May, 4, 2026 | Ben Gilbert | Texas City
10 PCAPs β’ 265 sessions β’ 144 hosts β’ 142 π geolocated
βΆ π capture_20260504160001.pcap 134.8 KB β’ 47 sessions β’ ICMP:27 TCP:13 UDP:7
βΆ π capture_20260504171026.pcap 50.4 KB β’ 35 sessions β’ TCP:19 UDP:8 ICMP:8
βΆ π capture_20260504180001.pcap118.3 KB β’ 28 sessions β’ ICMP:14 UDP:3 TCP:11
βΆ π capture_20260504190001.pcap 108.7 KB β’ 24 sessions β’ ICMP:10 TCP:11 UDP:3
βΆ π capture_20260504200001.pcap 56.4 KB β’ 45 sessions β’ ICMP:31 UDP:3 TCP:11
βΆ π capture_20260504210001.pcap 49.4 KB β’ 11 sessions β’ UDP:3 ICMP:3 TCP:5
βΆ π capture_20260504220001.pcap 10.9 KB β’ 22 sessions β’ ICMP:16 UDP:2 TCP:4
βΆ π capture_20260504230001.pcap 8.5 KB β’ 10 sessions β’ UDP:2 ICMP:6 TCP:2
βΆ π capture_20260505000001.pcap 13.6 KB β’ 17 sessions β’ ICMP:9 UDP:2 TCP:6
βΆ π capture_20260505010001.pcap159.4 KB β’ 26 sessions β’ UDP:3 ICMP:9 TCP:14
π INFRA FLOW
Paths: 41
Physical: 41
Synthetic: 0
Cables: 2
IX: 4
Conflicts: 0
CSI: 0
Cascades: 0
π» Phantoms: 0
Kill Chain: 0
AS16509 β AS80753 hops Β· 0%
AS16509 β AS3356 β AS8075
8456 km
β PHYSICALπ CABLEβ‘ IX AS16509 β AS33562 hops Β· 0%
AS16509 β AS3356
π AEC-1 (Asia-Europe)
β‘ HKIX Hong Kong
2510 km
AS16509 β AS80753 hops Β· 0%
AS16509 β AS3356 β AS8075
6290 km
β‘ IX AS8075 β AS165093 hops Β· 0%
AS8075 β AS3356 β AS16509
β‘ DE-CIX Frankfurt
1367 km
AS8075 β AS165093 hops Β· 0%
AS8075 β AS3356 β AS16509
9098 km
β‘ IX AS8075 β AS33562 hops Β· 0%
AS8075 β AS3356
β‘ HKIX Hong Kong
8144 km
AS8075 β AS165093 hops Β· 0%
AS8075 β AS3356 β AS16509
17348 km
AS8075 β AS165093 hops Β· 0%
AS8075 β AS3356 β AS16509
6453 km
AS8075 β AS165093 hops Β· 0%
AS8075 β AS3356 β AS16509
517 km
β‘ IX AS8075 β AS165093 hops Β· 0%
AS8075 β AS3356 β AS16509
β‘ Equinix SV (Palo Alto)
9427 km
β‘ IX AS8075 β AS165093 hops Β· 0%
AS8075 β AS3356 β AS16509
β‘ JPNAP Tokyo
8579 km
AS8075 β AS165093 hops Β· 0%
AS8075 β AS3356 β AS16509
8090 km
AS8075 β AS165093 hops Β· 0%
AS8075 β AS3356 β AS16509
5782 km
β‘ IX AS8075 β AS165093 hops Β· 0%
AS8075 β AS3356 β AS16509
β‘ HKIX Hong Kong
8276 km
AS8075 β AS165093 hops Β· 0%
AS8075 β AS3356 β AS16509
9583 km
AS8075 β AS165093 hops Β· 0%
AS8075 β AS3356 β AS16509
2502 km
β‘ IX AS16509 β AS33562 hops Β· 0%
AS16509 β AS3356
β‘ HKIX Hong Kong
9499 km
AS16509 β AS80753 hops Β· 0%
AS16509 β AS3356 β AS8075
7125 km
β PHYSICALπ CABLEβ‘ IX AS16509 β AS33562 hops Β· 0%
AS16509 β AS3356
π AEC-1 (Asia-Europe), AAG (Asia-America Gateway)
β‘ HKIX Hong Kong
2546 km
β PHYSICALπ CABLE AS16509 β AS80753 hops Β· 0%
AS16509 β AS3356 β AS8075
π AAG (Asia-America Gateway)
3479 km
[8:55:13 PM] β 41 paths Β· 0 synthetic
Org MTN NIGERIA Communication limited
Location π³π¬ Lagos, NG
Coords 6.4474, 3.3903
[22:31:07] Traceroute β 102.88.137.80
[22:31:17] 20 hops
[22:31:17] Hop 1: π‘XCI55AX.mynetworksettings.com β 2.91ms [rf_link] βdist
[22:31:17] Hop 2: π10.184.141.2 β 127.4ms [mimo_reassembly] β‘ MIMO βdist
[22:31:17] Hop 3: βοΈ10.184.141.2 β 127.1ms [packet_core] β priv βdist
[22:31:17] Hop 4: βοΈ10.184.141.1 β 40.02ms [packet_core] β priv βdist
