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Carel Bitter updates us on Spamhaus, botnet C&C, and criminal domain name usage trends

Carel Bitter is Head of Data at Spamhaus. I was fortunate to interview him last year for our iQ Podcast #5: "How Spamhaus addresses DNS Abuse." It's still worth checking out if you missed it!

And last month, I was delighted to catch up again with Carel, this time in person while attending Nordic Domains 2022 in Stockholm. I asked him to spare 25 minutes to provide us with an update on Spamhaus' DNS abuse fighting activities among other topics, such as:

  • The latest in cyber threats that they track
  • Regulatory interest observations, and related reports on domain abuse
  • Criminal domain name usage trends that propagate phishing, malware, and botnets
  • The issues of trust, authenticating users
  • How botnet command and control points work
  • Potential threats due to the war in Ukraine

In addition to subscribing/following and listening wherever you get your podcasts, you can also listen to this interview via the Alexa Home Assistant.

Just say: "Alexa, play iQ Global Podcast, Episode 17."

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Connecting the dots - Revealing Hidden Connections in Malicious Registrations

From Registration to Risk Alert: iQ Risk Score's Rapid Threat Identification

iQ Risk Score demonstrates its advanced capability by identifying suspicious websites four days earlier than traditional security methods. This early detection, as seen with altafinanza.online, provides businesses crucial time to implement defensive measures before potential cyber threats can evolve into serious attacks

Introducing iQ Risk Alert Reports: Highlighting potentially malicious domain name patterns

We're excited to launch our iQ Risk Alert reports, sharing snippets of malicious domain name patterns identified in our analysis. Our alerts will provide you with valuable insights and information to help you stay ahead of potential threats. The reports will include: Pattern details, Actual domains matching the pattern, TLD Count and more