Collaborate Disseminate
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The Federal Communications Commission’s website allows users to upload any file to the agency’s domain, including malware, GIFs and one strange and official-looking proclamation that grabbed the internet’s attention this week. The permissive nature of the site has stoked worries about potential security issues. Here’s the problem: To enable public comment on proposed FCC rule changes, the application programming interface (API) on the agency’s Electronic Comment Filing System allows seemingly any document to be uploaded and published to the FCC’s website. On Wednesday, a PDF uploaded through the comment system on FCC.gov slamming FCC chairman Ajit Pai made the rounds online. FCC has released a statement regarding Ajit Pai and net neutrality. https://t.co/AMzRe1mdLx @FCC @AjitPaiFCC #NetNeutrality @Lucky225 @Hak5 pic.twitter.com/KsVJED6st8 — JON JOLLEE (@h3apspray) August 31, 2017 Pranks are obvious attention-getters but this can potentially be used in phishing and malware campaigns that point to the legitimate FCC.gov domain. An FCC spokesperson said the […]
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