Security News

Kaspersky VPN blabbed domain names of visited websites – and gave me a $0 reward, says chap
2018-08-09 23:00

DNS leak flaw outside of bug bounty scope, it seems Kaspersky's Android VPN app whispered the names of websites its 1,000,000-plus users visited along with their public IP addresses to the world's...

Internationalized domain names create phishing risks: Here's a solution
2018-06-28 12:29

When ICANN introduced domain names that can use non-ASCII characters, it created opportunities for phishers. Here's how that can be overcome.

Feds Seize Over 20,500 Domain Names For Selling Counterfeit Products
2017-11-27 07:56

In a coordinated International cyber operation, law enforcement agencies have seized over 20,520 website domains for illegally selling counterfeit products, including luxury products, sportswear,...

Faking Domain Names with Unicode Characters (Schneier on Security)
2017-04-25 10:25

It's things like this that make phishing attacks easier. News article....

Phishers register domain names, hammer traditional targets (Help Net Security)
2015-05-28 07:00

The number of domain names used for phishing reached an all-time high, according to a new report by the the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG). Many of these were registered by Chinese phishers, who r...