The Criminals Behind WannaCry
359,000 computers infected, dozens of nations affected world-wide! A worm exploiting a Windows OS vulnerability that looks to the network for more computers to infect! This is the most pernicious, evil, dangerous attack, ever.
Follow-up-up To Loudmouths Wanted: Sorry, not sorry
In March, I posted a call to action to those of us in the community who have the inclination to fight against a movement to redact information critical to anti-abuse research. Today i felt compelled to react to some of the discussions on the ICANN discussion list dedicated to the issue of WHOIS reform.
Protecting yourself from Vishing
As a consumer, frequently targeted by Phone scams, it’s time to start taking a stand against these phone calls and force companies to validate who they are before giving away you personal information. Companies will need to adapt to a smarter, more suspicious consumer that is looking to protect their identity.
LOUDMOUTHS WANTED FOR ICANN WHOIS Replacement Work
ICANN has yet another group looking at WHOIS, and there is ahuge push to redact it to nothing. I spend easily half my day in WHOIS data fighting online crime, losing it would not make my job harder, it will make it impossible.
PLEASE JOIN THE ICANN GROUP and help us fight back against people who are fighting in favour of crime.
Chart of Legal Actions taken under CASL
A PDF Chart of all legal actions taken by enforcement agencies since CASL came into effect.
TC Training Session Links
ASN Tool http://bit.ly/TCRISE1 CRT.sh http://bit.ly/TCRISE2 ...
Evangelizing Best Practices – Taking Operation Safetynet on the Road
The passing of J.D. Falk, five years hence J.D., if nothing else, was all about the best practices, and standards. Today marks five years since he ambled off this mortal coil, leaving a hole in the hearts of friends and family, some published documents that bear his...
“Spam King” Sanford Wallace finally goes to jail
Sanford Wallace has been sending spam for over 20 years. Despite losing innumerable lawsuits, he's managed to stay out of jail until now. His luck finally ran out, in a case where he was convicted of contempt of court and hacking many Facebook users. Laura at Word to...
Presentations by CAUCE board members
CAUCE is overseen by its Board of Directors. Here's a sample of recent speaking and teaching events by our board members. Joe St Sauver "What Must We Do?" Industry Reactions to Pervasive Monitoring Programs, SECURECOMM Keynote, Dallas TX, October 28, 2015....
Canadian regulators use CASL to take down a botnet
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) used Canada's Anti-Spam law to take down a control and command server in Toronto for the Dorbot botnet. The CRTC's press release is here. They worked with industry and government in many...
CRTC fines another big company that should have known better
Today the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) announced that Rogers Media, one of the largest mobile phone and cable companies in Canada, had agreed to pay $200,000 to resolve long running violations of Canada's Anti-Spam Law. For over a...
presentations
ISOC CERT & Network Operators’ Panel @ AfricaCERT - Ramada Plaza, Les Côtes de Carthage Gammarth, Tusis Tunisia May 30, 2015 Download ISOC Tunis, Tunisia redact
