Collaborate Disseminate
As their cities suffered more intense bombardment by Russian military forces this week, Ukrainian Internet users came under renewed cyberattacks, with one Internet company providing service there saying they blocked ten times the normal number of phishing and malware attacks targeting Ukrainians. Continue reading Report: Recent 10x Increase in Cyberattacks on Ukraine
A free DNS service from nonprofits Global Cyber Alliance and Packet Clearing House launched Thursday will block users and devices from visiting known malicious websites, acting as an “immune system” for internet-connected devices. The new Quad9 Domain Name System (DNS) filtering service is aimed at individual users, micro-enterprises and small businesses, but will be useful for any enterprise that doesn’t have a dedicated IT team, the alliance’s Executive Director for the UK and Europe Andy Bates, explained to CyberScoop. “We’ve made it as simple as humanly possible,” he said. Using threat intelligence feeds from IBM’s X-Force security service and 18 other partner organizations, Quad9 compiles a constantly updated blacklist of known bad websites — ones that contaminate visitors with malware or are used to control infected computers. If a user clicks on a link, for instance in a phishing email, Quad9 will block the move. The 18 other partner companies include Abuse.ch, the Anti-Phishing […]
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