Domains, DNS, and TLS Certificates
Security, Compliance and Performance. These are great sounding words and every IT executive worth their paycheck is all over them. So why do large, sophisticated companies keep experiencing catastrophic domain and DNS-related outages again and again? See how major brands like Sorenson Telecom, Equifax and even Microsoft suffered domain-downtime and loss of customer goodwill.
So who exactly was to blame for Marketo losing its dotcom? →
Company points finger at registrar; registrar points right back
Marketing giant Marketo forgets to renew domain name. Hilarity ensues →
Red faces all round at dotcom after emails, tracking links go TITSUP
751 Domains Hijacked to Redirect Traffic to Exploit Kits →
On July 7, French domain registrar Gandi lost control over 751 customer domains, which had their DNS records altered to point incoming traffic to websites hosting exploits kits.
Classic Ether Wallet Hacked, Users Report Massive Losses →
An unknown attacker has gained control over the web domain of Classic Ether Wallet, a client-side wallet system for the Ethereum Classic (ETC) cryptocurrency.
Samsung Left Millions Vulnerable to Hackers Because It Forgot to Renew a Domain, Researchers Say →
Samsung, the most popular smartphone maker in the world, left millions of customers vulnerable to hackers after it let expire a domain that was used to control a stock app installed on older devices
How Hackers Hijacked a Bank’s Entire Online Operation →
THE TRADITIONAL MODEL of hacking a bank isn’t so different from the old-fashioned method of robbing one.