The days of viral phishing are over. Since its inception, phishing, has always been a criminal magnet. It has a low start-up cost and few barriers to entry. At .ORG, Public Interest Registry, we work hard to combat phishing attacks. So much so, phishers have largely stopped registering domains on both .ORG and .INFO. In 2009, phishing reached an all time peak with a shocking number of attacks. In a new report by Boston-based APWG , called the Global Phishing Report, authors Greg Aaron and Rod Rasmussen delve into the attacks of 2009 and highlight the dangers of “phishing gangs.”
For months, our community has been abuzz with one word: DNSSEC. Now, it’s trickling into the White House.
It's no secret that Comcast has been leading the charge of DNSSEC deployment among ISPs. For the past couple years, Comcast has been testing and pushing for the widespread adoption of DNSSEC. In the spirit of increasing adoption, I thought I would interview the DNS gurus at Comcast to see what they’ve learned and what advice they would give other ISPs considering DNSSEC deployment.
