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APNIC Whois Database Password Hashes Were Available for Download
The Asia-Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC), the organization that manages domain name information for the Asia-Pacific region, fixed on Monday an error that exposed password hashes needed to access and edit domain ownership details.
- October 24, 2017
- 04:55 AM
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New NIST and DHS Standards Get Ready to Tackle BGP Hijacks
Two US government agencies have united forces to coordinate the creation of a new set of standards aimed at securing the process of routing of information between major Internet entities, such as Internet Service Providers, hosting providers, cloud providers, educational, research, and national networks.
- October 09, 2017
- 03:37 PM
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New Webinar: Choose Your Own Investigation — Browser Attack Edition
Modern attacks have shifted focus to the browser, yet detection tools remain largely blind to the crucial activity happening there.
Join Push Security on February 11th for an interactive "choose-your-own-adventure" webinar on ClickFix, credential phishing, and other in-browser attacks we've observed in the wild.
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Hundreds of Printers Expose Backend Panels and Password Reset Functions Online
A security researcher has found nearly 700 Brother printers left exposed online, allowing access to the password reset function to anyone who knows what to look for.
- October 05, 2017
- 02:15 PM
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US Telco Fined $3 Million in Domain Renewal Blunder
Sorenson Communications, a Utah-based telecommunications provider, received a whopping $3 million fine from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Friday for failing to renew a crucial domain name used by a part of the local 911 emergency service.
- October 02, 2017
- 10:50 AM
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Internet Regulator Delays Key Security Feature Update Because of Lazy ISPs
Inattentive ISPs and technical faults have led the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to delay the KSK Rollover for next year.
- September 30, 2017
- 09:35 AM
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China to Impose Real Name Policy for Online Comments
The Cyberspace Administration of China has mandated that starting October 1, all online services will have to verify the identity of people posting comments on their platforms.
- August 28, 2017
- 04:53 AM
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Google's BBR Algorithm for Speeding up Internet Traffic Gains Wider Adoption
Google's BBR algorithm for handling TCP traffic congestion has gained huge ground this week after Google announced integration with Google Cloud, a cloud hosting platform offered by Google to thousands of companies and which serves millions of websites on a daily basis.
- July 22, 2017
- 05:15 AM
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British PM Uses Terrorist Attacks to Push for Orwellian Internet Surveillance
Some people have no shame, and one of those is Theresa May, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, who used the terror attacks that took place in London, on Saturday, June 3, to push her party's agenda for laws that would push for encryption backdoors.
- June 05, 2017
- 09:20 AM
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Report Reveals Google Is Blacklisting Some Sites That Handle Passwords via HTTP
A report released today by security experts from Sucuri and Unmask Parasites (UP) describes numerous instances where sites that handled password and credit card via HTTP pages found themselves on Google's Safe Browsing blacklist.
- May 27, 2017
- 01:00 AM
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Russia Plans to Keep Internet Traffic Inside the Country, Fearing Foreign Wiretaps
The Russian Ministry of Communications has proposed a new plan called the "Digital Economy," according to which, the government wants to keep most of the Internet traffic inside the country, fearing it foreign governments might wiretap sensitive communications.
- May 15, 2017
- 11:08 AM
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