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Robocall Results from a Telephony Honeypot

Schneier on Security

A group of researchers set up a telephony honeypot and tracked robocall behavior : NCSU researchers said they ran 66,606 telephone lines between March 2019 and January 2020, during which time they said to have received 1,481,201 unsolicited calls -- even if they never made their phone numbers public via any source.

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The Information Management Umbrella

Brandeis Records Manager

I partner with our Chief Info Security Officer on projects and share his vigilance under the broader governance umbrella, but I am not responsible for endpoint detection and response, authentication protocols, malware interception, and honeypots. All of us value sufficient metadata and information context.

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RedTorch Formed from Ashes of Norse Corp.

Krebs on Security

Known locations results are based on social media profiles and metadata where, for example, there was an image posted that showed GPS location, or the profile mentions locations among its comments. Rather, they were against “honeypot” systems set up by Norse to mimic a broad range of devices online.