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New anti-phishing system finds scam networks by mapping domains, IPs, and certificates

New anti-phishing system finds scam networks by mapping domains, IPs, and certificates

Phishing sites do not always look dangerous when security tools arrive. Sometimes they show an error page. Sometimes they redirect to a real company website. Sometimes they simply refuse to respond. That cat-and-mouse problem has helped online scams stay one step ahead of many defenses. Now a team at Tokyo Metropolitan University says it has built a system that uses that evasive behavior itself as a clue, then works outward to uncover the broader phishing campaign behind it. The system, called PhishLumos, does not start by asking whether one suspicious web link is good or bad. Instead, it treats hidden or misleading content as a signal to inspect the website’s surrounding infrastructure, including domains, IP addresses, certificates, and related network connections. The goal is to map out the campaign, not just judge one link in isolation. In tests on 103 real phishing campaigns, the system identified malicious activity an average of 8 days before expert verification. In a separate six-month real-world study, rules generated from 600 difficult starting links led to the discovery of 192,407 …

Mapping Every Flock License Plate Reader Near US World Cup Stadiums

Mapping Every Flock License Plate Reader Near US World Cup Stadiums

Starting on June 11, soccer fans will be filling stadiums across North America to watch the FIFA World Cup. Those driving to matches in the United States might also find themselves being the ones watched: WIRED identified 1,181 automatic license plate reader cameras, or ALPRs, within a five-mile radius of the 11 US stadiums playing host to the World Cup this summer. Most of those cameras are manufactured by Flock Safety. ALPRs are set up along roadsides by municipalities, businesses, schools, and private groups such as homeowners associations to continuously log the license plate of each car that passes by them. A market survey report prepared for the US Department of Homeland Security says that some providers can collect other information like the make, model, and year of the vehicle and descriptions of bumper stickers affixed to it. Groups that operate networks of these cameras can then query those logs to find matches for specific plates, creating a dossier of where a vehicle has gone and when. Flock Safety, in particular, allows operators to share …

Follow the money: Mapping millionaire migration across America

Follow the money: Mapping millionaire migration across America

Since 2018, around 102,600 millionaires have left California. In the same period, 61,400 Americans with at least seven figures to their name have packed up and left New York state. Where have they gone? According to the Wealth Exodus dashboard, Florida has added 133,000 millionaires over those years, and Texas has added 61,400. Using data compiled from the IRS, the Federal Reserve, and state tax records, this dashboard visualizes the migration of American millionaires between states. Politically explosive numbers The numbers are politically explosive because they are neither random nor subtle. The map shows the moneyed classes moving from predominantly Democratic-run states to Republican ones. Put another way: from states with typically higher taxes and more regulations to states with generally lower taxes and fewer regulations. It’s not a trivial trickle. From 2020 to 2024, Americans collectively worth around $500 billion changed their state of residence. The top three states they moved from were California, New York, and Illinois. The largest inflows went to Florida, Texas, and Nevada. Drone view of downtown Ocala, Florida. According …

Anatomical brain mapping separates structural deviations of violent psychosis from non-violent schizophrenia

Anatomical brain mapping separates structural deviations of violent psychosis from non-violent schizophrenia

Researchers have mapped how the physical structures of individual brains differ from a baseline norm in people who have a history of severe violence and schizophrenia. This analytical approach highlights individual differences rather than simple group averages, offering a potential path toward personalized psychiatric treatments. The findings were published in Translational Psychiatry. Forensic psychiatry attempts to understand why some individuals with severe mental health conditions commit violent acts. Finding biological patterns in the brain can help doctors provide better care and improve clinical evaluations in high-security settings. Previous brain imaging research has searched for structural abnormalities related to aggression. These older studies often grouped many patients together and compared their average brain structures to the averages of healthy people. A statistical group average can easily hide the wide variety of differences that exist from person to person. Two individuals with the identical psychiatric diagnosis might exhibit completely different physical brain alterations. Unn K. Haukvik, a researcher at the University of Oslo and the Centre for Research and Education in Forensic Psychiatry at Oslo University Hospital, …

Scientology ‘speedrun’ TikTok trend has teens mapping Hollywood buildings

Scientology ‘speedrun’ TikTok trend has teens mapping Hollywood buildings

The Hollywood Walk of Fame is known for its colorful cast of characters. But even by those standards, the scenes of Jesus Christ and Sonic the Hedgehog racing past security guards employed by the Church of Scientology in recent days were a little bizarre. On Saturday afternoon, someone dressed as the Christian messiah was among the dozens of people in costumes and masks seen on a video forcing open the door of a Scientology building on Hollywood Boulevard after a tug-of-war with a security guard. The footage posted on TikTok and Instagram shows the group sprinting up and down stairs and clashing with black-shirted security guards, giggling and gasping to catch their breath while church members scream at them to leave. On their way out — as security guards approach armed with fire extinguishers — one of the sprinters stops and dances to celebrate their successful escape, a move reminiscent of a taunt from the video game Fortnite. For weeks, groups of people have barged into two of the church’s Hollywood properties, racing through hallways …

