Concept
concept:internet_census_of_2012
Also: internet census
Project based on data collected through repeated scans of public internet addresses using the Carna Botnet.
Project based on data collected through repeated scans of public internet addresses using the Carna Botnet.
“The researcher called this project the Internet Census of 2012.”
| Direction | Predicate | Other entity | Origin | EP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| outgoing | USES | GeoIP lookup | Explicit | 13 |
| outgoing | ASSOCIATED_WITH | AusCERT | Explicit | 13 |
| outgoing | MENTIONS | MAC address | Explicit | 13 |
| incoming | LEADS_TO | Carna Botnet | Explicit | 13 |
Carna Botnet LEADS_TO Internet Census of 2012
After collecting billions of probes and data points with Carna, the researcher created the Internet Census of 2012 project.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 13 Details
“With all these billions of probes and data points collected from the Carna Botnet, it was now time for the researcher to pour through all this data”
“The researcher called this project the Internet Census of 2012.”
Internet Census of 2012 USES GeoIP lookup
The Internet Census data was enriched with geographic locations using GeoIP lookups on IP addresses.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 13 Details
“GeoIP lookups were done on every IP address to determine where that computer was in the world.”
Internet Census of 2012 ASSOCIATED_WITH AusCERT
Parth worked on analyzing the Internet Census data while employed by AusCERT, although the project was not directly related to Australia.
Explicit Confidence 98% · Parth Shukla EP 13 Details
“I worked for AusCERT for about a year and a half and out of that, for a whole year, I was working on just this.”
Internet Census of 2012 MENTIONS MAC address
The Internet Census data included MAC addresses for the identified devices.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Parth Shukla EP 13 Details
“it just basically contained MAC addresses, manufacturers, RAM, hostname, CPU info, IPs, country codes of all the devices.”