Tag: Internet
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What Is a DNS Attack? Understanding the Risks and Threats
In 2026, when websites, apps, and online services drive nearly every aspect of daily life, the Domain Name System (DNS) acts as the internet’s unsung hero. It serves as the bridge between humans and machines, effortlessly translating memorable domain names like www.thecyberexpress.com, the same website you’re reading this article on. First seen on thecyberexpress.com Jump…
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Das Internet der Dinge wird smarter
Das Internet of Things wächst zunehmend mit künstlicher Intelligenz zusammen. So entsteht eine ‘Artificial Intelligence of Things” (AIoT), die eigenständige Entscheidungen treffen kann. IFS zeigt auf, wie diese Technologie den Field-Service verändern wird. Im Internet of Things werden immer mehr Geräte und Sensoren vernetzt, um Daten zu sammeln und auszutauschen. Gleichzeitig entwickelt es sich hin…
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Cloudflare Says ‘Non C’è Modo’ (No Way) In Defiance of Italy Piracy Shield Law
Italian authorities have fined Internet security company Cloudflare $16.3 as a result of the content delivery network specialist’s refusal to block access to pirate sites on its 1.1.1.1 DNS service. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/01/cloudflare-says-non-ce-modo-no-way-in-defiance-of-italy-piracy-shield-law/
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Top 5 Best Free VPN for 2026 to Protect Your Anonymity on the Internet
If you are torrenting without the use of a VPN, you are inviting trouble for yourself. That being said, there is a lot of misleading and incorrect information available on the World Wide Web regarding the free VPN for torrenting. There are many so-called freeVPN that leaks the very information they are designed to protect.…
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NDSS 2025 LLMPirate: LLMs For Black-box Hardware IP Piracy
Tags: attack, conference, detection, firmware, Hardware, Internet, LLM, mitigation, network, software, vulnerabilitySession 8C: Hard & Firmware Security Authors, Creators & Presenters: Vasudev Gohil (Texas A&M University), Matthew DeLorenzo (Texas A&M University), Veera Vishwa Achuta Sai Venkat Nallam (Texas A&M University), Joey See (Texas A&M University), Jeyavijayan Rajendran (Texas A&M University) PAPER LLMPirate: LLMs for Black-box Hardware IP Piracy The rapid advancement of large language models (LLMs)…
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Internet monitoring experts say Iran blackout likely to continue
Several internet access monitors tracking the situation said the government has continued the total internet shutdown and plans to implement a whitelist of limited, approved sites, indicating the internet blackout is likely to continue for several more days. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/internet-monitoring-experts-say-iran-blackouts-continue
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NDSS 2025 Mens Sana In Corpore Sano: Sound Firmware Corpora For Vulnerability Research
Session 8C: Hard & Firmware Security Authors, Creators & Presenters: René Helmke (Fraunhofer FKIE), Elmar Padilla (Fraunhofer FKIE, Germany), Nils Aschenbruck (University of Osnabrück) PAPER Mens Sana In Corpore Sano: Sound Firmware Corpora for Vulnerability Research Firmware corpora for vulnerability research should be scientifically sound. Yet, several practical challenges complicate the creation of sound corpora:…
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The ideals of Aaron Swartz in an age of control
Today marks Aaron Swartz ‘s death anniversary. His fight for open knowledge and digital rights continues as the forces he opposed grow stronger. Today marks the anniversary of the death of Aaron Swartz (Chicago, November 8, 1986 New York, January 11, 2013), a figure whose life, work, and ideals continue to shape the internet, […]…
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NDSS 2025 EMIRIS: Eavesdropping On Iris Information Via Electromagnetic Side Channel
Session 8B: Electromagnetic Attacks Authors, Creators & Presenters: Wenhao Li (Shandong University), Jiahao Wang (Shandong University), Guoming Zhang (Shandong University), Yanni Yang (Shandong University), Riccardo Spolaor (Shandong University), Xiuzhen Cheng (Shandong University), Pengfei Hu (Shandong University) PAPER EMIRIS: Eavesdropping On Iris Information Via Electromagnetic Side Channel Iris recognition is one of the most secure biometric…
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ICE Can Now Spy on Every Phone in Your Neighborhood
Plus: Iran shuts down its internet amid sweeping protests, an alleged scam boss gets extradited to China, and more. First seen on wired.com Jump to article: www.wired.com/story/security-news-this-week-ice-can-now-spy-on-every-phone-in-your-neighborhood/
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Security News This Week: ICE Can Now Spy on Every Phone in Your Neighborhood
Plus: Iran shuts down its internet amid sweeping protests, an alleged scam boss gets extradited to China, and more. First seen on wired.com Jump to article: www.wired.com/story/security-news-this-week-ice-can-now-spy-on-every-phone-in-your-neighborhood/
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NDSS 2025 GhostShot: Manipulating The Image Of CCD Cameras With Electromagnetic Interference
Session 8B: Electromagnetic Attacks Authors, Creators & Presenters: Yanze Ren (Zhejiang University), Qinhong Jiang (Zhejiang University), Chen Yan (Zhejiang University), Xiaoyu Ji (Zhejiang University), Wenyuan Xu (Zhejiang University) PAPER GhostShot: Manipulating The Image Of CCD Cameras With Electromagnetic Interference CCD cameras are critical in professional and scientific applications where high-quality image data are required, and…
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Attackers Use Over 240 Exploits Ahead of Ransomware Attacks
Ransomware attacks don’t begin with encryption. They start with reconnaissance and security researchers just documented a significant reconnaissance operation that unfolded over the Christmas holiday. Between December 25 and 28, a single operator systematically scanned the internet for vulnerable systems, testing more than 240 different exploits against targets and logging every successful hit. That harvested…
