TEL AVIV - As part of a sophisticated scheme involving spam proliferation and click monetization, over 8,000 domains and 13,000 sub-domains once owned by major, legitimate brands and institutions have been hijacked to allow millions of spam emails to bypass standard security blocks for nefarious gain. This coordinated malicious activity – dubbed “SubdoMailing” – has been going on since at least September 2022, according to Guardio Labs, the Israeli security … [Read more...]
ACE Enforcement Action Reaches Record Levels, Over 3,000 Pirate Domains Seized
LOS ANGELES, CA - The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) has stepped up their enforcement actions recently, having seized over 3,000 pirate site domains over the past few weeks. But despite this impressive effort, the number of new and illegal domains constantly taking the place of the ones that have been taken down are never-ending. The domains in question – which revolve around pirating copyrighted video entertainment such as movies and television … [Read more...]
Miami Herald To Cease Printing on Saturday, Says More Customers Reading Online
PALM BEACH, FL – The Miami Herald, one of the largest newspaper media companies in the State of Florida, has announced it will cease printing its Saturday edition newspaper and instead, bulk-up its Friday and Sunday editions. Aminda Marqués González, President, Publisher and Executive Editor of the paper, announced the news via a letter to readers published December 17, 2019. The Miami Herald is changing to meet the needs of our readers and the communities we serve long … [Read more...]
German Police Raid Hosting Facility Dubbed “CyberBunker”; Seize Domains, 200 Servers
BERLIN – Thirteen people were arresting during a raid in Germany on September 27, 2019. According to Brian Krebs, a security journalist and investigative reporter for Krebs on Security, the raid targeted the physical premises of a Dark Web hosting operation that described itself as a “bulletproof” hosting provider that was willing to provide web site hosting services to any business, no matter how illegal or unsavory. This past Friday, 600 military equipped officers … [Read more...]
Should You Support Net Neutrality? Yes or No? Internet Content Discrimination
Layman Terms: Net Neutrality rules prevent "Internet Content Discrimination" NEW YORK, NY - There are probably many people out there who hear about this Net Neutrality debate and do not know which way to lean on the issue, or they are simply not sure if they would be better off supporting it, or if they would be getting duped if they didn't. I wanted to details some very simple examples of what the Internet would be like with no Net Neutrality, which we do … [Read more...]
Misfortune Anyone? This Dangerous Vulnerability Could Be Lurking In Your Network Router
NEW YORK, NY - Misfortune Anyone? Today, WordFence [I really love these people], a company whom distributes a popular security plugin for WordPress websites, released a great article about a vulnerability on computer networks that is being exploited. With the article they also included a simple button which you can use to scan your network's vulnerability, so that if you are vulnerable to this Internet router exploit, you will know about it ASAP and can begin hounding … [Read more...]