suricata 7 series has reached its #EOL. Get the releases: 🔸 8.0.6: www.openinfosecfoundation.org/download/sur... 🔸 7.0.17: www.openinfosecfoundation.org/download/sur... Read more: forum.suricata.io/t/suricata-8...

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Suricata IDS @suricata.io · 06/07/2026

The latest #Suricata Newsletter is here! We welcome our new consortium member Aviatrix, Suricata 9.0 development progress, upcoming security releases, SuriCon 2026 updates, and how AI is shaping security reporting and our policies. Read and subscribe: newsletter.suricata.io/posts/2026-06/

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Suricata Newsletter for June 2026 | Suricata Newsletter

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Suricata IDS @suricata.io · 01/07/2026

Future Suricata contributors start small. These little shirts are a playful community moment, but this is how open source lasts. It stays useful today while remaining open to the people who will shape what comes next. Some future contributors are still growing into the shirt 🧸

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Suricata IDS @suricata.io · 30/06/2026

Suricata powers many of today’s leading network detection and response solutions, including Clear NDR Community, which is widely used by practitioners to explore what is possible with Suricata IDS/IPS/NSM and the network protocol monitoring logs and alerts it produces.

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Suricata IDS @suricata.io · 23/06/2026

Heading to BSides Porto? Be sure to connect with @jufajardini.bsky.social. She’ll be there representing Suricata. Find her and chat about open source security, and don’t forget to ask her for some Suricata swag. bsidesporto.org #Suricata #BSidesPorto #OpenSource #Cybersecurity

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Suricata IDS @suricata.io · 22/06/2026

Major releases take time. They evolve through development, testing, review, feedback, and real deployment needs. If you use Suricata today, what should be improved or carried forward toward Suricata 9? Share your thoughts now, or bring them to SuriCon. suricata.io/join-our-com...

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Suricata IDS @suricata.io · 18/06/2026

An OISF Black Hat workshop is in the works, with more details to come. For those who learn best through real traffic, rules, tuning, and workflow questions, this is one to keep on the radar. Suricata’s value is clearest when you can see it in practice. Look out for more details to come!

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Suricata IDS @suricata.io · 17/06/2026

New in Suricata 9 and available in main, the `subslice` transform keyword creates a bounded window from a sticky buffer before content matching. Jeff Lucovsky covers how it works, with URI-ending, header-skipping, and short User-Agent examples. suricata.io/2026/06/16/s...

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Suricata keyword highlight: subslice - Suricata

New in Suricata 9 and later Precision hunting with subslice Most Suricata rules express the presence of content in a buffer, and the existing offset and depth modifiers already pin […]

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Suricata IDS @suricata.io · 16/06/2026

SuriCon 2026 is taking shape in Lisbon. Sponsor support helps make the event possible. Thank you to OPNsense, Léargas Security, Stamus Networks, AWS, and Corelight for helping create space for training, technical conversations, and community work. Become a sponsor: suricon.net/sponsorships/

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Suricata IDS @suricata.io · 10/06/2026

Corelight is joining SuriCon 2026 as a Community Partners sponsor. Suricata often sits where network visibility, detection, and investigation meet. Corelight connects to that work by bringing Suricata IDS alerts together with Zeek network evidence. Learn more: corelight.com

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Suricata IDS @suricata.io · 05/06/2026

At the Boston Official Cybersecurity Summit, Dr. Kelley Misata closed with “Trusted by Default: The Open Source Risk Hiding in Plain Sight.” Her session brought OISF’s open source security perspective into the room and connected it to our work supporting Suricata. Thank you to all who joined.

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Suricata IDS @suricata.io · 03/06/2026

Suricata often enters the workflow before it enters the conversation through SOC distributions, training labs, alert pipelines, vendor products, or rules firing in another interface. To better understand what Suricata is doing under the hood, start here: suricata.io/learn/learni...

