An increase in lookalike domain attacks: invoice scams
In September, brandsec was engaged by several brands to assist them to enforce against lookalike domain names that were used to impersonate them and their employees. The false domain names [...]
SSL: Expired Lets Encrypt Certificate
A couple of weeks back, we saw some big-name websites impacted by the expiration of a root certificate provided by a major SSL provider, Lets Encrypt. Lets Encrypt is known [...]
Enterprises Don’t Have the Time or Resources to Manually Manage SSL
This blog looks at SSL automation, a recent survey from Digicert and what's required to reduce the pressure on limited IT resources. Credit: The SSL Store's blog; 4 Takeaways from [...]
the new .au domain space: what we know
How is the new .au domain space different to .com.au? There are two key differences with regards to the rules that set out who can register .au names (eligibility rules) [...]
bank scams grow in Australia
Bank scams: The Australian Banking Association (ABA) released an awareness report and campaign about the increasing threat of scams. Last year in Australia $851 million was lost to scams. [...]
Penetration Testing: How to choose a supplier?
Penetration Testing aka pen testing has become a critical part of securing a business' critical applications and networks. The market has a range of players, some that rely on [...]
Universities and brand protection
This blog looks at the issue of Universities and brand protection. The university sector is a significant part of the Australian economy. The market size of the University and Other [...]
China: What domain space do big companies prefer?
Kasey Lee recently wrote a great piece on Domain Wire about what domain namespaces the Fortune 100 Chinese companies prefer. The research spanned three years and the results were [...]
Brand Protection: AdultBlock
Who is AdultBlock/AdultBlock+ for? For Sunrise B block owners: Sunrise B blocks, which prevented registrations of brand names under .xxx, will expire in December 2021. The blocks will automatically be [...]
New .AU domain name space
Today AuDA announce the launch of a new .au domain name space, on 24 March 2022. They are calling the project .au direct. What is .au direct? .au direct refers [...]
fake university recruitment agents
Fake university recruitment agents are a problem for Australian Universities. They pretend to be partners of various Australian universities in an attempt to either scam hopeful students or process them [...]
Monitor for domain abuse: be proactive, not reactive
Domain abuse is the infringement of intellectual property that is used for illegal, improper, fraudulent or malicious purposes. Cyber-criminals use domain name abuse to steal data, scam the target business [...]