The importance of data mining in the field of cybersecurity

In a very interesting article on TechCrunch, Michael Schiebel writes about the various ways in which security analysts can learn from data scientists. He makes a couple of points that are worth highlighting. Today, hacking is a much more complex art than it used to be: It no longer only involves just scanning and penetrating … Continue reading The importance of data mining in the field of cybersecurity

Nugget Post: Insert an alert / rule name in emails sent from ElastAlert

ElastAlert is a fantastic python module that makes it easy to setup near - realtime alerts and responses to entries of interest. A quick piece of information  which I didnt find clearly documented was how to insert an alert name into a custom subject line sending email alerts.  A typical custom email alert rule file would include … Continue reading Nugget Post: Insert an alert / rule name in emails sent from ElastAlert