The curious case of Spamhaus, a port scanning scandal, and an apparent U-turn

guest · Apr 16, 2019

The curious case of Spamhaus, a port scanning scandal, and an apparent U-turn
Blocklist biz appears to swing ban-hammer at legit vuln scanners, denies doing so
April 16, 2019
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/04/16/spamhaus_port_scans/

In recent months, several security researchers have said Spamhaus has been automatically blocking people for carrying out legitimate network port scanning and failed to provide a prompt means of redress.

Spamhaus, a non-profit provider of blocklists and cyber-threat detection, insists nothing like that has happened at all. "The claim you are asking about is, in the politest words we can describe it [...]"
"While Spamhaus does have a policy of listing sources of malicious port scanning (the key word being 'malicious'), our systems simply do not work the way this individual thinks."

"This individual" refers to Vincent Canfield, who runs server hosting and consultancy biz Ovo.sc, and recently penned a post detailing alleged problems with Spamhaus.
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Being blocked by Spamhaus can cause online damage similar to being excluded from Google Search; it means your website or internet service cannot be accessed through service providers that subscribe to its block list. As Canfield put it in his post, "being listed by Spamhaus is a death sentence."

"If hackers can still scan for vulnerable devices, but security researchers and anti-malware companies can't, then we have lost the ability to find out what's worth panicking about," Canfield wrote.
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