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- Domain
- (1) In a LAN, a subnetwork made up of a group of clients and servers under the control of one security database. Dividing LANs into domains improves performance and...
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- |)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
- Top US domains in May 2008
- Rank Website Market Share 1. www.google.com 5.78% 2. mail.yahoo.com 5.09% 3. www.myspace.com 4.76% 4. www.yahoo.com 4.04% 5. mail.live.com 2.35% 6. www.ebay.com 1.75% 7. search.yahoo.com 1.64% 8. www.msn.com 1.25% 9. www.facebook.com 1.06% ...
- Tags: Hitwise, Domain, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Internet, NB
- Blog posts 2008-07-16
- FFTToy (exe)
- FFTToy was developed to enable practitioners to quickly examine and filter signals. In addition, with FFTToy you can simply generate artificial vectors comprised of sine waves and then use those vectors to test your FFT filter. The tool computes a multiplication in the Fourier domain using the FFT coefficient vector...
- Tags: Vector, Domain, Filter, FastNeuron, Productivity
- Software downloads 2008-07-08
- Sony PlayStation's site SQL injected, redirecting to rogue security software
- The latest high trafficked web site to fall victim into the continuing waves of massive SQL injection attacks courtesy of copycats and the ASProx botnet, is Sony's PlayStation U.S site according to a recent post at SophosLabs's blog : "Researchers at IT security firm Sophos have warned lovers of...
- Tags: Sony Corp., Domain, SQL, Sony Playstation, SQL Injection, Hacker, Programming Languages, Game Players, Databases, Security, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-07-02
- Exploit code released for unpatched IE 7 vulnerability
- Another day, another gaping hole affecting fully patched versions of Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser. According to a warning from US-CERT, proof-of-concept exploit code has been published for a new zero-day bug that can be used for a variety of malicious attacks against Windows users running IE 6,...
- Tags: Attacker, Vulnerability, Frame, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, Domain, Exploit Code, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web Page, Web Browsers, Internet, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-06-30
- Top domains by time spent browsing per month in UK in March 2008
- Domain Company Total Total Total 2:24:58 facebook.com Facebook 1:44:47 three.co.uk Hutchison Whampoa Limited 1:30:51 sky.com British Sky Broadcasting Group 1:15:28 live.com Microsoft Corporation 1:11:06 bbc.co.uk BBC 0:48:10 Source: mMetrics by NB
- Tags: Domain, British Sky Broadcasting Group Plc., NB
- Blog posts 2008-06-29
- Top domains by time spent browsing per month in United States in March 2008
- Domain Company Total Total Total 4:37:48 craigslist.org Craigslist 1:38:51 ebay.com eBay Inc. 1:25:41 myspace.com News Corporation 1:25:13 facebook.com TheFacebook 1:24:09 go.com The Walt Disney Company 1:07:04 Source: mMetrics by NB
- Tags: Craigslist, Domain, NB
- Blog posts 2008-06-28
- '.wow': ICANN to allow almost any domain suffix
- The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers has accepted a proposal allowing companies, cities and others to use almost any suffix they want for a web address. At its meeting in Paris, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ICANN, a not-for-profit organization that...
- Tags: Web, ICANN, Domain, Suffix, Web Site, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Channel Management, Internet, Marketing, Marguerite Reardon, domain names, cybersquatter
- News items 2008-06-27
- ICANN and IANA's domains hijacked by Turkish hacking group
- ICANN and IANA's domains hijacked by Turkish hacking groupWindows is to blameI hear that the Internet is basically run on Windows servers so it is hardly surprising that this happened. If ICANN would only switch to OS X I'm sure that no hacker would ever be able to break in.As...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, SECURITY, Domain names, ICANN, IANA, hacking group, Turkish, hacker, hacking, IP, domain
- Discussion threads 2008-06-26
- 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
- More .cn domains registered than .net
- VeriSign found that “.cn” overtook “.net” sometime in Q1 2008. ‘.cn’ registrations grew 23% from Q4 2007 and were triple those in Q1 2007. The organization that runs Germany’s “.de” domain pegged “.cn” registrations at 11.8 mln and “.net” at 11.6 mln as of May 2008. The number of Internet...
- Tags: Registration, VeriSign Inc., Domain, .Net, Application Servers, Middleware, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software, AM
- Blog posts 2008-06-19
- Is it really about .Me or Montenegro?
- The land rush for the .Me domain is underway and the usual domain name shenanigans are here--especially with speculation that Apple is hoarding these digital monikers to rebrand its .Mac service. This speculation perked up earlier this month. Jason O'Grady tried to land a few Apple.me-ish domains...
- Tags: Yugoslavia, Domain, Independence, Apple Inc., Domain Name, Montenegro, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-06-09
- Domain Name Crawler (exe)
- Find your dream domain with Reg2c Domain Name Crawler. Reg2c Domain Name Crawler creates domains for you. List all the words you would like to have in your domains and use advanced or simple words features see all possibilities and combinations just in seconds. This version is the first release...
- Tags: Domain, Domain Name, Reg2c Internet Services, Reg2c Domain Name Crawler
- Software downloads 2008-06-03
- Is Apple hording .me domains?
- Is Apple hording .me domains?RE: Is Apple hording .me domains?Wow, try checking your facts again. The .me landrush hasn't started yet. If Apple did apply for those names, which I assume they did, it's because they are following normal business practices for any corporation looking to protect their...
- Tags: Wtf, domain, pet, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-06-02
- Is Apple hording .me domains?
- Daring Fireball via Mac Rumors pointed out that Apple may have secured the domain Me.com in December of 2007, lending credence to the rumor that Apple my re-brand their Mac.com service as "Mobile Me" or some variant thereof. There are a couple of decent theories about Apple...
- Tags: Domain, Apple Inc., Domain Name, Domain Names, Internet, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-06-01
- ICANN warning against registrar impersonation phishing attacks
- How realistic is an attack that successfully hijacks a domain by social engineering the domain's registrar? Pretty realistic according to ICANN's recently released advisory on preventing Registrar Impersonation Phishing Attacks : In this Advisory, SSAC describes generic forms of this type of attack. We consider types and formats of...
- Tags: Registrar, ICANN, Domain, Social Engineering, Phishing, Cyberthreats, Spam, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-05-28
- 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
- Google hosting malware? Google says they were!
- Google isn't hosting malware anymore, but according to a tool they provide that lets you check up on any domain, their own google.com at one point was indeed hosting malware software that is installed on a users machine without their consent. After doing some digging, Tony Ruscoe found that...
- Tags: Google Inc., Domain, Malware, Hosting Malware, Viruses And Worms, Security, Garett Rogers
- Blog posts 2008-05-23
- Will the 3G iPhone support video calling and, if so, will anyone use it?
- Will the 3G iPhone support video calling and, if so, will anyone use it?Confusion between CS and PS domainsHeips Matthew, some confusion here?Are you refering to "Video Call" as a UDI service i.e. going over CS domain (as AMR/Speech calls). Aka UL:64/DL:64 kbit/s video call service using H.xxx applications. CS...
- Tags: Corporate communications, 3G, video, video call, domain
- Discussion threads 2008-05-23
- Google introducing Safe Browsing diagnostic to help owners of compromised sites
- Last week, Google's Niels Provos made an announcement regarding a newly introduced feature aiming to help owners of compromised sites in understanding the implications of the compromise, as well as the malicious events that took place when Google last indexed the site. From Google's Online Security Blog : We've...
- Tags: Google Inc., Domain, Malware, Site, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-05-22
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