Researcher Turns Insecure License Plate Cameras Into Open Source Surveillance Tool
Privacy advocate draws attention to the fact that hundreds of police surveillance cameras are streaming directly to the open internet.
Checking It Twice: Profiling Benign Internet Scanners — 2024 Edition
An analysis of benign internet scanner behavior across 24 new sensors in November 2024, examining discovery speed, port coverage, and vulnerability scanning capabilities of major services like ONYPHE, Censys, and ShadowServer. The study reveals most scanners found new assets within 5 minutes, with Censys leading in port coverage and ShadowServer in vulnerability detection.
Finnish authorities board ship suspected of cutting subsea Internet and power cables
Four Internet cables cut in latest Baltic Sea incident
Unveiling Dark Internet Service Providers: Bulletproof Hosting | by team | Dec, 2024 | Medium
Bulletproof hosting services provide the infrastructure for cybercriminal activities, enabling criminals to evade legal constraints and are often used for malware, hacking attacks, fraudulent…
Resurrecting Internet Explorer: Threat Actors Using Zero-day Tricks in Internet Shortcut File to Lure Victims (CVE-2024-38112)
Check Point Research recently discovered that threat actors have been using novel (or previously unknown) tricks to lure Windows users for remote code execution. Specifically, the attackers used special Windows Internet Shortcut files (.url extension name), which, when clicked, would call the retired Internet Explorer (IE) to visit the attacker-controlled URL. An additional trick on IE is used to hide the malicious .hta extension name. By opening the URL with IE instead of the modern and much more secure Chrome/Edge browser on Windows, the attacker gained significant advantages in exploiting the victim’s computer, although the computer is running the modern Windows 10/11 operating system.
Elon Musk's SpaceX builds spy satellite network for U.S. intelligence
SpaceX’s dominance in the satellite internet market has given Musk enormous power in matters of war and geopolitics
NSA is buying Americans’ internet browsing records without a warrant
Spy agency argues the practice is entirely legal — until a US court says otherwise
Chrome Users Now Worth 30% Less Money Thanks to Google's Cookie Killing, Ad Firm Says
A week into phase one of Google’s cookie killing project in Chrome, early tests show how it could hit the web’s bottom line.