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Wireshark 4.6.8 patches 28 security bugs, nine in file parsers
Wireshark 4.6.8 fixes 28 security bugs in the protocol analyzer, and nine of them fire when someone opens a saved capture file. Those nine sit in file parsers, the code that …
Cloudflare reveals what’s behind major internet outages
Storms, earthquakes, and infrastructure failures disrupted internet access throughout the second quarter, while governments deliberately shut networks down, according to …
Meet Dusseldorf, Microsoft’s open-source out-of-band security platform
Out-of-band vulnerabilities surface when an application quietly reaches out to an external system during an attack, and capturing that traffic calls for infrastructure that …
Cloudflare changes AI crawler access rules
Cloudflare introduced new controls that let website owners manage AI traffic across three categories: Search, Agent, and Training. The feature is available to all Cloudflare …
52% of direct-to-IP threats are missing from intelligence feeds
Security tools are good at inspecting websites, domains, URLs, and files, so attackers are moving lower in the stack and communicating directly with IP addresses, where …
Product showcase: PCAPdroid analyzes Android app network activity
PCAPdroid is a free, open-source Android app that allows inspection of network traffic. Installation is straightforward and does not require creating an account. To begin …
Product showcase: TrackerControl lets Android users see who’s tracking them
TrackerControl is an open-source Android application designed to give users visibility into and control over the hidden data within mobile apps. Many apps routinely …
Anubis: Open-source web AI firewall to protect from scraper bots
Anubis is an open-source tool designed to protect websites from automated scraping and abusive traffic by adding computational friction before a request is served. Maintained …
What Cloudflare’s 2025 internet review says about attacks, outages, and traffic shifts
The internet stayed busy, brittle, and under constant pressure in 2025. Cloudflare’s annual Radar Year in Review offers a wide view of how traffic moved, where attacks …
Building the missing layers for an internet of agents
Cybersecurity teams are starting to think about how large language model agents might interact at scale. A new paper from Cisco Research argues that the current network stack …
A day in the life of the internet tells a bigger story
On any given day, the internet carries countless signals that hint at how networks behave behind the scenes. Researchers from RIPE NCC and several universities found a way to …
Maltrail: Open-source malicious traffic detection system
Maltrail is an open-source network traffic detection system designed to spot malicious or suspicious activity. It works by checking traffic against publicly available …
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