TLD Updates: What’s New & Observed Threats
19 April 2023
TLD Updates
.CONSULTING – Available Now! .consulting has been added to the portal for organisations in the consulting space. Beneficial for consulting organisations who want to showcase their expertise and establish themselves as a trusted advisor in their...
Domain Names and Clone Phishing Attacks
What is a Clone Phishing Scam?
As cyberattacks against brands are becoming more veracious, it’s no surprise that domain names are being used more frequently in clone phishing attacks. Clone phishing is a type of phishing attack in which an attacker creates a website or...
Brand Protection: Australia Invoice Scams increase by 46% in 2022.
As the digital landscape continues to evolve, scammers are constantly developing new tactics to exploit unsuspecting individuals and businesses. One such scam that has seen a rise in recent years is the invoice scam, which involves fraudsters sending a fake invoice to a...
Protection from phishing domain names
There are millions phishing domain names registered every month and used in attacks. Learn how to protect your business from issues relating to phishing domain names
Are IP blacklists and RBLs still relevant?
10 February 2023
What is an IP blacklist and RBL?
IP Blacklisting refers to the process of marking a specific IP address as malicious or suspicious, based on various criteria such as high volumes of spam or malicious traffic, or past instances of abuse. When an IP address is...
Do I need domain name monitoring for my business?
Domain name monitoring is essential for corporate brands
Domain name monitoring has become a must-have service for any brand with a strong digital presence. It can help protect your brand against threats by alerting you to 3rd party domain name registrations that contain (or...
Common Domain Name Security Risks
14 December 2022Domain name security is an essential part of protecting your brand and reputation, and ensuring the long-term success and profitability of your business. By implementing strong security measures and regularly monitoring and managing your domain portfolio, you...
Proposed Whois Disclosure System
15 October 2022
Whois was once a powerful brand protection tool
Whois used to be a tool that disclosed ownership of a domain name. Brand Protection agencies like brandsec would use it as the first port of call to discover data points on domain name abusers. Information from...
How safe really is MFA?
25 September 2022
TL/DR
Use an authenticator app like Google or Microsoft Authenticator.
SMS and Email authentication are better than nothing but can be compromised.
Turn off your bank app notifications.
Never approve an authorization request that you have not initiated....
Another typosquatting domain used in scam
24 August 2022
India: Scammers registered a confusingly similar domain name of a Hyperbad Aerospace company and managed to scam their partners.
TFC Manufacturing run of the domain name tfcmfg.com. The scammers registered the domain name “tfcmfq.com”. The...
Phishing, Malware, Spam – The worst domain name spaces
Friday 15 July 2022
This blog looks at the dubious awards for worst domain spaces across Malware, Phishing Attacks and Spam. Not all domain spaces are designed to be good.
Domain Tools recently released its spring report, Internet Scale Patterns in Malicious Infrastructure...
Domain Abuse: Typo Domains used in elaborate scam
Domain Name abuse is a key tool used by bad actors to scam brands, their staff, prospective employees, suppliers, customers etc… A complaint was recently filed through the Arizona District Court that provides insight into the elaborate nature of domain abuse and is a...