Phish-Friendly Domain Registry “.top” Put on Notice

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2024 19:41:51 +0000

The Chinese company in charge of handing out domain names ending in “.top” has been given until mid-August 2024 to show that it has put in place systems for managing phishing reports and suspending abusive domains, or else forfeit its license to sell domains. The warning comes amid the release of new findings that .top was the most common suffix in phishing websites over the past year, second only to domains ending in “.com.”

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QR Codes: Convenience or Cyberthreat?

Credit to Author: Sara Atie| Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Security awareness and measures to detect and prevent sophisticated risks associated with QR code-based phishing attacks (quishing)

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How Russia-Linked Malware Cut Heat to 600 Ukrainian Buildings in Deep Winter

Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2024 09:00:00 +0000

The code, the first of its kind, was used to sabotage a heating utility in Lviv at the coldest point in the year—what appears to be yet another innovation in Russia’s torment of Ukrainian civilians.

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