It’s got to be a little embarrassing for a security company steeped in paying attention to details like opening and closing firewall ports and monitoring whether applications are behaving oddly to overlook an arguably major item like maintaining the company’s domain name, but it happened to Check Point Software.OOPS: 2011’s biggest security snafusThe company’s site was down yesterday from 8:07 to 8:30 a.m. EDT on Monday, and the official word is it wasn’t their fault, according to a statement from the company posted on The Register.In the statement the company acknowledged the site was down for 23 minutes because the domain registration expired, but it was because its domain host Network Solutions sent the renewal notice to the wrong email address at Check Point. Since the expiration caused changes to domain records in DNS servers around the Internet, it took a while for the correct domain to propagate once the error had been corrected, the company says, so individuals seeking the site might have been unable to do so for longer. “There was no security issue whatsoever,” the company says.Read more about wide area network in Network World’s Wide Area Network section. Related content news Gitlab fixes bug that exploited internal policies to trigger hostile pipelines It was possible for an attacker to run pipelines as an arbitrary user via scheduled security scan policies. By Shweta Sharma Sep 21, 2023 3 mins Vulnerabilities Security feature Key findings from the CISA 2022 Top Routinely Exploited Vulnerabilities report CISA’s recommendations for vendors, developers, and end-users promote a more secure software ecosystem. By Chris Hughes Sep 21, 2023 8 mins Zero Trust Threat and Vulnerability Management Security Practices news Insider risks are getting increasingly costly The cost of cybersecurity threats caused by organization insiders rose over the course of 2023, according to a new report from the Ponemon Institute and DTEX Systems. By Jon Gold Sep 20, 2023 3 mins Budget Data and Information Security news US cyber insurance claims spike amid ransomware, funds transfer fraud, BEC attacks Cyber insurance claims frequency increased by 12% in the first half of 2023 while claims severity increased by 42% with an average loss amount of more than $115,000. By Michael Hill Sep 20, 2023 3 mins Insurance Industry Risk Management Podcasts Videos Resources Events SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe