As of 12/12/2020 .ch, the ccTLD of Switzerland, has extended its contract with SWITCH Information Technology Services. The Swiss Federal Office of Communications (OFCOM) stated that the Public Contract Law has been extended for an additional 5 years beginning from January 2022. The new agreement however also brings along with it certain new developments. The new agreement massively focuses on...
Hackers Impersonate WordPress To Hijack Domains
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Researchers at Naked Security, the web security arm of the British IT security company Sophos, recently got an e-mail from WordPress. It offered them an upgrade to DNSSEC (Domain Name System Security Extensions) from DNS (Domain Name System) for their domain. It highlighted the drawbacks of the DNS and the advantages of a domain with DNSSEC over the DNS. If you’re a beginner reading this, DNS is...