CSO Magazine

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Forbes Global 2000 companies are failing to adopt key domain security measures, exposing them to significant security risks, according to CSC’s Domain Security Report 2022. The data follows Akamai research from August , which discovered increased malicious domain activity and phishing toolkit reuse based on DNS data.

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DNS Phishing Authentication Risk 77

Adam Levin

JULY 8, 2020

Far from being jealously guarded assets with Fort Knox-level security, a new study of Forbes Global 2000 Companies suggests many domain names are imminently hackable. A recent domain hijack of Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck.com was used to spoof the company in a spear-phishing campaign.

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Hacking Retail Cyber Insurance Authentication 130

Herjavec Group

AUGUST 26, 2021

2000 — Lou Cipher — Barry Schlossberg, aka Lou Cipher, successfully extorts $1.4 2000 — Mafiaboy — 15-year-old Michael Calce, aka MafiaBoy, a Canadian high school student, unleashes a DDoS attack on several high-profile commercial websites including Amazon, CNN, eBay and Yahoo! He is arrested and sentenced to 20 months in prison.

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Cybercrime Computers and Electronics Banking Hacking 135