David Bombal

David Bombal
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  • David Bombal

    #551: DNS Command & Control: Detecting Malware Traffic

    23/02/2026 | 36 min
    Big thank you to Infoblox for sponsoring this video. For more information on Infoblox have a look at their website: https://www.infoblox.com/

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    In this deep dive, David Bombal is joined by Wireshark expert Chris Greer to
    strip down the most critical protocol on the internet: DNS. We move beyond the
    theory to show you exactly what DNS looks like "on the wire." Chris reveals why a staggering 92% of malware uses DNS for Command and Control (C2) and how you can use packet analysis to detect these breaches before they spread. We also debunk common myths about DNS only using UDP, explore the "Librarian" analogy for Root Servers, and walk through a live capture of a request to a real website.

    What You Will Learn:
    •Malware Detection: Why 92% of malware relies on DNS and how to spot C2 traffic.
    • Packet Anatomy: A line-by-line breakdown of DNS headers, Transaction IDs, and Flags in Wireshark.
    • The TCP Myth: Why blocking TCP port 53 on your firewall can break yournetwork (and why DNS needs it).
    • Troubleshooting: How to measure DNS latency (response time) to pinpoint
    slow network performance.
    • Recursive Lookups: Understanding the chain from your PC to the Root Servers and back.

    // Chris Greer’s SOCIAL //
    YouTube: / chrisgreer
    Official WCA training: https://courses.davidbombal.com/l/pdp...
    Use code "WiresharkHack" to get a $50 discount
    LinkedIn: / cgreer
    Website: https://packetpioneer.com/

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    // WCA Course REFERENCE//
    Official WCA training: https://courses.davidbombal.com/l/pdp...
    Use code "WiresharkHack" to get a $50 discount

    // Chris’ DNS Series on YouTube ‘’
    • Your First DNS Lookup—Captured and Explained

    // Link to YouTube VIDEO:
    • Video

    // David's SOCIAL //
    Discord: discord.com/invite/usKSyzb
    Twitter: www.twitter.com/davidbombal
    Instagram: www.instagram.com/davidbombal
    LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/davidbombal
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    TikTok: tiktok.com/@davidbombal
    YouTube: / @davidbombal
    Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/3f6k6gE...
    SoundCloud: / davidbombal
    Apple Podcast: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...

    // MY STUFF //
    https://www.amazon.com/shop/davidbombal

    // SPONSORS //
    Interested in sponsoring my videos? Reach out to my team here: [email protected]

    // MENU //
    0:00 - Coming up
    0:52 - More Wireshark! // It's always DNS
    02:45 - Infoblox sponsored segment
    03:37 - DNS basics in Wireshark // How DNS works
    06:52 - Analysing the DNS packet capture
    08:32 - Destination address explained
    10:09 - Transaction ID explained
    11:13 - Flags explained
    13:26 - Questions, Answer RRs & Additional RRs explained
    15:39 - Additional records explained
    17:07 - Response walkthrough
    19:24 - Real DNS packet capture walkthrough
    21:17 - Quick Wireshark tip
    22:32 - Walkthrough continued
    25:55 - Going deeper // How DNS resolver works
    32:41 - More on Chris Greer YouTube channel and more to come
    35:36 - Conclusion

    Please note that links listed may be affiliate links and provide me with a small percentage
    /kickback should you use them to purchase any of the items listed or recommended. Thank you for supporting me and this channel!

    Disclaimer: This video is for educational purposes only.
    #dns #infoblox #wireshark
  • David Bombal

    #550: Firewall Demo of Red Team vs Blue Team: Hacking Finance Apps with AI Chatbots

    22/02/2026 | 28 min
    In this video, we dive into a real-world Red Team vs. Blue Team scenario. We simulate a cyberattack on a Finance Application that has integrated a new LLM Chatbot. You’ll see firsthand how attackers use Prompt Injection to bypass standard rules, how they move laterally through Kubernetes clusters, and how they attempt to execute Zero Day exploits.

    More importantly, we show you how to defend against it. Using Cisco’s Hybrid Mesh Firewall, AI Defense, and Secure Workload, we demonstrate how to:
    1. Detect & Block Prompt Injections: safeguarding your LLMs from manipulation.
    2. Secure Kubernetes: using micro-segmentation to isolate threats in the cloud.
    3. Inspect Encrypted Traffic: utilizing the Encrypted Visibility Engine (EVE) to
    spot malware in TLS flows without decryption.

    Whether you are a Network Engineer, Security Analyst, or just interested in how AI is changing the cybersecurity landscape, this demo is packed with practical insights

    Big thank you to Cisco for sponsoring my trip to Cisco Live Amsterdam.

    // Ant Ducker SOCIALS //
    LinkedIn: / ant-ducker-0052801
    YouTube channel dCloud: / @ciscodcloud

    // Website REFERENCE //
    Cisco Security Cloud control: https://sign-on.security.cisco.com/
    Cisco.com: https://www.cisco.com/site/us/en/solu...

