OhMyDebn 4.3.0 now available! OhMyDebn is a debonair Linux desktop for power users. Tons of improvements in this release including new preview carousel for themes and backgrounds and 1-click access to over 3,000 other themes!
Doug Burks
@dougburks.bsky.social
Founder and CEO of Security Onion Solutions. I post mostly about Security Onion, SO-CRATES, and OhMyDebn. Believer, husband, father.
SO-CRATES 4 is now available! SO-CRATES is a standalone web application for analyzing pcap files, log files, and binary files. LOTS of great features in this release including alert acknowledgement, keyboard navigation, and animated backgrounds for fun themes!
OhMyDebn 4.2.0 now available! ✅Updates cliamp to 1.63.0 ✅Updates Google Chrome installation to use ohmydebn-google-chrome-stable-install ✅Updates OpenCode to 1.18.16 ✅Updates SO-CRATES to 3.2.0 continued...
SO-CRATES 3.2 is now available! Another BIG release but here are the highlights: - Includes AI Summaries and Playbooks - New pivot menu - More rulesets and tuning options Check it out and let me know what you think in the comments below!
WOW! 6,412 downloads since this morning's release of SO-CRATES 3.2 and that brings us to 1 million total downloads! Thanks for your support and keep those downloads coming!
SO-CRATES 3.2 is now available! Another BIG release but here are the highlights: - Includes AI Summaries and Playbooks - New pivot menu - More rulesets and tuning options Check it out and let me know what you think in the comments below!
SO-CRATES 3.2 is now available! Another BIG release but here are the highlights: - Includes AI Summaries and Playbooks - New pivot menu - More rulesets and tuning options Check it out and let me know what you think in the comments below!
Hope to see you there!
Registration is NOW OPEN for Augusta Cyber Week 2026, from October 19-24. This includes a four day instructor-led Security Onion training course, the twelfth annual Security Onion Conference, and wrapping up with BSides Augusta! See the link for more details. blog.securityonion.net/2026/08/regi...
OhMyDebn 4.1.0 is now available! OhMyDebn is a debonair Linux desktop for power users. It gives you the stability of the Debian distro, the ease of use of the Cinnamon desktop, and the power of AI, containers, and virtualization.
SO-CRATES 3.1 is now available! TONS of improvements in this release including: new Rules interface new Notes interface new Themes interface with optional OhMyDebn theme sync new About modal updated Welcome modal and lots more under the hood
ICYMI: New Security Onion release last week.
Security Onion 3.2.0 is NOW AVAILABLE, with a whole bunch of new features and quality of life improvements. - Initial implementation of Agentic AI functionality - Gemma now available - Datastream Lifecycle Management - ES|QL support for Sigma rules - Updates to nearly two dozen major components
Happy August, all! This month's Infosec 716 meetup will feature a demonstration of SO-CRATES, the new log and packet analysis platform from @dougburks.bsky.social of @securityonion.bsky.social - hope to see you there! As always, you can join in person at @bithavenllc.bsky.social or remotely.
Infosec 716 August Virtual Meetup, Wed, Aug 19, 2026, 6:00 PM | Meetup
Our August meetup will feature a demonstration of SO-CRATES (https://github.com/dougburks/so-crates), a new open source tool for analyzing packet captures, files, and logs.
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Security Onion 3.2.0 is NOW AVAILABLE, with a whole bunch of new features and quality of life improvements. - Initial implementation of Agentic AI functionality - Gemma now available - Datastream Lifecycle Management - ES|QL support for Sigma rules - Updates to nearly two dozen major components
blog.securityonion.net
OhMyDebn 4.0.1 now available with OpenCode 1.18.9 and cliamp 1.62.0! It also has SO-CRATES 3 which includes a matching theme for each of our OhMyDebn themes!
SO-CRATES 3 is LIVE 🔥 Container for Rapid Analysis of Threats, Evil, and Sus Makes quick work of your pcap, log, and file analysis Now with: Suricata 8 support for more protocol metadata sqlite backend optimizations for performance and scalability new themes (CGA, C64, Vaporwave, and more)
OhMyDebn 4.0 now available with SO-CRATES 2.1.0, OpenCode 1.18.4, cliamp 1.60.1, and more! OhMyDebn is a debonair Linux desktop for power users. It gives you the stability of the Debian distro, the ease of use of the Cinnamon desktop, and the power of AI, containers, and virtualization.
🚀 SO-CRATES 2.1.0 is here! 🔥 Standalone container for rapid analysis of PCAP, logs & binaries just got even better! New highlights: ✅More protocol support (Modbus, DNP3, PostgreSQL) ✅Improved theme engine ✅Fresh Matte Black theme ✅Nostalgic Sguil theme (shoutout to the legends!)