[22:31:17] Hop 5: π232.qarestr.sub-172-19-2.myvzw.com β 39.85ms [cgnat_cluster] β spike βdist
[22:31:17] Hop 7: ποΈ187.sub-69-83-101.myvzw.com β 31.76ms [mpls_private_backbone] β spike βdist
[22:31:17] Hop 9: ποΈ212.sub-69-83-96.myvzw.com β 33.47ms [mpls_private_backbone] β spike βdist
[22:31:17] Hop 10: ποΈ75.sub-69-83-97.myvzw.com β 32.65ms [mpls_private_backbone] β spike βdist
[22:31:17] Hop 13: πdls-bb1-link.ip.twelve99.net β 30.65ms +1915.6km [access_router] β spike
[22:31:17] Hop 14: πnash-bb1-link.ip.twelve99.net β 47.48ms +2967.5km [access_router] β spike
[22:31:17] Hop 15: πatl-bb1-link.ip.twelve99.net β 44.39ms +2774.4km [access_router] β spike
[22:31:17] Hop 16: πrest-bb1-link.ip.twelve99.net β 64.57ms +4035.6km [access_router] β spike
[22:31:17] Hop 17: πnyk-bb5-link.ip.twelve99.net β 72.88ms +4555km [access_router] β spike
[22:31:17] Hop 18: πldn-bb1-link.ip.twelve99.net β 147.43ms +9214.4km [access_router] β spike
[22:31:17] Hop 19: πldn-b4-link.ip.twelve99.net β 129.93ms +8120.6km [access_router] β spike
[22:31:17] Hop 20: πmtn-ic-385421.ip.twelve99-cust.net β 141.8ms +8862.5km [access_router] β spike
[22:31:17] Hop 21: π41.181.244.178 β 143.1ms +8943.8km [access_router] β spike
[22:31:17] Hop 22: π41.181.244.162 β 141.23ms +8826.9km [access_router] β spike
[22:31:17] Hop 23: π41.181.244.168 β 160.09ms +10005.6km [access_router] β spike
[22:31:17] Hop 24: π―41.181.247.59 β 240.65ms +15040.6km [destination] β spike
[22:31:17] π΄ 5G MIMO path detected β early hops excluded from distance
[22:31:17] π Distance hops: 12 of 20 usable
[22:31:17] Total: ~12032.5 km from server
[22:31:17] π 3 trace entities on globe (6 logical segments)
[22:45:38] Traceroute β 103.155.16.117
[22:45:42] 12 hops
[22:45:42] Hop 1: π‘XCI55AX.mynetworksettings.com β 1.87ms [rf_link] βdist
[22:45:42] Hop 2: π10.184.141.2 β 244.03ms [mimo_reassembly] β‘ MIMO βdist
[22:45:42] Hop 3: βοΈ10.184.141.2 β 43.73ms [packet_core] β priv βdist
[22:45:42] Hop 4: βοΈ10.184.141.1 β 42.14ms [packet_core] β priv βdist
[22:45:42] Hop 5: π236.qarestr.sub-172-19-2.myvzw.com β 41.95ms [cgnat_cluster] β spike βdist
[22:45:42] Hop 6: ποΈ185.sub-69-83-101.myvzw.com β 33.62ms [mpls_private_backbone] β spike βdist
[22:45:42] Hop 7: ποΈ187.sub-69-83-101.myvzw.com β 36.04ms [mpls_private_backbone] β spike βdist
[22:45:42] Hop 9: ποΈ212.sub-69-83-96.myvzw.com β 38.89ms [mpls_private_backbone] β spike βdist
[22:45:42] Hop 10: ποΈ75.sub-69-83-97.myvzw.com β 36.08ms [mpls_private_backbone] β spike βdist
[22:45:42] Hop 12: π63.65.74.42 β 40.42ms +2526.2km [access_router] β spike
[22:45:42] Hop 14: βοΈ63-220-196-1.static.as3491.net β 241.71ms +15106.9km [international_transit] β spike
[22:45:42] Hop 16: π―103.155.16.117 β 233.56ms +14597.5km [destination] β spike
[22:45:42] π΄ 5G MIMO path detected β early hops excluded from distance
[22:45:42] βοΈ International transit detected
[22:45:42] π Distance hops: 3 of 12 usable
[22:45:42] Total: ~11678 km from server
[22:45:42] π 4 trace entities on globe (7 logical segments)