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Suricata IDS @suricata.io · 28/05/2026

How do you actually use AI with Suricata in practice? In this webinar, Peter Manev walks through analyzing network metadata and alert payloads with AI as part of the workflow, using XLoader as the example. Replay: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuR2... #Suricata #OpenSource #Webinar

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Webinar: AI Analysis of Suricata Network Metadata and Alert Payloads with Peter Manev

YouTube video by OISF-Suricata

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Suricata IDS @suricata.io · 26/05/2026

Want to learn more about Suricata? Our webinar library is a great place to start. Explore sessions from across the community covering practical use cases, deployments, workflows, and real-world ideas from people building with Suricata. suricata.io/webinars/

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Suricata IDS @suricata.io · 21/05/2026

🚨🚨Call for Talks for #SuriCon2026 closes June 1! Some of the most memorable sessions start as work already in motion. If you’ve been using, building with, or contributing to Suricata and have something the community could learn from, send it in. 📣 pretalx.com/suricon2026/... #Suricata #OpenSource

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Suricata IDS @suricata.io · 19/05/2026

We're pleased to announce the releases of #Suricata 8.0.5 and 7.0.16! 🎉 Get the releases: 🔸 8.0.5: www.openinfosecfoundation.org/download/sur... 🔸 7.0.16: www.openinfosecfoundation.org/download/sur... Read more: suricata.io/2026/05/19/s...

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Suricata IDS @suricata.io · 14/05/2026

Jupyter and Suricata make a pretty good pair. In his SuriCon 2022 talk, Jupyter Playbooks for Suricata, Markus Kont shows how notebooks can support rule exploration, threat hunting, analytics, and R&D prototyping around Suricata. Watch here: youtu.be/hevTFubjlDQ?... #Suricata #SuriCon #OpenSource

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Jupyter Playbooks for Suricata

YouTube video by OISF-Suricata

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Suricata IDS @suricata.io · 13/05/2026

Suricata 9 is planned for next year, and development is already well underway. At our recent team meeting in Salzburg, we discussed priorities, next steps, and the work shaping the next version. Open source work does not wait for release season. #OISF #Suricata #OpenSource

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Suricata IDS @suricata.io · 12/05/2026

Community helps make open source stronger. Accessibility helps that community grow. Juliana Fajardini Reichow brought both into her sessions with DonasSecurity and Senac São Bernardo do Campo, where she shared Suricata, Outreachy, and her open source journey. #Suricata #OpenSource #OISF

Group picture from event with Juliana Fajardini Reichow

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Suricata IDS @suricata.io · 07/05/2026

Suricata was at BotConf on April 14, with Peter Manev and Eric Leblond leading a hands-on workshop. Good to spend time in person with people digging into the practical side of the project and working through the details together. #Suricata #BotConf2026 #OpenSource

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Suricata IDS @suricata.io · 05/05/2026

Dr. Kelley Misata will give the closing keynote at the Boston Official Cybersecurity Summit on May 6. “Trusted by Default: The Open Source Risk Hiding in Plain Sight” explores open source risk and why visibility matters. cyberriskalliance.swoogo.com/boston-2026

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Suricata IDS @suricata.io · 05/05/2026

Victor Julien will be at NLUUG Spring Conference 2026 on May 7 in Utrecht, speaking on Suricata: 10 years later. A look back at how the project has evolved over the past decade and where it stands today. More info: leden.nluug.nl/aanmelden/in... #Suricata #NLUUG #OpenSource

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Suricata IDS @suricata.io · 01/05/2026

A big thank you to the sponsors making SuriCon 2026 possible. Your support helps keep the Suricata community and open source network security moving forward. 🙏 Interested in sponsoring SuriCon 2026? Learn more here: suricon.net/sponsorships/ #Suricata #SuriCon2026 #OpenSource #OISF

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Suricata IDS @suricata.io · 28/04/2026

The OISF team is together in Salzburg this week for our in-person team meeting! 🙌 We love the moments we get to come together as a team and work through what’s next, from ongoing development to the work that supports the Suricata community. #Suricata #OISF #OpenSource

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Suricata IDS @suricata.io · 23/04/2026

Revisiting Eric Leblond’s SuriCon 2022 talk on IOC matching and anomaly detection. A useful look at large-scale matching, IOC checking, and anomaly detection in Suricata datasets. 2022 talk: youtu.be/2eyX0sNtJ3I?... 2025 follow-up: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhKJ... #Suricata #SuriCon #OpenSource

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