Message Queues vs. Streaming Systems: Key Differences and Use Cases
In the world of data processing and messaging systems, terms like “queue” and “streaming” often come up. While they may…
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What is Event Streaming in Apache Kafka?
Event streaming is a powerful data processing paradigm where events—small, immutable pieces of data—are continuously produced, captured, and processed in…
NonEuclid RAT Detection: Malware Enables Adversaries to Gain Unauthorized Remote Access and Control Over a Targeted System
The modern-day cyber threat landscape is marked by the rise in malware variants that give attackers the green light to…
Elasticsearch: Cluster Status is RED
It happens very rarely, but sometimes your cluster gets red status. Red status means that not only has the primary…
Search and Replace Text in SPL Fields with rex
Sometimes when working with fields in SPL, it can be useful to search for and replace parts of text found…
CVE-2024-49112 Detection: Zero-Click PoC Exploit for a Critical LDAP RCE Vulnerability Can Crush Unpatched Windows Servers
In 2024, vulnerability exploitation accounted for 14% of breach entry points, marking a nearly threefold increase from the previous year—a…
rare Сommand in Splunk
The rare command in Splunk helps you find the least common values in a specific field of your data. This…
coalesce Function in Splunk
The Splunk coalesce function returns the first non-null value among its arguments. It’s useful for normalizing data from different sources…
Strela Stealer Attack Detection: New Malware Variant Now Targets Ukraine Alongside Spain, Italy, and Germany
Security experts have uncovered a novel Strela Stealer campaign, which leverages a new iteration of email credential-stealing malware. In this…
Reducing Kafka Lag: Optimizing Kafka Performance
Apache Kafka is a powerful distributed messaging system, but like any system, it can face performance bottlenecks. One of the…