OrgName: FranTech Solutions
OrgId: SYNDI-5
Address: 1621 Central Ave
City: Cheyenne
StateProv: WY
PostalCode: 82001
Country: US
RegDate: 2010-07-21
Updated: 2024-11-25
Ref: https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/SYNDI-5
OrgTechHandle: FDI19-ARIN
OrgTechName: Dias, Francisco
OrgTechPhone: +1-702-728-8933
[00:03:58] Traceroute β 209.141.47.217
[00:05:00] 13 hops
[00:05:00] Hop 1: π‘XCI55AX.mynetworksettings.com β 1.6ms [rf_link] βdist
[00:05:00] Hop 2: βοΈ10.184.141.2 β 49ms [packet_core] β priv βdist
[00:05:00] Hop 3: βοΈ10.184.141.2 β 46.88ms [packet_core] β priv βdist
[00:05:00] Hop 4: βοΈ10.184.141.9 β 34.95ms [packet_core] β priv βdist
[00:05:00] Hop 5: π244.qarestr.sub-172-19-2.myvzw.com β 45.28ms [cgnat_cluster] β spike βdist
[00:05:00] Hop 7: ποΈ187.sub-69-83-101.myvzw.com β 45.39ms [mpls_private_backbone] β spike βdist
[00:05:00] Hop 9: π212.sub-69-83-96.myvzw.com β 45.49ms +2843.1km [access_router] β spike
[00:05:00] Hop 10: π75.sub-69-83-97.myvzw.com β 45.34ms +2833.8km [access_router] β spike
[00:05:00] Hop 11: πlag-11.DLLSTX97-PPR01-CC.ALTER.NET β 42.56ms +2660km [peering_edge] β spike
[00:05:00] Hop 12: πport-channel3.core3.dal1.he.net β 45.92ms +2870km [access_router] β spike
[00:05:00] Hop 14: π100ge0-74.core1.phx2.he.net β 70.73ms +4420.6km [access_router] β spike
[00:05:00] Hop 15: π100ge0-34.core1.las1.he.net β 64.21ms +4013.1km [access_router] β spike
[00:05:00] Hop 17: π―a β 64.25ms +4015.6km [destination] β spike
[00:05:00] π΄ 5G MIMO path detected β early hops excluded from distance
[00:05:00] π Distance hops: 7 of 13 usable
[00:05:00] Total: ~3212.5 km from server
[00:05:00] π 3 trace entities on globe (8 logical segments)
[00:08:33] Starting nmap scan on 209.141.47.217
[00:42:13] π [GRAVITY NODE] flow:e6a326f84316
kind: flow
mass: 0.676 degree: 4 anomaly: 0.00 shadow: 0
esc: 0.03/4 β conv: 25
[00:42:30] π [GRAVITY NODE] host:8.134.90.83
kind: host
mass: 0.629 degree: 11 anomaly: 0.00 shadow: 0
esc: -0.14/4 β conv: 0
[00:42:33] π [GRAVITY NODE] host:185.125.188.59
kind: host
mass: 0.877 degree: 10 anomaly: 0.00 shadow: 0
esc: 0.12/4 β conv: 25
[00:42:37] π [GRAVITY NODE] host:223.25.245.241
kind: host
mass: 0.937 degree: 39 anomaly: 0.00 shadow: 0
esc: 0.00/4 β conv: 0
[00:42:40] π [GRAVITY NODE] host:18.223.156.100
kind: host
mass: 0.769 degree: 9 anomaly: 0.00 shadow: 0
esc: 0.06/4 β conv: 25
[00:42:41] π [GRAVITY NODE] host:18.61.208.16
kind: host
mass: 0.958 degree: 14 anomaly: 0.00 shadow: 0
esc: 0.18/4 β conv: 25
[00:42:56] π [GRAVITY NODE] geo_48.85580_2.34940
kind: geo_point
mass: 0.650 degree: 12 anomaly: 0.00 shadow: 0
esc: -0.12/4 β conv: 0
[00:43:15] π [GRAVITY NODE] host:15.168.142.10
kind: host
mass: 0.607 degree: 10 anomaly: 0.00 shadow: 0
esc: -0.15/4 β conv: 0
[00:43:21] π [GRAVITY NODE] host:13.208.182.135
kind: host
mass: 0.607 degree: 10 anomaly: 0.00 shadow: 0
esc: -0.15/4 β conv: 0
[00:43:25] π [GRAVITY NODE] geo_34.69300_135.50050
kind: geo_point
mass: 0.629 degree: 11 anomaly: 0.00 shadow: 0
esc: -0.14/4 β conv: 0
[00:43:44] π [GRAVITY NODE] asn:16509
kind: asn | ASN 16509
mass: 1.442 degree: 113 anomaly: 0.00 shadow: 0
esc: 0.61/4 β conv: 50
In Other News
The Mossad (Hebrew for “Institute”) is Israel’s national intelligence agency, responsible for foreign covert operations, espionage, and counter-terrorism. Established in December 1949, it reports directly to the Prime Minister. Famous for its elite, proactive operationsβincluding capturing Adolf Eichmann and stealing Iran’s nuclear archivesβit acts as a key component in Israel’s security against existential threats. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
Mission and Key Functions
- Covert Operations: Conducting, highly sensitive missions abroad, including intelligence collection and psychological warfare.
- Counter-Terrorism: Identifying and neutralizing terror threats against Israel worldwide.
- Intelligence Gathering: Utilizing deep cover human intelligence ($katsas$) and technological resources to monitor adversaries.
- Rescuing Jews: Assisting in the immigration of Jews from hostile nations. [1, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11]
Notable Operations
- Adolf Eichmann Capture (1960): Kidnapped the Nazi war criminal in Argentina and brought him to justice in Israel.
- Operation Wrath of God (1970s): Targeted individuals involved in the 1972 Munich massacre.
- Iranian Nuclear Archive Heist (2018): Executed a high-stakes theft of secret Iranian nuclear documents.
- Syrian Intelligence Infiltration (1960s): Infiltrated the highest levels of the Syrian government. [1, 2, 3]
Structure and Operations
- Organizational Structure: Organized into divisions, with “Tzomet” being the largest, specializing in officer intelligence and agent management.
- Special Operations: The “Special Operations Division” handles sensitive tasks like sabotage and, in certain cases, targeted killings.
- Budget & Staff: The agency operates with a staff of roughly 7,000 and has a budget estimated to be around $\$3$ billion.
- Recruitment: The Mossad looks for exceptional, dedicated individuals willing to “shape history”. [2, 6, 7, 11, 12]
Recent ActivitiesThe Mossad has recently focused on countering Iranian military capabilities, including its ballistic missile program. The agency has also utilized social media for recruiting informants in countries like Iran. [5, 8]
[1] https://www.jpost.com/tags/mossad
[2] https://spyscape.com/article/inside-mossad
[3] https://www.britannica.com/topic/Mossad
[4] https://study.com/academy/lesson/mossad-overview-history-operations.html
[5] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuGlHKQf-qE
[6] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mossad
[7] https://irp.fas.org/world/israel/mossad/
[8] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cHOdHnOTWE
[9] https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/military-history-and-science/mossad
[10] https://unpacked.education/video/the-mossad-israels-elite-spy-agency/
[11] https://unpacked.education/video/is-the-mossad-the-worlds-most-elite-spy-agency/