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Domain Name: The term may refer to any type of domain within the computer field, since there are several types of domains see domain. However, today, it often refers to the...; Full Domain Name Definition >>

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ICANN and IANA's domains hijacked by Turkish hacking group: What happens when the official domain names of the organizations that issue the domain names in general, and provide all the practical guidance on how the prevent DNS hijacking, end up having their own domain names hijacked? A wake up call for the Internet community. The official...; Tags: Hacking, DNS, ICANN, Domain, Domain Name, Internet Assigned Numbers Authority, Domain Names, Internet, Networking, Dancho Danchev; Blog posts 2008-06-26
Top ten worst spam registrars notified by ICANN: In a reponse to the recently released cluster analysis of the top 10 worst domain registrars in terms of spam and junk content hosting domains, the ICANN has taken steps to approach the non-compliant registrars : More than half of those registrars named had already been contacted by ICANN...; Tags: Registrar, ICANN, Domain, Domain Name, Domain Names, Internet, Dancho Danchev; Blog posts 2008-05-26
Foreign-character domain names are coming, ICANN says: By November the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ICANN will begin instituting foreign characters in domain addresses, but for now it's still working on the details, reports the Associated Press.Currently, addresses can have some foreign letters and are limited to characters: a-z, 0-9 and the hyphen. There are...; Tags: International; Blog posts 2007-07-04
At Internet meeting, conflict over use of non-Western charcters in domains: Want conflict? Just throw international representatives in a room together and ask them to come up with rules and protocols to control the Internet for years to come? That would be the first Internet Governance Forum, opening in Athens today. The conflict is over the use of non-Western characters and...; Tags: Domain names, ICANN, Vint Cerf, Internet, domain name; Blog posts 2006-10-30
ICANN told to clamp down on dodgy domain names: ICANN told to clamp down on dodgy domain namesIt gives me warm *fuzzies*knowing how secure everything is after these few years we have spent without the towers. After the realization of how prevalent ID theft is and how vulnerable or software industry is overall. I would like...; Tags: Domain names, ICANN, domain, domain name, registrar, Whois; Discussion threads 2005-12-07

First spammers. Now slammers? Registrar says new ICANN rules makes domains easier to hijack: Network Solutions is advising its clients that a rule change at ICANN will leave domain names open to fraudulent transfers. In an e-mail sent to its clients, the domain registrar says the new policy is reminiscent of the days that shady long distance providers could switch a household's long distance service by calling a...; Tags: domain name; Blog posts 2004-09-10