    // YouTube Video REFERENCE //
    Rick Miles’ video will be linked at a later stage once published.

    / David's SOCIAL //
    Discord: discord.com/invite/usKSyzb
    Twitter: www.twitter.com/davidbombal
    Instagram: www.instagram.com/davidbombal
    LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/davidbombal
    Facebook: www.facebook.com/davidbombal.co
    TikTok: tiktok.com/@davidbombal
    YouTube: / @davidbombal
    Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/3f6k6gE...
    SoundCloud: / davidbombal
    Apple Podcast: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...

    // MY STUFF //
    https://www.amazon.com/shop/davidbombal

    // SPONSORS //
    Interested in sponsoring my videos? Reach out to my team here: [email protected]

    // MENU //
    0:00 - Coming Up
    01:29 - Intro
    02:20 - Demo Overview
    03:57 - Demo Begins
    09:35 - Adding Guardrails
    11:45 - Secure Workloads
    14:30 - Segmentation Workflow
    18:33 - Overviewing Finance App
    21:02 - Encrypted Visibility Engine
    24:34 - Firewall Obversability and Control
    25:44 - Ant's Advice For The Youth
    26:40 - How to Learn Hybrid Mesh Firewall
    28:16 - Conclusion

    Please note that links listed may be affiliate links and provide me with a small percentage/kickback should you use them to purchase any of the items listed or recommended. Thank you for supporting me and this channel!

    Disclaimer: This video is for educational purposes only.
    #cisco #ciscolive #ciscoemea
  • David Bombal

    #549: The Apple of Networking? Cisco’s 100T Full Stack (Connects 128,000 GPUs)

    21/02/2026 | 22 min
    The bottleneck in AI isn't compute anymore, it's the network. In this video, I sit down with Martin, the architect behind Cisco’s Silicon One, to discuss the massive leap to 100 Terabits per second. We go deep into the silicon level to understand how "intelligent agents" embedded in the hardware are solving the packet loss problem for massive AI training clusters.

    We cover the new 1.6T Linear Pluggable Optics (LPO), why Cisco is becoming the "Apple of Networking" by building their own full stack, and why they believe Ethernet has officially won the data center war.

    Topics Covered:
    • Cisco Silicon One: The architecture behind the 100Tbps & 51.2Tbps chips.
    • AI Scale: How to interconnect 128,000 GPUs without stalling.
    • Hardware Agents: Real-time traffic rerouting at the silicon level.
    • 1.6Tbps Optics: Moving DSPs out of the module to save power (LPO).
    • Ethernet vs. InfiniBand: Why standard Ethernet is winning in AI.

    Big thank you to ‪@Cisco‬ for sponsoring my trip to Cisco Live Amsterdam!

    // Martin Lund SOCIALS //
    LinkedIn: / martinlundca

    // Website REFERENCE //
    https://blogs.cisco.com/sp/cisco-sili...

    // David's SOCIAL //
    Discord: discord.com/invite/usKSyzb
    Twitter: www.twitter.com/davidbombal
    Instagram: www.instagram.com/davidbombal
    LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/davidbombal
    Facebook: www.facebook.com/davidbombal.co
    TikTok: tiktok.com/@davidbombal
    YouTube: / @davidbombal
    Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/3f6k6gE...
    SoundCloud: / davidbombal
    Apple Podcast: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...

    // MY STUFF //
    https://www.amazon.com/shop/davidbombal

    // SPONSORS //
    Interested in sponsoring my videos? Reach out to my team here: [email protected]

    // MENU //
    0:00 - Coming Up
    01:09 - Intro
    01:42 - Cisco's New Announcement (G200 Chip)
    02:32 - How Many Companies Are Doing This?
    05:02 - Is Cisco The 'Apple' Of Networking?
    07:30 - Intelligent Collective Networking
    08:09 - Who Designed The Chip?
    08:56 - Cisco's New Optical Module
    09:59 - Why Do We Need These Speeds?
    15:46 - Data Center Scale
    16:50 - Cisco Switches
    19:16 - Who Is The Target Audience?
    20:23 - Linear Pluggable Optics (LPO)
    22:04 – Conclusion

    Please note that links listed may be affiliate links and provide me with a small percentage/kickback should you use them to purchase any of the items listed or recommended. Thank you for supporting me and this channel!

    Disclaimer: This video is for educational purposes only.
    #cisco #ciscolive #ciscoemea
  • David Bombal

    #548: Stop Troubleshooting Manually. Meet Your Digital TEAMMATE

    20/02/2026 | 16 min
    Big thanks to ‪@Cisco‬ for sponsoring this video and sponsoring my trip to Cisco Live Amsterdam.

