The first half of 2023 has seen a startling increase in cyber threats, with email-based phishing attacks leading the charge, surging by an unprecedented 464% compared to the previous year. Not only have these attacks become more frequent, but they have also grown in complexity and sophistication. The reason? A rapidly evolving landscape in which AI technologies are ... View Post
Educate to Protect: A Comprehensive Guide to Understanding and Combating Modern Phishing Scams
Educating your staff to combat modern phishing scams should be a top priority. Hackers can potentially steal millions in valuable information, causing almost irreparable damage to your customer base, or hold your proprietary information hostage for a costly ransom. So staff need to know what a phishing scam is. Phishing scams refer to the malicious practice of ... View Post
Maintenance Window December 18, 2022
On Sunday, December 18, 2022 starting at 5:00am ET (10:00am UTC), we will be conducting a scheduled maintenance, which will affect access to the both the domain and monitoring portals. The maintenance window is scheduled to be for 2 hours but we hope to have it completed much sooner. Here is a list of affected services: Access to all portals DNS & Whois ... View Post
NameCheap Defi Customers Attacked
Back in late June, news of an interesting DNS hijack attack came out of the midst of the hot DEFI market, which highlighted the dangers of treating domain names and DNS as a utility, especially when operating in the crypto market. I mean $100’s of thousands in fake smart contract losses dangerous. Specifically, there were reports by a few providers such as Convex ... View Post
Facebook User Data Leaked
Social Engineering attacks are dangerous because attackers use unexpected psychological manipulation to trick victims into making security mistakes. Typically, these attacks use personal data and background information to gain trust and provide authority for their inquiries. They leverage this misguided trust to trick victims into providing access to accounts and ... View Post
Protecting your DNS and Domains from Attack
“Unprecedented Times” is common nomenclature these days and used to justify radical and previously unthinkable societal changes on an almost daily basis. This has rocked our ability to feel secure and stable, resulting in feelings of great uncertainty that touches each one of us. Including every one of your employees and supplier’s employees. Therefore, it is ... View Post