Cyber attack on Gandi hosting redirects 751 domains to malware site

Gandi SAS, a French web hosting company has announced that it suffered a security breach after hackers got hold of the valid login details to one of the company’s technical providers who manage a number of geographic TLDs. The hackers were then able to divert traffic for over 751 domains to a malicious website. Gandi had issued an …

Internet Australia expresses concerns over legislation to access encrypted messages

Internet Australia, the NFP peak body representing Internet users, today expressed concern at the Government’s announcement it intends to bring on legislation compelling social media platforms to help Australian security agencies access encrypted messages. Internet Australia points out we need people to trust the Internet. Users’ personal security and privacy considerations must be our primary …

March 2017 was strong for .Com domains with 3.22 million new registrations

The latest official .com transactions report from Verisign, which includes data by registrar for March 2017 have shown that March was a strong one with 3.22 million new .com domain registrations. Compare this to March 2016 when there were 3.08 million new .com registrations. The top registrars in terms of new registrations saw little movement. …

GoDaddy Launches New Website Security Products After Sucuri Aquisition

GoDaddy Inc. (NYSE: GDDY), the world’s largest technology provider dedicated to shifting the global economy toward life-fulfilling independent ventures, yesterday launched GoDaddy Website Security, a cutting-edge website protection service to keep customers’ sites clean and free of malware. Website Security is powered by Sucuri, which was in March 2017 acquired by GoDaddy to further strengthen …

Trump Administration to revise driverless car guidelines

The Trump administration is said to be revising the existing guidelines for driverless vehicles. Updated guidance on the emerging technology is expected to be released in the next few months, Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao said, according to multiple reports. “The pressure is mounting for the federal government to do something,” Chao said during a conference …

Symantec’s annual Internet Security Threat Report Details a Scary 2017

Symantec’s 2017 Internet Security Threat Report reads more like a catalog of horrors for CIS and their staffs, with cyber spies and criminals running amuck everywhere. In 2016 as internet security threats mushroomed, cyber criminals and state-sponsored saboteurs pursued aggressive capers that included multi-million dollar virtual bank heists, some of the biggest distributed denial of …