Strategies to mitigate cyber security incidents
This guidance is based on the Australian Government best practice guide to mitigating cyber security incidents, performing vulnerability assessments and penetration testing Commonwealth organisations.
Prior to implementing any of the mitigation strategies, organisations need...
Australia: Cybercrime reported every 10 minutes
An average of 164 cybercrime reports are made by Australians every day — about one report every 10 minutes — according to the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC). The agency is a subsidiary of the Australian Signals Directorate tasked with strengthening the...
Malicious Cybersquatters Targeting Major Brands
According to a report from security company, Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42, malicious cybersquatters are actively targeting major brands across various industries.
Almost 14,00 domain names were registered by cybercriminals in December 2019 that appeared to be related to...
Please Explain: Pauline Hanson’s domain expired & redirected to refugee website
One Nation’s Pauline Hanson’s personal domain name PaulineHanson.com.au accidentally expired, was registered by a third party and now points to the Refugee Council of Australia (RCOA) website.
The RCOA is a non-profit organisation that helps support refugees and...
basic domain name security best practices
This article looks at some of the basic domain name security best practices.
Domain name security should be one of the top priorities for any organisation with an online presence. There are some basic and inexpensive steps that will ensure that your domain names are not...
Basic corporate domain name mistakes: missed domain renewal
Missed domain renewals – Domain names are not something anyone can own, rather they are leased by Registries for varying lengths of time. Often corporate brands will have hundreds to thousands of domain name and each one can have a unique renewal date. In some cases,...
Domain name policy development
How do you view your business’ key domain name? Just a $50 naming licence that renews every year or an essential business asset that possibly underpins your entire digital presence and essential to customer engagement and revenue?
Domain names can no longer be...
Typosquatting and Traffic Diversion
Despite the popularity of search engines for finding websites, about 20% of online visitors arrive at sites through manually typed URLs. With up to 20% of all hand-typed URLs being misspelled, a large market has emerged for typo domain names that exploit and monetize...
Corporate Risk in Domain Names
The management of corporate risk in domain names looks at all of the methods that a company uses to minimise downtime, unauthorised access and ultimately financial loss and embarrassment.
Risk managers, IT Managers, Marketing managers, Counsels and Systems Admins should...
Subdomain or Subdirectory?
Setting up a new site? What some people don’t know is that you can use a single domain name to establish several websites through the use of a subdomain, while a subdirectory can create an authoritative body of content for a single web property. There are benefits to...
letting a domain name expire
Understanding the Risk
Letting a domain name expire can cause significant reputational damage to your business as they are often picked up by cyber criminals who aim to pose as you and defraud your customers, employees and even your suppliers.
The risk varies depending on the...
domain name faux pas – choose wisely
Choose Wisely!
Domain names are like your brand on the internet so it’s important that you choose a domain name that it is not open to ridicule, mockery or teasing due to a missed faux pas.
Like a parent whose surname is ‘Head’ you want to avoid combining...