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Est. 2002 — West Asia ISP → Cyber security & IT consulting

Built the wire. Now we break it.

Speednet went live in 2002 as a licensed Internet Service Provider. Twenty‑four years later we are a security research and IT consulting practice — credited by Google, Apple, Microsoft and Adobe.

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01Licensed ISP · 2002
02Acquired · undisclosed
03Security research · now
On the wire24y 000d 00:00:00
(01) Story Carrier → Hunter

In 2002 we connected a corner of West Asia to the internet. We built the pipes, lit the links and learned every way a network can fail. Then we sold the carrier and kept the curiosity. Today Speednet finds the holes before someone else does.

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            2002
            Went live as a licensed Internet Service Provider
          

          

            24
            Years between the first packet and today
          

          

            04
            Public vendor acknowledgments: Google, Apple, Microsoft, Adobe
          

          

            01
            Exit. Original company sold for an undisclosed amount
          

        

      

    


    
    

      

        

          (02) Timeline
          
2002/ 2026

        


        

          

            
2002

            Chapter 01 — Carrier
            
On the wire.

            
Speednet Ltd begins operating as a licensed Internet Service Provider in West Asia, selling connectivity and network solutions at the start of the broadband era.

          


          

            
2005

            Chapter 02 — Exit
            
Sold. Quietly.

            
The original Speednet carrier business is acquired for an undisclosed amount. The name stays. So does the habit of taking networks apart to see why they work.

          


          

            
2014

            Chapter 03 — Apple
            
Cupertino says thanks.

            
Apple credits Daniel Cohen of Speed‑Net.com for reporting a cross‑site scripting issue in itunesu.itunes.apple.com. Addressed 2014‑12‑17.

          


          

            
2015

            Chapter 04 — Halls of fame
            
Adobe. Microsoft.

            
Adobe lists Speed‑Net.com among its independent security researchers for 2015. Microsoft’s Security Response Center adds Daniel Cohen, Speednet Ltd, to its online services acknowledgments.

          


          

            
2021

            Chapter 05 — Google
            
Hunting at Google.

            
First report filed through Google’s Vulnerability Reward Program on 25 June 2021. The work is now tracked on Google Bug Hunters.

          


          

            
2026

            Chapter 06 — Now
            
Small. Sharp. Independent.

            
Speednet today is an IT consulting and cyber security practice. No carrier, no call centre. Just the people who find the problem and the people who fix it.

          

        


        
      

    


    
    

      

        (03) Record
        
On the record.

        
Responsible disclosure, publicly acknowledged by the vendors themselves.

      


      
    


    
    

      

        (04) Capabilities
        2026
      

      
What we do now.


      

        

          01
          
Penetration testing

          
Web, API, mobile and network. Manual first, tooling second, findings you can act on.

          
  • Web & API
  • Network
  • Mobile

        

        

          02
          
Vulnerability research

          
The same work that put us on vendor acknowledgment pages, pointed at your product.

          
  • Bug hunting
  • Disclosure

        

        

          03
          
Adversary simulation

          
Goal‑driven engagements that test people, process and detection, not only code.

          
  • Red team
  • Phishing

        

        

          04
          
IT consulting

          
Infrastructure and architecture advice from people who have run production networks.

          
  • Architecture
  • Cloud
  • Vendor‑neutral

        

        

          05
          
Network engineering

          
ISP heritage. Routing, edge and connectivity designed to stay up and stay closed.

          
  • Edge
  • Routing
  • Hardening

        

        

          06
          
Security advisory

          
A senior security voice on call for reviews, incidents and decisions that matter.

          
  • Reviews
  • Incident support

        

      

    


    
    

      

        
        

          
Role
Founder

          
Focus
Vulnerability research

          
Base
West Asia

          
Active
2002 — present

        

      


      

        (05) Founder
        
Daniel Cohen

        

          Daniel founded Speednet and ran it as a licensed ISP before the carrier
          business was sold. Since then his name has appeared where security
          researchers want it to: on the acknowledgment pages of Google, Apple,
          Microsoft and Adobe.
        

        

          Google VRPAppleMicrosoft MSRCAdobe PSIRT
        

        Google Bug Hunters profile ↗
      

    


    
    

      (06) Contact
      
Got something worth breaking?

      hello@speed-net.com