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Iran cuts Internet nationwide amid deadly protest crackdown
Iran shut down the internet as protests spread nationwide. Dozens were killed in a violent crackdown amid soaring inflation and a collapsing currency. Iran has shut down the internet nationwide as protests spread across multiple cities. Security forces responded with a violent crackdown that reportedly killed dozens. Demonstrations continued despite the blackout, with shops closing…
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NDSS 2025 ReThink: Reveal The Threat Of Electromagnetic Interference On Power Inverters
Session 8B: Electromagnetic Attacks Authors, Creators & Presenters: Fengchen Yang (Zhejiang University; ZJU QI-ANXIN IoT Security Joint Laboratory), Zihao Dan (Zhejiang University; ZJU QI-ANXIN IoT Security Joint Laboratory), Kaikai Pan (Zhejiang University; ZJU QI-ANXIN IoT Security Joint Laboratory), Chen Yan (Zhejiang University; ZJU QI-ANXIN IoT Security Joint Laboratory), Xiaoyu Ji (Zhejiang University; ZJU QI-ANXIN IoT…
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Internet collapses in Iran amid protests over economic crisis
Internet monitoring firms and experts say Iran’s internet has almost completely shut down, as protests spread through major cities. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2026/01/08/internet-collapses-in-iran-amid-protests-over-economic-crisis/
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Microsoft Exchange Online outage blocks access to mailboxes via IMAP4
Microsoft is working to fix an Exchange Online service outage that intermittently prevents users from accessing their mailboxes via the Internet Mailbox Access Protocol 4 (IMAP4). First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-exchange-online-outage-blocks-access-to-mailboxes-via-imap4/
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ThreatsDay Bulletin: RustFS Flaw, Iranian Ops, WebUI RCE, Cloud Leaks, and 12 More Stories
The internet never stays quiet. Every week, new hacks, scams, and security problems show up somewhere.This week’s stories show how fast attackers change their tricks, how small mistakes turn into big risks, and how the same old tools keep finding new ways to break in.Read on to catch up before the next wave hits. Honeypot…
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Global GoBruteforcer Botnet Campaign Threatens 50,000 Linux Servers
A sophisticated modular botnet known as GoBruteforcer is actively targeting Linux servers worldwide, with researchers estimating that more than 50,000 internet-facing servers remain vulnerable to these coordinated attacks. The threat, which has evolved significantly since its initial discovery in 2023, poses a growing danger to organizations that rely on exposed database and file-transfer services.”‹ GoBruteforcer,…
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Humongous 52-inch Dell monitor will make you feel like king of the internet with four screens in one
Tags: InternetAlso: The XPS brand is back First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2026/01/06/dell_52inch_monitor_four_screens_in_one/
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NDSS 2025 A Multifaceted Study On The Use of TLS And Auto-detect In Email Ecosystems
Session 8A: Email Security Authors, Creators & Presenters: Ka Fun Tang (The Chinese University of Hong Kong), Che Wei Tu (The Chinese University of Hong Kong), Sui Ling Angela Mak (The Chinese University of Hong Kong), Sze Yiu Chau (The Chinese University of Hong Kong) PAPER A Multifaceted Study on the Use of TLS and…
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Illinois state agency exposed personal data of 700,000 people
The Illinois Department of Human Services exposed personal information belonging to more than 700,000 state residents after inadvertently posting the data on the open internet where it remained for as long as four years before being taken down in September. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/illinois-agency-exposed-data
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NDSS 2025 Automatic Insecurity: Exploring Email Auto-configuration In The Wild
Tags: attack, conference, credentials, cyber, email, Internet, network, technology, threat, vulnerabilitySession 8A: Email Security Authors, Creators & Presenters: Shushang Wen (School of Cyber Science and Technology, University of Science and Technology of China), Yiming Zhang (Tsinghua University), Yuxiang Shen (School of Cyber Science and Technology, University of Science and Technology of China), Bingyu Li (School of Cyber Science and Technology, Beihang University), Haixin Duan (Tsinghua…
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Grok Is Pushing AI ‘Undressing’ Mainstream
Paid tools that “strip” clothes from photos have been available on the darker corners of the internet for years. Elon Musk’s X is now removing barriers to entry”, and making the results public. First seen on wired.com Jump to article: www.wired.com/story/grok-is-pushing-ai-undressing-mainstream/
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NDSS 2025 HADES Attack: Understanding And Evaluating Manipulation Risks Of Email Blocklists
Tags: attack, conference, dns, email, exploit, infrastructure, Internet, malicious, mitigation, network, risk, service, spam, technologySession 8A: Email Security Authors, Creators & Presenters: Ruixuan Li (Tsinghua University), Chaoyi Lu (Tsinghua University), Baojun Liu (Tsinghua University;Zhongguancun Laboratory), Yunyi Zhang (Tsinghua University), Geng Hong (Fudan University), Haixin Duan (Tsinghua University;Zhongguancun Laboratory), Yanzhong Lin (Coremail Technology Co. Ltd), Qingfeng Pan (Coremail Technology Co. Ltd), Min Yang (Fudan University), Jun Shao (Zhejiang Gongshang University)…
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NDSS 2025 Exploiting the Complexity Of Modern CSS For Email And Browser Fingerprinting
Session 8A: Email Security Authors, Creators & Presenters: Leon Trampert (CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security), Daniel Weber (CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security), Lukas Gerlach (CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security), Christian Rossow (CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security), Michael Schwarz (CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security) PAPER Cascading Spy Sheets: Exploiting the Complexity…