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Censys
Company blog · censys.com/blogsecurity
Censys is the company blog at censys.com, writing about security. Since 2024, 9 different Hacker News readers have linked it 9 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-30, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Censys posts on the polyfill.io supply chain attack and on internet scanning, including a 2025 state-of-the-internet report on state hackers. The comments only cite them as sources.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Censys empowers security teams with the most comprehensive, accurate, and up-to-date map of the internet to defend attack surfaces and hunt for threats.
What Hacker News says?
> I did not make billions. I only have access to the trade volume of coinhive's wallet addresses that were publicly known at the time and what the blockchain provides as information about that. How much money RF or SK or MM made compared to you is debatable. But as you were a shareholder of the company/companies behind it, it's reasonable to assume you've got at least a fair share of their revenue. If you want me to…
Comment linking /de/hunting-for-threats-coinhive-cryptocurrency-miner/
on “Porting my JavaScript game engine to C for no reason”Submitted Working with the EPA to Secure Exposed Water HMIs as a story · 38 points
HN discussionMore detailed writeup: https://censys.com/july-2-polyfill-io-supply-chain-attack-di...
Comment linking /july-2-polyfill-io-supply-chain-attack-digging-into-the-web-of-compromised-domains/
on “Polyfill.io domain and GitHub Account is now owned by a Chinese company”Submitted MOVEit Transfer: Auth bypass and a look at exposure as a story · 4 points
HN discussionI suggest a more apt name: "Useful Idiot" Best case scenario you're participating in abusive web scraping. Worst case your connection will be used by foreign adversaries to attack US critical infrastructure. [1][2][3] [1] https://censys.com/blog/2025-state-of-the-internet-digging-i... [2] https://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/us/security/news/cybercrime... [3] https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/state-hackers.…
Comment linking /blog/2025-state-of-the-internet-digging-into-residential-proxy-infrastructure
on a deleted threadSubmitted Following a USPS smishing kit through censys DNS data as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted PHP2Shell Exposure Tracker as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted CISA Alert: Water Sector PLC Targeting as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted How the Removal of Entrust from Chrome's Root Store Will Affect the Internet as a story · 1 points
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