Collaborate Disseminate
The US government is tightening its rules around the registration of government web domains to stop fraudsters impersonating government sites. Continue reading Now you need a notarized document to get a .gov domain
The federal agency in charge of issuing .gov domain names is enacting new requirements for validating the identity of people requesting them. The additional measures come less than four months after KrebsOnSecurity published research suggesting it was relatively easy for just about anyone to get their very own .gov domain.
In November’s piece It’s Way Too Easy to Get a .gov Domain Name, an anonymous source detailed how he obtained one by impersonating an official at a small town in Rhode Island that didn’t already have its own .gov. Continue reading U.S. Govt. Makes it Harder to Get .Gov Domains
Bots run by shady websites are creating thousands of phantom pages Continue reading How porn bots abuse government websites
Senator Ron Wyden is pushing to mandate government-wide use of the email authentication protocol DMARC “to ensure that hackers cannot send emails that impersonate federal agencies.” Continue reading Senator Calls For Use Of DMARC To Curb Phishing