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Wednesday, March 17, 2021

Is DepEd Website connecting to bam-cell.nr-data.net for malicious reason?

Last Monday, March 15, 2021, I noticed a link on the status bar of my browser and  analyzing the loading of DepEd Philippines Learning Management System (LMS) at https://training.deped.gov.ph. I observed that the site is connecting to a domain called “bam-cell.nr-data.net" 
Screenshot of Chrome Status bar.

I figured that the site of DepEd was connecting with this domain for malicious reasons. After doing some research on GSE (Google Search engine), I was able to identify the domain "
bam-cell.nr-data.net". 

The Bam-cell.nr-data.net is part of the NEW RELIC (NR)  monitoring system. 

photo showing the link training.deped.gov.ph

The BAM is Browser Application Monitoring 
The Browser Monitoring gives us insight into what happens when your application or site is loaded into your web browser - According to New Relic Site

The New Relic Collects data using JavaScript elements pastes or injected on your own website. 

Browsers report different types of data to help you analyze your website's performance. The Browser agent uses your domain bam.nr-data.netor to transfer data to bam-cell.nr-data.netNew Relic's collectors . - According to New Relic Site

DepEd Website used this browser monitoring in their website for performance and improvement, It is  typically injected or pasted  as part of the HEAD of the html webpage/page containing configuration details.

 After the page finishes loading, an additional script is downloaded from a CDN (Content Delivery Network server which refers to a geographically distributed group of servers that work together to provide fast delivery of Internet content as defined by Google.


So,  Is  bam.nr-data.net a Malware? the answer is that "No it is not Malware!".




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