ICANN Stalls
October Phishing Report: ICANN is in the news, directly related to phishing because they have once again stalled on a security measure that would prevent hackers, spammers and phishers from utilizing the Whois for identity theft. After so many years, you begin to believe they're favoring the cyber criminals. What are they thinking???
Is it a good thing to let the governance of the internet go into the hands of questionable foreign administrators? No answer? Is it a good idea to open the gates of the internet to online criminals? Certainly it doesn't seem logical -- but everyone seems to be asleep, saying nothing, while the governance of the internet slips further and further into a coma.
The Whois is probably the bastion of hope in the war against cybercrime. What part of security don't they understand. Look at the facts:
In order to have a web site one must register and obtain a domain. In order to maintain some degree of accountability for that web site is the reliability of the people registering the domain. Without trackability, the domain owner is free to do as they wish -- right or wrong.
Privacy advocates say "individuals shouldn't have to reveal personal information simply to have a Web site."
But isn't there something seriously flawed in that statement?
Read the full story in this month's Phishing Report
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