Researchers at watchTowr Labs spent $20 to purchase an expired .mobi top-level domain (TLD) from an inactive WHOIS server. After a few days, they were hit with around 2.5 million WHOIS queries from over 135,000 distinctive systems. The team’s actions demonstrated that many organisations have not updated their systems to recognise the current .mobi WHOIS server. If a malicious actor had the outdated domain, this could lead to issues such as issuing fraudulent SSL/TLS certificates or obtaining remote code execution.
Commission wants health-dedicated centre in EU cybersecurity agency
The EU Commission has proposed an action plan to protect the healthcare sector from cyber threats, including setting up a cybersecurity centre within the EU’s
