Louisiana spurns attempted ransomware attack, governor says
https://www.scmagazine.com/home/security-news/ransomware/louisiana-spurns-attempted-ransomware-attack-governor-says/
Seth Blank, co-chair of M3AAWG’s Election Security Special Interest Group, comments on threats to election integrity for cities and states.
3 Cybersecurity Threats Facing Campaigns in 2020
https://www.campaignsandelections.com/campaign-insider/3-cybersecurity-t...
Seth Blank, co-chair of M3AAWG’s Election Security Special Interest Group, comments on threats to elections, including SIM jacking, domain spoofing and email hacking.
JPAAWG 2nd General Meeting
https://internet.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/interview/1217983.html
The Japan Anti-Abuse Working Group (JPAAWG) cooperates with M3AAWG to examine and implement measures against a wide range of email and messaging attacks, such as spam, malware and DDoS.
Industry anti-messaging abuse group meets this week in Montreal
Tired of getting phony calls from Visa about an alleged abuse of your credit card? Angered about the way your firm’s logo is being used in phishing attacks? There’s a big meeting this week in Montreal among leading industry companies trying to do something about these and similar problems.Industry anti-messaging abuse group meets this week in Montreal
JPAAWG starts full-scale international activities for Internet safety in Japan
https://japan.zdnet.com/article/35143650/
In May 2019, the Japan Anti-Abuse Working Group (JPAAWG) launched in cooperation with M3AAWG to promote Internet security in Japan. Mr. Shuji Sakuraba, the chairman of the JPAAWG, spoke about JPAAWG’s goals and direction.
Twilio Joins Anti-Abuse Working Group
https://www.technologybusinesstoday.com/news/article/twilio-joins-anti-abuse-working-group
Twilio announced that it joined M3AAWG, the premier industry group dedicated to combating bots, malware, spam, viruses, denial-of-service attacks and other online exploitation.
Technology, law, and the world to protect the Internet: Interview with the standards organization JPAAWG
https://www.atmarkit.co.jp/ait/articles/1910/07/news010.html
Japan Anti-Abuse Working Group (JPAAWG) launched in May 2019 and works with M3AAWG to focus on Internet security in Japan. ITmedia spoke with Mr. Shuji Sakuraba and Mr. Nobuhiro Suemasa of JPAAWG about the group’s work, including collaboration with M3AAWG.
AI’s Place in Preventing Piracy
https://www.cablefax.com/technology/rough-seas-ais-place-in-preventing-piracy
Cable operators are working to prevent disruptions to their networks caused by the streaming of pirated content and DDoS attacks. The article calls out CableLabs’ work with M3AAWG on the DDoS Information Sharing Project.
Is a DMARC policy really right for everyone?
https://www.valimail.com/blog/dmarc-enforcement-for-everyone/
Valimail makes the case for DMARC enforcement and notes that M3AAWG recommends enforcement as a deliverability best practice.
Solving extreme email deliverability mysteries
https://postmarkapp.com/podcast/solving-extreme-email-deliverability-mysteries
Anna Ward, Postmark’s head of deliverability, discusses her path to becoming an email deliverability expert and the impact of being a part of the M3AAWG community on her work.
CSA at M3AAWG – Staying Up-to-Date with the Newest Technologies in Message Security
eco Association
A short interview with Florian Mielke of CSA, an eco Association member, explaining why he attends M3AAWG and appreciating the community and productive atmosphere.
CRTC Enforcement Advisory - Notice for Web Hosting Service Industry
https://crtc.gc.ca/eng/internet/web.htm
The CRTC (Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission) issued a CASL advisory for hosting services that lists the M3AAWG Anti-Abuse Best Common Practices for Hosting and Cloud Service Providers as a useful reference for developing a corporate compliance program.
Policy eliminates pre-emptive protection of internet infrastructure abuse
Networks Asia - Security Asia
https://www.networksasia.net/article/policy-eliminates-pre-emptive-prote...
A joint APWG-M3AAWG survey of cybercrime responders and anti-abuse personnel indicates ICANN’s Temporary Specification for domain name WHOIS data has eliminated interventions that previously allowed investigators to stop new cybercrimes while still in the preparatory stages -- and has markedly impeded routine mitigations for many kinds of cybercrimes.
How Do You Fight a $12B Fraud Problem? One Scammer at a Time
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2018/10/how-do-you-fight-a-12b-fraud-problem...
Brian Krebs interviewed Ronnie Tokazowski, founder of the private BEC List that received the 2018 JD Falk Award, on Business Email Compromise and the list's cooperative fight to protect end-users.
GDPR 6 Months On – Report from the CSA Session at M3AAWG
eco Association
In this blog post, Rosa Hafezi, lawyer for eco Association, gave a talk on the EU General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR, from the perspective of six months after the law came into effect.
Group recognized for efforts thwart Nigerian email scams
https://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/410603-private-group-recognized...
Coverage of the BEC List fighting online fraud and the M3AAWG 2018 JD Falk Award it received.
The History of Email with Dave Crocker, Part 2
https://thenetworkcollective.com/2018/06/hon-email-part-2/
In 1990, an unresolvable debate over how to expand email beyond ASCII text spawned two separate working groups and is a rare example of how staunchly competitive tech groups unintentionally ended up collaborating to create something important that went beyond the original objective. The result: multimedia email, according to M3AAWG Senior Technical Advisor Dave Crocker in part 2 of his Network Collective podcast on the history of email.
The History of Email with Dave Crocker, Part 1
https://thenetworkcollective.com/2018/06/hon-email-part1/
Dave Crocker’s advice for today’s engineers based on his experience working on email since the early days: Don’t try to do everything at once. Get a useful core working as quickly as you can to acquire some experience and then, “if necessary, throw it away, but more likely, improve it.” The M3AAWG Sr. Technical Advisor walks through the development of email as we know it on the Network Collective podcast.
Hackers Shut Down ProPublica’s Email For a Day. Here’s How to Stop Attacks Like That.
ProPublica's Julia Angwin augments her earlier "list bomb" article with information on what can be done to prevent these attacks.
How Journalists Fought Back Against Crippling Email Bombs
https://www.wired.com/story/how-journalists-fought-back-against-cripplin...
Wired Magazine published ProPublica's journalist Julia Angwin account of how she and colleages were "list bombed" and talks about the growing problem, including a preventive strategy developed by M3AAWG.