Researchers track surge in high-level Smishing Triad activity
The China-linked operation has grown from a phishing kit marketplace into an active and growing community supporting a decentralized large-scale phishing ecosystem.
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Tech companies are selling domains suggesting illegal sales of guns, malware
COVID-19-related domains remain a concern.
Putin’s government lists IPs and domains allegedly aiming DDoS traffic at Russia
A post by Russia's CERT points to internet activity that supposedly originated with U.S. government sites and domains in Western Europe.
Security experts say Ukraine’s request to shut down Russian domains could hurt civilians
The request to ICANN would have the effect of making Russian emails and websites unreachable from the outside and make it harder for Russians to reach the…
Proofpoint sues Facebook over dummy sites used for anti-phishing training
Proofpoint argues it is using the domains in good faith.
US officials shut down scam websites impersonating Moderna, Regeneron
The scammers were after data that they could use for fraud or phishing, prosecutors said.
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FireEye, Microsoft find ‘killswitch’ to hamper SolarWinds-related malware
The action highlights the power that tech companies have to throw up road blocks to well-resourced hackers.
Takedown of 92 Iran-owned domains includes 4 used for disinformation in US, feds say
The Department of Justice said the four domains targeted at U.S. audiences — newsstand7.com, usjournal.net, usjournal.us and twtoday.net — were seized specifically under the Foreign Agents Registration…
CISA orders agencies to quickly patch critical Netlogon bug
CISA has increasingly used its emergency-directive authority to try to keep foreign spies or criminals from burrowing into federal networks
Feds aim to bolster data encryption practices for .gov websites
The goal of the entire intiative is to have browsers connect to federal government websites via HTTPS by default.