48th General Meeting
February 17, 2020 to February 20, 2020
The Messaging, Malware and Mobile Anti-Abuse Working Group (M3AAWG) is where the industry comes together to work against bots, malware, spam, viruses, DoS attacks and other online exploitation.
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New DoH / DoT DocumentsInformation on the benefits and potential issues with encrypting DNS traffic for both end-users wanting to implement encrypted DNS on their personal devices or home broadband networks and for ISPs or enterprise administrators considering it for their corporate networks, including recommendations for M3AAWG members and the online anti-abuse eco-system.
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Dave Piscitello Receives 2019 M3AAWG Mary Litynski Award“With his persistent and unswerving outreach, Dave was eventually able to push the industry to address domain name system abuse to the point that preventive measures have become an ongoing discussion area within the ICANN community,” and he has continued to contribute to anti-abuse work for decades, said Severin Walker, M3AAWG Chairman of the Board.
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M3AAWG Focuses on Diversity and InclusionThe keynote presentation by the documentary filmmakers of Pioneers in Skirts at a recent M3AAWG meeting provided the opportunity to further the dialogue on these important issues and to look at the specific programs we have launched to promote diversity and inclusion within M3AAWG.
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New APWG-M3AAWG GDPR and WHOIS User Study Looks at Access IssuesStudy shows that ICANN’s Temp Spec for domain name WHOIS data access has impeded efforts to mitigate cybercrime and includes recommendations to provide access that would help anti-abuse efforts.
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LACNOG-M3AAWG Issue Minimum Security Requirements for Customer Premises Equipment AcquisitionThe recommendations are based on industry experience and are essential in deterring Denial of Service (DoS) attacks that make use of vulnerable network infrastructure devices, Internet of Things (IoT) devices and malware infections.
