Domain name transfer scams
1 November 2021
Domain transfer scam attempts seem to be on the rise. This week several major Australian brands received...
Meta.com – Hiding in plain site but undiscoverable
by Ed Seaford, Managing Director of brandsec
Earlier last week, a member from the media contacted me if I knew any way to...
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...
the new .au domain space: what we know
From 24 March 2022, you can apply:
to register new .au direct names that are not already registered in the .au registry...
bank scams grow in Australia
Bank Scams Grow: Domain Scams Targeting Banks
Bank scams: The Australian Banking Association (ABA) released an awareness...
Penetration Testing: How to choose a supplier?
Penetration Testing aka pen testing has become a critical part of securing a business’ critical applications and...
Universities and brand protection
This blog looks at the issue of Universities and brand protection.
The university sector is a significant part of the...
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...
Brand Protection: AdultBlock
Brand Protection & Adult Block
Who is AdultBlock / AdultBlock+ for?
For Sunrise B block owners: Sunrise B blocks,...
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....
fake university recruitment agents
Fake University Recruitment Agents: How to Spot Scams
Fake university recruitment agents are becoming a growing threat to...
Let’s Encrypt exploited for fraudulent SSL certificates
A Security shortcoming in the mechanism used by Let’s Encrypt to validate web domain ownership create a loophole that...