Cyber Security Headlines
ICANN lookups, push notification spying, Google's Gemini
Dec 7, 2023
Krebs discusses ICANN Lookups, Wyden warns of spying push notifications, and Google unveils Gemini. Also covers GDPR restrictions, push notification spying, Microsoft's new CSO, Nissan cyber attack investigation, NVIDIA's chip collaboration, and weak encryption detection tools.
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- ICANN has implemented new requirements for redacting customer information from whois lookups, making it more difficult to access such information without formal legal requests or abuse reports.
- U.S. Senator Ron Widen is urging the repeal or modification of policies that inhibit public discussions on push notification spying, highlighting concerns about foreign governments requesting user data from Google and Apple.
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ICANN and GDPR restrictions
In response to GDPR restrictions, ICANN implemented new requirements in May 2018 to redact customer information from whois lookups. As a result, lookups now generally require formal legal requests or abuse reports. ICANN recently launched a registration data request service, allowing direct communication between registrars and requesters to handle look-up requests.
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