DShield (Cowrie) Honeypot Stats and When Sessions Disconnect, (Mon, Mar 30th)

A lot of the information seen on DShield honeypots [1] is repeated bot traffic, especially when looking at the Cowrie [2] telnet and SSH sessions. However, how long a session lasts, how many commands are run per session and what the last commands run before a session disconnects can vary. Some of this information could help indicate whether a session is automated and if a honeypot was fingerprinted. This information can also be used to find more interesting honeypot sessions.

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World’s Smallest QR Code – Smaller Than Bacteria – Could Store Data for Centuries

“Scientists have created a microscopic QR code so tiny it can only be seen with an electron microscope,” reports Science Daily. It’s “smaller than most bacteria and now officially a world record.”

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Did you sign up for the new White House app? Don’t use it until you read this!

Did you sign up for the new White House app? Don’t use it until you read this, because it puts your privacy and data security at risk. Patrick Quirk takes an impressive technical piece and distills it for those of us who are not developers or cod… Continue reading Did you sign up for the new White House app? Don’t use it until you read this!