Domain Brand Monitor by WhoisXML API: The First Layer of Protection against Brand Impersonators

An alarming 32% of sample domains containing the names of the 10 most-impersonated brands have been found malicious by WhoisXML API researchers. The volume was based on a sample comprising 12,000 possible typosquatting domains and subdomains that made their way into the Domain Name System DNS...

“Have I been pwnd?”– What is it and what to do when you *are* pwned

Adobe. Yahoo!. The US Department of Energy DoE. The New York Times. What these names have in common is that they have all experienced at least one breach in 2013—the year when threat actors started targeting organizations across industries to either steal data for profit or leak them to "teach...

TP-Link Loses Control Over Configuration Domain

Top router firm TP-Link has lost control of two key domains accessed by millions of consumers and small businesses each month. The domains, which are used to configure the company’s routers, have expired and been resold to domain name brokers who are actively seeking buyers. Security experts say...

EMC M&R (Watch4net) - Credential Disclosure Vulnerability

It was discovered that EMC M&R Watch4net credentials of remote servers stored in Watch4net are encrypted using a fixed hard-coded password. If an attacker manages to obtain a copy of the encrypted credentials, it is trivial to decrypt them. Abstract It was discovered that EMC M&R Watch4net...