Expansion is also apparent in the range of domains used: the phishing sites discovered in 2015 were spread across 280 TLDs, but last year 432 TLDs were involved. The trend was linked mainly to the availability of very cheap domain names under new TLDs (nTLDs). Compared with 2015, the number of phishing attacks from nTLDs …
It is two years since .Sydney was entered into the root an Sydney took its iconic status to the next level with its own Top-Level Domain. And just like its namesake, this truly iconic web address continues to be the envy of cities around the world – boasting more than 10,000 registrations since it launched …
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has given dotAfrica the ahead to proceed with their launch plan after the domain was put in the root zone. According to ZACR NPC, the dotAfrica Sunrise Period will run for the next sixty days beginning today, 4 April 2017 – 2 June 2017. While the …
The data exchange between the EU and the US may still not be legally secure, even after agreeing on the EU US Privacy Shield. The EU will decide next week whether the agreement adequately takes into account the privacy rights of EU citizens. An executive order by President Trump in January 2017 initially caused concern that …
Cyber criminals are aggressively sharing credentials to .edu e-mail accounts – including stolen accounts, fake e-mails, and older e-mail accounts. The Digital Citizens Alliance saw evidence showing threat actors of all types – including hacktivists, scam artists, and terrorists – putting credentials (e-mails and passwords) up for sale, trade, or, in some cases, just given …
Google and Symantec are engaged in a war about each other’s security practices, with all of us caught in the crossfire. As TechCrunch reports, Google believes that Symantec has been improperly issuing security certificates for tens of thousands of websites. If the search engine follows through with its threat, then Chrome will soon no longer …
Company also announces Android availability of The New Internet, the first-ever secure gateway to the Internet AUSTIN, TX – Authenticated Reality (www.TheNewInternet.com), creator of The New Internet®, a secure gateway to the internet where all users are authenticated and identified, today announced the launch of its domain registry as well as open beta availability of …
The US Senate today voted to eliminate broadband privacy rules that would have required ISPs to get consumers’ explicit consent before selling or sharing Web browsing data and other private information with advertisers and other companies. The rules were approved in October 2016 by the Federal Communications Commission’s then-Democratic leadership, but are opposed by the FCC’s new …
A recent survey has once again highlighted the urgent need for UK business to take cyber security more seriously. The survey, by Ultima, found that 65 per cent of companies don’t have any security solutions deployed onto their mobile devices, and 68 per cent of companies do not have an awareness programme aimed at employees …
The Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI issued a warning that cyber criminals are actively targeting File Transfer Protocol (FTP) servers operating in “anonymous” mode and associated with medical and dental facilities to access protected health information (PHI). The federal agency said in a release that cyber criminals are targeting FTP servers to access PHI as …