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 If a malicious actor had the outdated domain, this could lead to issues such as issuing fraudulent SSL/TLS certificates or obtaining remote code execution.
Startup OMass Secures $310M to Advance Drug for Rare Endocrine Disorder
OMass’s molecule is vying to become an alternative to a Neurocrine Biosciences drug that is currently the only FDA-approved therapy for congenital adrenal hyperplasia. But
