I feel like the .zip TLD debate is one of those cases where it's very easy for the purest security view to overwhelm the practical human reality. I'm yet to see a single good argument that is likely to have real world consequences as far as phishing goes and whilst I understand the sentiment surrounding the confusion new TLDs with common file types, all "the sky is falling" commentary I've seen is speculative at best. But hey, there's no rolling it back now, we can start judging by what actually happens with the TLD rather than sitting around creating misuse hypotheses.
An 18-year-old Wisconsin man has been charged with allegedly playing a central role in the theft of $600,000 from DraftKings customer accounts.β¦
A Russian IT worker accused of participating in pro-Ukraine denial of service attacks against Russian government websites has been sentenced to three years in a penal colony and ordered to pay 800,000 rubles (about $10,000).Β β¦
Don't download software from non-reputable websites and sketchy links β you might be in for more than you bargained for
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Biometrics and surveillance camera commissioner Professor Fraser Sampson has warned that independent oversight of facial recognition is at risk just as the policing minister plans to "embed" it into the force.β¦
Apple has issued a bushel of security updates and warned that three of the flaws it's fixed are under active attack.β¦
Cisco rolled out patches for four critical security vulnerabilities in several of its network switches for small businesses that can be exploited to remotely hijack the equipment.β¦
Microsoft wants to take the decision of which multi-factor authentication (MFA) method to use out of the users' hands and into its own.β¦
A roundup of some of the handiest tools that security professionals can use to search for and monitor devices that are accessible from the internet
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PharMerica, one of the largest pharmacy service providers in the US, has revealed its IT systems were breached β and it's feared the intruders stole personal and healthcare data belonging to more than 5.8 million past customersβ¦
The FBI and friends have warned organizations to "strictly limit the use of RDP and other remote desktop services" to avoid BianLian infections and the ransomware gang's extortion attempts that follow the data encryption.β¦