OhMyDebn 3.8.9 now available with SO-CRATES 2.0 and OpenCode 1.17.20! OhMyDebn is a debonair Linux desktop for power users. It gives you the stability of the Debian distro, the ease of use of the Cinnamon desktop, and the power of AI, containers, and virtualization.
🚨 SO-CRATES 2.0 is LIVE! 🔥 Security Onion Containerized Rapid Analysis of Threats, Evil, and Sus just leveled up. New in v2.0: • Brand new Hacker Mode 👀 • One-click “Delete all previous analyses” • Fresh favicon + polish
🚨 SO-CRATES 2.0 is LIVE! 🔥 Security Onion Containerized Rapid Analysis of Threats, Evil, and Sus just leveled up. New in v2.0: • Brand new Hacker Mode 👀 • One-click “Delete all previous analyses” • Fresh favicon + polish
🚨 SO-CRATES 2.0 is LIVE! 🔥 Security Onion Containerized Rapid Analysis of Threats, Evil, and Sus just leveled up. New in v2.0: • Brand new Hacker Mode 👀 • One-click “Delete all previous analyses” • Fresh favicon + polish
OhMyDebn 3.8.8 now available with SO-CRATES 1.1.1 and OpenCode 1.17.18! OhMyDebn is a debonair Linux desktop for power users. It gives you the stability of the Debian distro, the ease of use of the Cinnamon desktop, and the power of AI, containers, and virtualization.
🥗 SO-CRATES went on a diet! 1.1.1 cuts the container image size in **half** with a new multi-stage build. Leaner, faster, still awesome for analyzing PCAPs, logs & binaries. Who’s trying the new slim version? ❤️
🥗 SO-CRATES went on a diet! 1.1.1 cuts the container image size in **half** with a new multi-stage build. Leaner, faster, still awesome for analyzing PCAPs, logs & binaries. Who’s trying the new slim version? ❤️
Here's a great new video by Tom Lawrence that shows off SO-CRATES! www.youtube.com/watch?v=lie5...
Catching Windows in the Act with Proxmox Packet Capture
YouTube video by Lawrence Systems
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We are once again hosting our annual user conference in beautiful Augusta, GA on October 23, and we want to hear from you! securityonionsolutions.com/conference/
Security Onion Solutions
Security Onion Solutions, LLC
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Thanks to our customers and community for your support over the years!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO US! Today marks the twelfth birthday of Security Onion Solutions -- a dozen years of providing training, support, and other services on top of the free and open Security Onion platform. Here's to many more!
OhMyDebn 3.8.7 now available with OpenCode 1.17.14 and new option to install Claude Code! OhMyDebn is a debonair Linux desktop for power users. It gives you the stability of the Debian distro, the ease of use of the Cinnamon desktop, and the power of AI, containers, and virtualization.
USING SOFTWARE RAID? We've identified an issue with an updated release of mdadm that could cause problems for Security Onion deployments using software RAID filesystems. If that applies to you, this blog post has more information: blog.securityonion.net/2026/07/poss...
Possible Software RAID Issue With Recent mdadm Package
We identified an issue with mdadm version "mdadm - v4.4 - 2024-11-07 - 4" that can cause software RAID issues after a reboot. We have remove...
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OhMyDebn 3.8.6 now available with OpenCode 1.17.13 and new option to install Brave browser! OhMyDebn is a debonair Linux desktop for power users. It gives you the stability of the Debian distro, the ease of use of the Cinnamon desktop, and the power of AI, containers, and virtualization.
JUST POSTED: We've just released an update to our Introduction to Security Onion overview video, recorded with Security Onion 3. youtu.be/xKWn_YlVOGo
Introduction to Security Onion 3
YouTube video by Security Onion
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DID YOU KNOW? Security Onion Pro includes a feature called Manager of Managers, or MoM, which leverages the Security Onion API to allow access to other Security Onion installations in your environment from a central console.
Security Onion Pro: Manager of Managers
YouTube video by Security Onion
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OhMyDebn 3.8.5 now available with SO-CRATES 1.1.0 and OpenCode 1.17.9!
🚀 SO-CRATES 1.1 is here — now with Light Mode! ☀️ The tool you loved as OhMyPCAP keeps getting better. Your all-in-one Docker/Podman container for rapid analysis of PCAPs, logs, and binaries just leveled up. #DFIR #Cybersecurity #BlueTeam #ThreatHunting #Suricata #YARA #Sigma #DarkMode #LightMode
🚀 SO-CRATES 1.1 is here — now with Light Mode! ☀️ The tool you loved as OhMyPCAP keeps getting better. Your all-in-one Docker/Podman container for rapid analysis of PCAPs, logs, and binaries just leveled up. #DFIR #Cybersecurity #BlueTeam #ThreatHunting #Suricata #YARA #Sigma #DarkMode #LightMode