Russia mapping US assets to help Iran, Zelenskyy says – POLITICO

Russia mapping US assets to help Iran, Zelenskyy says – POLITICO

Moscow has also taken satellite photographs of a U.S.-U.K. joint military facility in the Indian Ocean, as well as Kuwait International Airport and parts of the infrastructure of the Greater Burgan oil field, Zelenskyy wrote, citing a daily intelligence update. Russia also shared pictures of several bases and oilfields in Turkey and Qatar, he added. The Kremlin has denied sharing intelligence. Zelenskyy’s charges echo those of the EU’s top diplomat Kaja Kallas, who last week accused Russia of supplying Iran with intelligence that has helped Tehran target U.S. military assets in the Middle East. Russia’s support of Iran shows why Europe needs to keep up the pressure on the Kremlin with respect to the war in Ukraine, Kallas said. Zelenskyy had harsh words for the U.S.’s move to partially lift sanctions against Russia. The U.S. is providing a one-month waiver on sanctions to countries buying Russian oil as a measure to counter the economic impact of the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran. “Sanctions are being lifted, while the aggressor is providing intelligence to strike facilities, including …

GPS Attacks Near Iran Are Wreaking Havoc on Delivery and Mapping Apps

GPS Attacks Near Iran Are Wreaking Havoc on Delivery and Mapping Apps

People on social media have reported strange events on delivery and navigation apps—drivers appear to be in the middle of the sea, or a 10-minute trip home suddenly jumps up to 30 minutes. For residents of countries in the Gulf Cooperation Council, or GCC, where life has more or less resumed despite Iran’s ongoing attacks, this is a subtle reminder that there is still a war being waged overhead. These problems are widely linked to electronic warfare. In today’s conflicts, disrupting satellite navigation is a common tactic. By interfering with GPS, militaries make it harder for opponents to guide drones, missiles, or surveillance tools accurately. But the same satellite signals used by the military also power civilian aircraft, shipping, infrastructure, and everyday navigation apps. When those signals are disrupted, the effects ripple out to airlines, shipping routes, logistics, and digital services that all depend on accurate location and timing. These disruptions generally happen through two related but distinct techniques: GPS jamming and GPS spoofing. Understanding the difference explains why navigation sometimes stops working and, at …

Zoox starts mapping Dallas and Phoenix for its robotaxis

Zoox starts mapping Dallas and Phoenix for its robotaxis

Zoox is now mapping the streets of Dallas, Texas, and Phoenix, Arizona, as a precursor to testing its autonomous vehicles in the two Sun Belt cities. The company said on Monday that it had sent a small number of its Toyota Highlander SUVs to each city, where workers will drive them to help Zoox’s autonomous software get the lay of the land. Zoox will afterwards start testing its self-driving system using the SUVs in both cities, before switching to its purpose-built robotaxis. Zoox said the two new markets will help it collect data in areas that are different from the dense metros its vehicles currently operate in. Once the company goes live in Dallas and Phoenix, Zoox will operate in 10 cities in the United States, alongside Atlanta, Austin, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Miami, the San Francisco Bay Area, Seattle, and Washington, D.C. The company is currently offering free rides in Las Vegas and San Francisco through its early-rider program. Zoox said it has driven more than a million autonomous miles in Las Vegas and …

Mapping US and Israeli attacks on Iran and Tehran’s retaliatory strikes | Israel-Iran conflict News

Mapping US and Israeli attacks on Iran and Tehran’s retaliatory strikes | Israel-Iran conflict News

The United States and Israel on Saturday launched an attack on Iran, with explosions seen across Tehran and in multiple cities across the country. Tehran has responded by launching waves of missiles and drones at Israel and towards several military bases in the Middle East where US forces operate. Iran had previously warned that if it were attacked, it would respond by targeting US military facilities across the region. “This operation will continue relentlessly until the enemy is decisively defeated,” Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said. All US assets throughout the region are considered legitimate targets for Iran’s army, it added. Details of casualties and damage are still being collected. US and Israeli attacks on Iran At about 9:27am (06:27 GMT), Iran’s semi-official Fars news agency reported a series of explosions in the capital, Tehran. Al Jazeera’s correspondent in western Tehran said he heard two explosions, while videos shared on social media showed smoke rising from several parts of the city. Tehran Missiles struck several areas of Tehran, including districts where key government ministries …