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The mission of Black Lotus Labs is to leverage our network visibility to help protect customers and keep the internet clean.




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Shadow Brokers Hit the Light of Day

Introduction On August 13, a previously unknown organization named the “Shadow Brokers” released files […]

Black Lotus Labs Posted On September 8, 2016

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Attack of Things!

The rush to connect everything to the internet is leaving millions of everyday products […]

Black Lotus Labs Posted On August 30, 2016

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The Linux Mint Backdoor: How Bad Was It?

It was worse than was thought, but a lot better than it could have […]

Black Lotus Labs Posted On February 26, 2016

A New DDoS Reflection Attack: Portmapper; An Early Warning to the Industry

The faster those of us in the security and network operator space can detect […]

Black Lotus Labs Posted On August 28, 2015

Swipe At Your Own Risk: What you need to know to combat Point of Sale malware PoSeidon

If you use a credit card to make purchases at your local retailer, gas […]

Black Lotus Labs Posted On May 30, 2015

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It Takes a Village – Collaborative Steps to Breaking Botnets: How Level 3 and Cisco Worked Together to Improve the Internet’s Security and Stop SSHPsychos

The information security community’s ability to respond to threats and vulnerability discovery improves with […]

Black Lotus Labs Posted On April 9, 2015

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What should we learn from Shellshock?

The recent Bash vulnerability, known as Shellshock, provides an excellent opportunity to discuss security. […]

Black Lotus Labs Posted On November 2, 2014

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