Security News

Widespread scam campaigns targeting millions uncovered by GoDaddy and Palo Alto Networks
2019-04-26 17:00

A research team found that thousands of websites were tricking users into entering credit card information by spoofing trustworthy sites.

Crooks Continue to Exploit GoDaddy Hole
2019-02-04 19:12

Godaddy.com, the world's largest domain name registrar, recently addressed an authentication weakness that cybercriminals were using to blast out spam through legitimate, dormant domains. But...

Bomb threat spam may stem from GoDaddy DNS weakness
2019-01-24 13:15

A bomb threat spam campaign that hit North America last month may have been engineered using a flaw in GoDaddy’s domain management process, it was revealed this week.

Bomb Threat, Sextortion Spammers Abused Weakness at GoDaddy.com
2019-01-23 02:44

Two of the most disruptive and widely-received spam email campaigns over the past few months -- including an ongoing sextortion email scam and a bomb threat hoax that shut down dozens of schools,...

GoDaddy Leaks ‘Map of the Internet’ via Amazon S3 Cloud Bucket Misconfig
2018-08-13 17:26

Configuration data for GoDaddy servers could be used as a reconnaissance tool for malicious actors to uncover ripe targets.

Amazon S3 Bucket Exposed GoDaddy Server Information
2018-08-13 01:51

A publicly accessible Amazon S3 bucket was found storing documents apparently detailing GoDaddy infrastructure running in the Amazon AWS cloud, UpGuard reveals. read more

GoDaddy acquires Sucuri (Help Net Security)
2017-03-24 14:50

GoDaddy has entered into an agreement to purchase Sucuri, a provider of website security products and services. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. Sucuri is a security...

Buggy Domain Validation Forces GoDaddy to Revoke Certs (Threatpost)
2017-01-11 21:40

A bug in GoDaddy's domain validation process forced the registrar to revoke SSL certificates and reissue certs for more than 6,000 customers.