    Will AI replace network engineers in 2026? In this video, I sit down with Joe Vaccaro (VP/GM of Cisco ThousandEyes) to reveal the truth about "Agentic Ops" and how it differs from traditional AIOps. We dive deep into the new "Digital Teammate" concept within ThousandEyes and demo exactly how AI agents can autonomously troubleshoot complex network outages (like DHCP and DNS failures) in seconds.

    Instead of taking your job, Joe explains how these agents act as a force multiplier for your career—handling the tedious "mean time to innocence" tasks so you can focus on architecture. If you are worried about the future of the CLI or manual troubleshooting, you need to see this demo.

    Key Topics Covered:
    • Cisco Agentic Ops Explained: Joe Vaccaro breaks down the shift to autonomous reasoning.
    • ThousandEyes Demo: Watch an AI agent diagnose a DHCP failure and suggest the exact fix (subnet expansion).
    • Views Explainability: How to troubleshoot "unknown paths" and ISP outages
    (like AWS/Azure) automatically.
    • Career Survival Guide: Why Cisco believes AI will train the next generation of CCIE-level engineers, not replace them.

    //Joe Vaccaro’s SOCIAL //
    Cisco Blogs: https://blogs.cisco.com/author/vaccaroj
    LinkedIn: / joevaccaro
    X: https://x.com/joevaccaro
    X: https://x.com/thousandeyes
    Website: https://www.thousandeyes.com/

    // David's SOCIAL //
    Discord: discord.com/invite/usKSyzb
    Twitter: www.twitter.com/davidbombal
    Instagram: www.instagram.com/davidbombal
    LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/davidbombal
    Facebook: www.facebook.com/davidbombal.co
    TikTok: tiktok.com/@davidbombal
    YouTube: / @davidbombal
    Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/3f6k6gE...
    SoundCloud: / davidbombal
    Apple Podcast: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...

    // MY STUFF //
    https://www.amazon.com/shop/davidbombal

    // SPONSORS //
    Interested in sponsoring my videos? Reach out to my team here: [email protected]

    // MENU //
    0:00 - Coming up
    0:42 - Troubleshooting
    02:00 - ThousandEyes Updates
    03:52 - Demo 1
    06:50 - Agentic Steps on a network
    07:26 - Demo 2
    10:50 - ThousandEyes Outages Page
    11:34 - Agents in ThousandEyes
    13:49 - New Demands by AI
    14:14 - Will AI Replace Network Engineers ?
    15:15 - Will The Agents Need a Human in the loop?
    16:10 - Will This become More Autonomous ?
    16:48 - Conclusion & Outro

    Please note that links listed may be affiliate links and provide me with a small percentage/kickback should you use them to purchase any of the items listed or recommended. Thank you for supporting me and this channel!

    Disclaimer: This video is for educational purposes only.
    #cisco #ciscolive #ciscoemea
  • David Bombal

    #547: How AI Changes Network Engineering 2025

    20/02/2026 | 36 min
    Big thanks to Cisco for sponsoring this video and sponsoring my trip to Cisco Partners’ Summit 2025

    // Anurag Dhingra SOCIALS //
    Cisco Blogs: https://blogs.cisco.com/author/anurag...
    X: https://blogs.cisco.com/author/anurag...
    LinkedIn: / anurag-dhingra

    // David's SOCIAL //
    Discord: discord.com/invite/usKSyzb
    Twitter: www.twitter.com/davidbombal
    Instagram: www.instagram.com/davidbombal
    LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/davidbombal
    Facebook: www.facebook.com/davidbombal.co
    TikTok: tiktok.com/@davidbombal
    YouTube: / @davidbombal
    Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/3f6k6gE...
    SoundCloud: / davidbombal
    Apple Podcast: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...

    // MY STUFF //
    https://www.amazon.com/shop/davidbombal

    // SPONSORS //
    Interested in sponsoring my videos? Reach out to my team here: [email protected]

    // MENU //
    0:00 - Coming Up
    0:34 - Intro
    01:55 - How is AI Affecting Networking
    03:55 - Agentic AI
    07:05 - Cisco Agents
    09:15 - Cisco Evolving Devices
    12:16 - Local AI in Manufacturing Companies
    13:17 - Edge AI (Cisco Unified Edge)
    16:00 - Practical Use of AI

    Please note that links listed may be affiliate links and provide me with a small percentage/kickback should you use them to purchase any of the items listed or recommended. Thank you for supporting me and this channel!

    Disclaimer: This video is for educational purposes only.
    #agenticai #cisco #ciscops25

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Want to learn about IT? Want to get ahead in your career? Well, this is the right place! On this channel, I discuss Python, Ethical Hacking, Networking, Network Automation, CCNA, Virtualization and other IT related topics. This YouTube channel has new videos every week! Subscribe for technical, detailed, no fluff content. David’s details: Discord: https://discord.com/invite/usKSyzb Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/davidbombal Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davidbombal LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidbombal Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/davidbombal.co Website: http://www.davidbombal.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/davidbombal All the best! David
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