NoiseLetter January 2026

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If January is any indication, 2026 is going to be loud. In just a few weeks we’ve shipped new capabilities, introduced Recall (time-series intelligence for GNQL), tracked threat actors targeting LLMs, and watched a Christmas ransomware campaign set the tone for 2026. We’ve also squeezed in fresh features like tag spikes and vendor CVE spikes for event feeds and kept building toward what’s next with our Spacewar ADP. Check it all out and more in this month's NoiseLetter!

Bob Unfiltered

VP of Data Science + Research, Bob Rudis, creatively gives his thoughts, hot-takes, and whatever else he feels like.

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Featured

‍Ghostie got a refresh πŸ‘»

Same Ghostie, new look. Nothing changed under the hood. Just a little visual polish to keep things feeling fresh. Log into your Viz account, head over to settings and give it a try for yourself!

‍Design your Ghostie! >>

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Product Announcements

Suspicious Tag Update

On February 10th, we're updating all suspicious tag metadata to "recommend_block": true. Why? Our data shows that IPs appearing as suspicious consistently flip to malicious within a day or more, so blocking suspicious IPs could buy you additional day(s) of protection. While most suspicious tags already carried this recommendation, we're now applying it universally. This change affects only the tag metadata; it will affect you only if you have automation built around that field. In general, we recommend that all organizations block suspicious IPs

Project Spacewar: Help Shape the Future of Real-World Attack Intelligence

Calling all researchers, honeypoters, analysts, and security practitioners. We’re expanding our ADP (Active Development Partner) program for a new product known as Project Spacewar (working title). Spin up honeypots, assign profiles, and explore real-world attack data in minutes, while directly influencing the future of our product.Interested in participating? reach out to product@greynoise.io

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Where to find us

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Fresh Content

At the Edge Clear offers the public a preview of GreyNoise’s weekly At the Edge intelligence brief, featuring select insights distilled from internet activity observed across the GreyNoise Global Observation Grid. View report >>

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Recent Tags and Vulnerabilities

GreyNoise Labs released 100 tags during the month of January:

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Community

  • GreyNoise Block is available now with a free trial for 14 days. Test it out to build, manage, and deploy GreyNoise blocklists.‍
  • ‍Try our Free Account - Quickly identify noisy scanners and trending attacks with our free plan. ‍
  • Request a New GreyNoise Tag - Check out our page where our amazing community can submit tag requests to the GreyNoise team.Β 
  • ‍Join our Community Slack and Discord- We share intel, give real time updates, and the occasional Dad joke.Β 

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Meme of the Month

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Summary

If January is any indication, 2026 is going to be loud. In just a few weeks we’ve shipped new capabilities, introduced Recall (time-series intelligence for GNQL), tracked threat actors targeting LLMs, and watched a Christmas ransomware campaign set the tone for 2026. We’ve also squeezed in fresh features like tag spikes and vendor CVE spikes for event feeds and kept building toward what’s next with our Spacewar ADP. Check it all out and more in this month's NoiseLetter!

Bob Unfiltered

VP of Data Science + Research, Bob Rudis, creatively gives his thoughts, hot-takes, and whatever else he feels like.

‍

Featured

‍Ghostie got a refresh πŸ‘»

Same Ghostie, new look. Nothing changed under the hood. Just a little visual polish to keep things feeling fresh. Log into your Viz account, head over to settings and give it a try for yourself!

‍Design your Ghostie! >>

‍

Product Announcements

Suspicious Tag Update

On February 10th, we're updating all suspicious tag metadata to "recommend_block": true. Why? Our data shows that IPs appearing as suspicious consistently flip to malicious within a day or more, so blocking suspicious IPs could buy you additional day(s) of protection. While most suspicious tags already carried this recommendation, we're now applying it universally. This change affects only the tag metadata; it will affect you only if you have automation built around that field. In general, we recommend that all organizations block suspicious IPs

Project Spacewar: Help Shape the Future of Real-World Attack Intelligence

Calling all researchers, honeypoters, analysts, and security practitioners. We’re expanding our ADP (Active Development Partner) program for a new product known as Project Spacewar (working title). Spin up honeypots, assign profiles, and explore real-world attack data in minutes, while directly influencing the future of our product.Interested in participating? reach out to product@greynoise.io

‍

Where to find us

‍

Fresh Content

At the Edge Clear offers the public a preview of GreyNoise’s weekly At the Edge intelligence brief, featuring select insights distilled from internet activity observed across the GreyNoise Global Observation Grid. View report >>

‍

Recent Tags and Vulnerabilities

GreyNoise Labs released 100 tags during the month of January:

‍

Community

  • GreyNoise Block is available now with a free trial for 14 days. Test it out to build, manage, and deploy GreyNoise blocklists.‍
  • ‍Try our Free Account - Quickly identify noisy scanners and trending attacks with our free plan. ‍
  • Request a New GreyNoise Tag - Check out our page where our amazing community can submit tag requests to the GreyNoise team.Β 
  • ‍Join our Community Slack and Discord- We share intel, give real time updates, and the occasional Dad joke.Β 

‍

Meme of the Month

This feature is already taking over our free time.

*Have a joke you want included in the next NoiseLetter? Submit Your Joke >>

‍

Life @ GreyNoise

Not subscribed to our NoiseLetter? Subscribe here.