Collaborate Disseminate
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There are situations where it is desired to block signals between devices. Commonly scenarios are when traveling, in a location of uncertain safety, or otherwise concerned with data privacy and geolocation. I was curious how well a faraday bags and similar products protected wireless communications. A more common purchase these days are wallets that can help to protect against RFID skimming of credit card data [1].
Continue reading Signals Defense With Faraday Bags & Flipper Zero, (Tue, May 16th)
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At the Internet Storm Center, we often receive examples of current malspam and phishing e-mails from our readers. Most of them are fairly uninteresting, but some turn out to be notable for one reason or another. This was the case with several messages that Charlie, one of our readers, has submitted to us since the beginning of 2023.
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This week I was reminded the web logs stored in DShield sensor were no longer using the correct location and configuration. If like me you installed your DShield sensor several months ago, it is important to regularly check our DShield-ISC Github [2] site to check for any update. Last month, some of the scripts were updated. You can update the sensor by following these steps.
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About ten years ago, ICANN started the “gTLD” program. “Generic TLDs” allows various brands to register their own trademark as a TLD. Instead of “google.com”, you now can have “.google”&#;x26;#;x21; Applying for a gTLD isn&#;x26;#;39;t cheap, and success isn&#;x26;#;39;t guaranteed. But since its inception, dozens of new gTLDs have been approved and started to be used [1].
Continue reading The .zip gTLD: Risks and Opportunities, (Fri, May 12th)
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There are several resources available that assist in geolocating IP addresses. Commercial offerings like MaxMind (which also offers a free database) have a pretty good track record in locating a particular IP address. But still, there are several difficulties when it comes to IP address-based geolocation.
Continue reading Geolocating IPs is harder than you think, (Thu, May 11th)