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Does any software or any other way to detect if a website contains any WordPress installation?
For example lets say we have the website example.com which is not a WordPress site, but we have a WordPress site in the path exam… Continue reading How to check if a list of domains contains any WordPress installation?
From a massive GDPR fine on a big tech company, to an emergency government security alert, here are the top security stories of the week. Continue reading Threatpost News Wrap Podcast For Jan. 25
Let’s assume I have a server set up with an email address like me@mydomain.tld. Now I have distributed my business card with the e-mail address to all people all over the world and they keep sending me confidential emails. Bu… Continue reading Can someone read my E-Mail if I lose ownership of my domain?
Let’s say there is a particular network which has a “monthly” successful cryptolocker attack. Every time, every computer in that network is infected.
The set up is like this:
1x Windows 2003 server (SMB1)
4x Windows 10 Client computers
… Continue reading Ransomware – All computers infected but one
News Flash: Your DNS might be broken, and you don’t even know it. But wait? How could I not know my DNS is broken? Well, the answer lies in the history of the DNS standards and what has become the cobbling together of features within authoritativ… Continue reading Don’t Let DNS Flag Day Become Your DNS Doomsday
Lately I’ve been bothered by the fact that should one of my e-mail accounts be in some way compromised despite its long and randomized password phrase. I’d have hell to pay since it is effectively a gateway into a large porti… Continue reading Question about E-mail Account Security with regards to Custom Domains & 2FA
Section 4.1 of the OAuth 2.0 RFC states:
(A) The client initiates the flow by directing the resource owner’s
user-agent to the authorization endpoint. The client includes
its client identifier, reques… Continue reading Too Much Information Exposure in OAuth 2.0?
hsbc.ca is a functioning URI. An inquiry for hsbc.au at the ICANN returns the following.
The requested top-level domain is not supported; this tool supports
all delegated gTLDs contracted with ICANN and their correspond… Continue reading browser or procedural safeguards against unwitting use of verified domains
The Department of Homeland Security should push federal agencies to implement stronger encryption practices for government websites visited by federal workers and everyday citizens alike, Sen. Ron Wyden says. Despite significant improvements to government website encryption, some metadata is still transmitted insecurely, revealing the domain names of sites visited by users, Wyden, D-Ore., wrote to DHS Undersecretary Chris Krebs. “Hackers can intercept or hijack the unprotected metadata, tricking users into visiting a malicious site or spying on their activities,” the Oct. 24 letter states. When possible, DHS should require federal agencies to encrypt the online queries employees make to domain name system (DNS) servers, Wyden suggested. He also asked DHS to work with General Services Administration to make using an encrypted protocol extension a condition of selling web content delivery services to the government. The government can usher in broad industry adoption of that encrypted extension, known as ESNI, according to Wyden. When cybersecurity […]
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Usually there’s just one e-mail / e-mail password / domain registrar username / password. And perhaps one 2FA (google authenticator) device and a 2FA recovery code.
Either an employee has access to these credentials or not. … Continue reading How to secure a domain name from insider threats, domain hijacking in a corperate context?