When companies get caught doing this sort of thing, the response is almost always the same: "we're using this technology to combat fraud," or "ensure positive user experience," or "save computing resources," or some other hog wash. The simple truth, there's no reason to be collecting data that can be used to identify a user across the web if they're not signed in to your service. The harm of companies like Experian or LinkedIn being able to correlate all of your web traffic back to you is not
Plum, for Proactive Land Uncovering & Monitoring, is an orchestration tool to learn, monitor, and document an exposure surface. It coordinates work between scanning agents, keeps historical results, and makes observations searchable over time.
This project, part of D4 which was initially co-funded by the European Union, is still young, but it already addresses a concrete need: helping CIRCL to keep a global view of Luxembourg’s IP space, especially in the context of NIS2-related activities. The goal is not only to scan, but to maintain actionable knowledge of the national perimeter, its visible exposures and allows vulnerability discovery in the context of incident response.
#plum #scanning #networkscanning #cybersecurity #recon #csirt
https://www.d4-project.org/2026/04/29/Plum-knowing-and-monitoring-your-perimeter.html
Reports of Telnet’s Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated
"We see no evidence that specific core network autonomous systems have
blocked Telnet, contrary to previous reports. We specifically see continued
non-spoofable Telnet traffic from networks on which GreyNoise saw 100%
drop-off.
Link: https://www.terracenetworks.com/blog/2026-02-11-telnet-routing
#linkdump #blogpost #filtering #internet #scanning #security #telnet
We see no evidence that specific core network autonomous systems have blocked Telnet, contrary to previous reports. We specifically see continued non-spoofable Telnet traffic from networks on which GreyNoise saw 100% drop-off. We suspect initial results may have been measurement artifacts or specifi
Microsoft's PhotoDNA technology keeps flagging my face picture
https://www.elevenforum.com/t/microsoft-photodna-scanning-problem-it-is-comical-now.45961/
#HackerNews #Microsoft #PhotoDNA #facial #recognition #technology #scanning #issues #comical
I have had this problem for some time and in the past I went around and around with Microsoft Support about this problem. Microsoft's PhotoDNA technology keeps flagging my face picture in the past and immediately closes my Microsoft accounts. I had at least 12 Microsoft accounts immediately...
The 3DeVOK MT Gen2 is a professional handheld 3D scanner with four light sources, accuracy up to 0.03 mm, and wireless scanning capability. Built for reverse engineering, inspection, and more.
The EU Killed Voluntary CSAM Scanning. West Virginia Is Trying To Compel It. Both Cause Problems.
Last week, the European Parliament voted to let a temporary exemption lapse that had allowed tech companies to scan their services for child sexual abuse material (CSAM) without running afoul of st…
Scanning my own film
Since I got the F5, I've unsurprisingly been shooting more film. I just shot a roll of Cinestill, which is motion picture film that they've done something to so you can shoot it in a film camera and develop it C41, which is the standard developing process for color film since forever. Cinestill has some troubling corporate tendencies. I am not dismissing these, but when I bought the roll of film I was not really aware of them. I'm probably not going to shoot any more of their film, but I am […]
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