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A Friday Active Directory puzzler: We just purchased a new server for our district's central office. Nothing super-special, just a Windows Server 2003 for compatibility with a payroll and HRM application install with lots of storage and a moderately speedy quad-core Xeon. The existing server is out of space, out of resources, recently...; Tags: Domain, User Profile, Servers, Hardware, Christopher Dawson; Blog posts 2008-07-25
Click fraud in 2nd quarter of 2008 more sophisticated, botnets to blame: Whereas the overall click fraud rate isn't increasing, it's not decreasing either, remaining flat for the first two quarters of 2008, according to data gathered from the Click Fraud Network, consisting of more than 4,000 online advertisers and agencies. Click Forensics report for the second quarter of 2008, indicates that...; Tags: Click Fraud, RK West, Dancho Danchev; Blog posts 2008-07-25
|)ruid and HD Moore release part 2 of DNS exploit: [Updated 07/24/2008: Gallery images of diffs of code revisions has been included and will be updated as things change, see here.] Earlier today, noted researchers |)ruid and HD Moore released exploit code for the Metasploit tool for attacking the DNS flaw that was originally reported by Dan...; Tags: DNS, Domain, Server, Entry, Exploit, NS, NS Record, Domain Names, Networking, Internet, Nathan McFeters; Blog posts 2008-07-23
Attack code published for DNS flaw: The urgency to patch Dan Kaminsky's DNS cache poisoning vulnerability just went up a few notches. Exploit code for the flaw, which allows the insertion of malicious DNS records into the cache of the target nameserver, has been added to Metasploit, a freely distributed attack/pen-testing tool....; Tags: Ryan Naraine; Blog posts 2008-07-23
iPhone vulnerable to phishing, spamming flaws: Security researcher Aviv Raff left has discovered a pair of basic design flaws that could turn your iPhone into easy bait for malicious phishing and spamming attacks. According to an advisory from Raff, the iPhone's Mail and Safari applications are susceptible to a URL Spoofing vulnerability which...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Safari, Vulnerability, Spamming, Flaw, Aviv Raff, Phishing, Spam, Security, Spam And Phishing, Ryan Naraine; Blog posts 2008-07-23
How to lose customers by not even trying: How to lose customers by not even tryingSpot onThere is nothing more infuriating than trying to use a site that has been designed for a single specific browser that isn't yours.I truly appreciate how difficult it can be to get sites working consistently across all browsers. But it is surely...; Tags: Web site development, Web technology, Web browsers, Hertz Corp., Web site, Web browser; Discussion threads 2008-07-23
75% of online banking sites found vulnerable to security design flaws: In a paper entitled "Analyzing Web sites for user-visible security design flaws" to be published at the Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security meeting at Carnegie Mellon University July 25, Atul Prakash and two of his doctoral students examined 214 financial institutions in 2006, finding that over 75% of all...; Tags: Bank, Online Banking, Flaw, Security, Financial Services, Dancho Danchev; Blog posts 2008-07-23
Georgia President's web site under DDoS attack from Russian hackers: From Russia with political love? It appears so according to a deeper analysis of the command and control servers used by the attackers. During the weekend, Georgia President's web site was under a distributed denial of service attack which managed to take it offline for a couple of hours. The...; Tags: Web, Russia, Server, Web Site, Hacker, Distributed Denial Of Service, Georgia, Attack, Russian, Shadowserver, C&C, C&C Server, Web Site Development, Security, Internet, Dancho Danchev; Blog posts 2008-07-22
Has Halvar figured out super-secret DNS vulnerability?: Has Halvar figured out super-secret DNS vulnerability?Good Lord!Whatever does happen, this has been fun to read about.in summaryHalvar's approach is to play a game in which you win with a low probability. If you are able to win the race with the authoritative server and guess one TXID, you...; Tags: Games, Domain names, Halvar, TXID, game, DNS; Discussion threads 2008-07-21
Has Halvar figured out super-secret DNS vulnerability?: [ UPDATE:Â Kaminsky has all but confirmed that, yes, the cat is out of the bag ] It looks very much like the nitty gritty of Dan Kaminsky's super-secret -- and heavily hyped -- DNS cache poisoning vulnerability has been figured out by reverse engineering guru Halvar...; Tags: DNS, Vulnerability, Server, Referral, Mallory, Domain Names, Networking, Security, Internet, Ryan Naraine; Blog posts 2008-07-21
Kaspersky's Malaysian site hacked by Turkish hacker: Kaspersky's Malaysian site hacked by Turkish hackerHackers Gone Wild?Hey - you beat me to the story - but I've been working on a piece on these guys as well. There is a very nationalistic thread through all the hacks they've done, whether it's the NeTDevilz, or the AyYildiz Team....; Tags: SECURITY, Malaysian site, Kaspersky, Turkish Hacker, Turkish; Discussion threads 2008-07-21
Kaspersky's Malaysian site hacked by Turkish hacker: According to Zone-h.org, Kaspersky's Malaysian site has been defaced by a Turkish hacker during the weekend, through a SQL injection, leaving the following message - "hacked by m0sted And Amen Kaspersky Shop Hax0red No War Turkish Hacker Thanx to Terrorist Crew all team members". "The official Malaysian Kaspersky Antivirus's...; Tags: Web, Malware, Web Site, Site, Hacker, Kaspersky, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Security, Viruses And Worms, Internet, Dancho Danchev; Blog posts 2008-07-21
iCrash: Buggy apps tarnish iPhone 2.0 appeal: iCrash: Buggy apps tarnish iPhone 2.0 appealBut stability is supposed to be iPhone's strong suit?Hmm, guess not! A big "I told you so" to all those who made fun of WM's theoretical lack of stability even though mine have all worked flawlessly.[i]If you don’t have an Apple account you have...; Tags: Sales channel, Digital music, Apple iPhone, iPhone 2.0 appeal, iCrash, Buggy app, iPhone 2.0, Apple Inc.; Discussion threads 2008-07-21
DIRECTV: Well HERE's Your Problem, Ma'am...: Shortly after I posted my diatribe on my problems with my DIRECTV HD receivers and the company's horrible customer service, I was contacted by Stuart Sweet, a moderator on a popular Satellite TV forums site, DBSTalk. Apparently, my post had created quite a stirÂ and I was asked to register...; Tags: Digital Video Recorder, DirecTV, Satellite, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Jason Perlow; Blog posts 2008-07-20