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13427362081?profile=RESIZE_400xThe payment card giant MasterCard just fixed a glaring error in its domain name server settings that could have allowed anyone to intercept or divert Internet traffic for the company by registering an unused domain name.  Customers are not happy.  The misconfiguration persisted for nearly five years until a security researcher spent $300 to register the domain and prevent it from being grabbed by cybercriminals.

Link to full article:  TR-25-026-003_Mastercard.pdf

13422818698?profile=RESIZE_400xBusinesses in the UK are set to be protected by a new ransomware ban to address the threat of cybercrime, which is estimated to cost the UK economy billions of pounds every year.   The proposed legislation follows a series of serious ransomware attacks on the National Health Service (NHS), the British Library and the Royal Mail, that have caused severe disruption and cost millions in recovery costs.   The intention is to make public sector and infrastructure organizations less appealing as targe