Remembering JD Falk – 10 years later
I can still hear it. ‘Hee hee’. That’s good. We all have unique laughs, but few are distinctive. Fewer yet bely the true nature of the human being issuing them. British insult comedian Jimmy Carr has one such laugh, a tri-tone ‘dah dah DUH’, rising on the third...
Internet Society Send An Open Letter to the Government of Canada
Earlier this week the Internet Society sent an open letter to the Government of Canada regarding the progress of Bill C-10 "An Act to amend the Broadcasting Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts". CAUCE applauds and supports the Internet...
Phishing Landscape 2020: A Study of the Scope and Distribution of Phishing
Greg Aaron, Lyman Chapin, Dr. Colin Strutt and CAUCE Board Member David Piscitello, all of the Interisle Consulting Group, today announced the publication of the seminal report Phishing Landscape 2020: A Study of the Scope and Distribution of Phishing.
The report can be found at http://www.interisle.net/PhishingLandscape2020.html
Characterizing Robocalls through Audio and Metadata Analysis
CAUCE mainly focuses on abusive messaging, but our board has a wide and diverse background in anti-abuse efforts. Recently we came across this presentation on abusive robocalls dealing with an increase in Robocalling, trends in abusive calls, who is calling...
CRTC UNDERTAKING NOTESOLUTION INC. (ONECLASS)
On September 30, 2020 the CRTC announced a new undertaking under CASL with Notesolution Inc. (OneClass) that alleges multiple violations of the anti-spam Act.
Dave Piscitello on Ransomware
CAUCE board member Dave Piscitello talked with host Gary Berman about ransomware on the Unsung Cyber Hero podcast. He shared stories about what has happened, and what you can do about it. Watch him here: Podcast episode
Domain Name Registration Data at the Crossroads
New Report Shows Widespread Issues with Domain Name System Registration AccountabilityUrgent Actions Required To Respond to Growing Online COVID-Themed Scams and Phishing Attacks BOSTON, MA - Today, Interisle Consulting Group, a leading organization on the frontlines...
Criminal Abuse of Domain Names: Bulk Registration and Contact Information Access
In this report, we study "bulk registration misuse" by criminal actors. Bulk registrations refers to the practice of rapidly acquiring domain names, using these in an attack, and abandoning them as if they were throw-away ("burner") phones. These...
GDPR Didn’t Affect Spam? Not So Fast
GDPR Didn't Affect Spam? Not So Fast By John Levine http://www.circleid.com/posts/20180905_gdpr_didnt_affect_spam_not_so_fast/
RIP Don Blumenthal
It is with a heavy heart that we note the passing of dear friend, colleague and member of the CAUCE board board of directors, Don Blumenthal on September 28, 2019 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He was 67. Don was an anti-spammer for as long a there was an anti-spam...
Operation ReWired arrests 281 Business Email Compromise criminals
Cybercrime & Doing Time // Gary Warner : Operation: ReWired On September 10, 2019, the Department of Justice announced that 281 arrests related to Business Email Compromise had been made, with 74 of those arrested being in the United States. It will take...
CSA recap: CAUCE discusses international email and security
At the Certified Senders Alliance summit in Cologne Germany, CAUCE president John Levine talks about international email and its security. John explained that, EAI is being used by literate computer users who cannot read English characters. He gave India as an...
