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Alex Shakhov

Coverage of Alex Shakhov in the Nexus archive.

Earliest in view: Apr 24 · 19:00 UTCMost recent: Apr 24 · 19:00 UTC
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University of California, Berkeleyorganization1Columbia Universityorganization1Washington University in St. Louisorganization1Hazy Hawkorganization1SH Consultingorganization1CNAME recordtopic1malwaretopic1
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  • SECURITYApr 24 · 19:00 UTCARS TECHNICA
    Why are top university websites serving porn? It comes down to shoddy housekeeping.

    Top universities like UC Berkeley, Columbia University, and Washington University in St. Louis have subdomains serving explicit porn and malware due to administrators failing to remove expired CNAME records. Scammers linked to the Hazy Hawk group exploit these neglected records, with researcher Alex Shakhov identifying hundreds of hijacked subdomains across 34 universities.