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McAfee: .gov sites are safest

McAfee: .gov sites are safestThe government sites are the safest becasue they need and have securityThe government sites are this way because they must be secure. The largest number of attempted attacks happen to government sites, for many reasons. Therefore the government has to spend a lot of time and...

Tags: Government, Domain names, OPEN SOURCE, mil, government site, OSX, Apache Software Foundation, gov site, McAfee Inc., gov domain name

Discussion threads 2007-03-12

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Did Yahoo provide Iran with names of 200,000 users?

disgracefulthis is certainly one of the more irresponsible actions on behalf of a corporation in modern times. Why is it that these media centric .com's .. grouping in Google noting some of their more recent activity seem to lack the controls, privacy and humanitarian fibre that their more traditional bricks...

Tags: Government, Blogging, Yahoo! brand, Yahoo! Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-10-09

Protest of Swedish domain name rules grows

Nice intent, bad ideaWhat happens when someone's personal, or company's name is Bank, Banker, Banks or some variation on the word?What if I'm trying to start an environmental management site for sustainable fishing called, "The Georges Banks"? Or my new bar and grill, "The Iowa River Bank"?Crazy ideaIf only...

Tags: Financial services, bank, domain name

Discussion threads 2009-09-25

Typo'd Google domains in Top 10 malware exploit sites

Misspelled versions of two popular Google services are among the Top 10 sites hosting exploits for use in drive-by malware download attacks. On the heels of two massive drive-by attacks -- ten of thousands of hijacked sites launching attacks via the browser -- Google released a list...

Tags: Google Inc., Domain, Malware, Site, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2009-06-04

News to know: Wolfram Alpha; iPhone developers; Windows 7; Cyberwar

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: Wolfram Alpha: 'A new paradigm for using computers and the web' Nova Spivak: Wolfram Alpha is Coming â€" and It Could be as...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Developer, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-03-09

US proposes DNS fix: digital signatures

The Commerce Department is considering deploying digital signatures to make DNS less susceptible to hacking, ComputerWorld reports. Under the proposal, DNS records would be signed by DNSSEC Domain Name and Addressing System Security Extensions. There have been some commitments to the system for the following top-level domains:...

Tags: Digital Signature, DNS, ICANN, Domain Names, Digital Signatures, Authentication/Encryption, Networking, Security, Internet, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-10-10

Who’s Dumber: Bad Guys … Or Good Guys?

In the old cowboy movies, the black hats were villains that created mayhem, until the white hats came along and ended their reigns of fear. Now, we have the spectacle of good guys seemingly educating the bad guys on how to exploit flaws or processes of the Internet, that...

Tags: Hat, Flaw, Internet, Social Security, BGP, Operational Accounting, Government, Networking, Finance, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2008-08-27

Coordinated Russia vs Georgia cyber attack in progress

In the wake of the Russian-Georgian conflict, a week worth of speculations around Russian Internet forums have finally materialized into a coordinated cyber attack against Georgia's Internet infrastructure. The attacks have already managed to compromise several government web sites, with continuing DDoS attacks against numerous other Georgian government sites, prompting...

Tags: Web, Russia, Web Site, Site, Cyberattack, Distributed Denial Of Service, Georgia, Attack, Alania TV, RIA Novosti, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Security, Internet, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-08-11

'.wow': ICANN to allow almost any domain suffix

'.wow': ICANN to allow almost any domain suffixDangerous ground[i]However, Twomey told Agence France-Press that the organization will still try to block or reject any domain name that it deems inappropriate for security or [b]moral[/b] reasons.[/i]And just what morality standards will they be using?Personally, It wouldn't bother me if all porn...

Tags: INTERNET, SECURITY, ICANN, domain suffix, IPCC

Discussion threads 2008-06-27

Memo to Microsoft: Put up or shut up on patent claims

Memo to Microsoft: Put up or shut up on patent claimsGlass houses...MS knows their code contains infringed upon IP. They aren't going to open a can of worms that would require them to open source their OS under one of the GPL's.Open source has nothing to worry about.Just close you're...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Network technology, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., patent claim, Put Up, IP

Discussion threads 2008-05-21

Phishing education eludes Net users; Can reverse DNS zap phishers and spam?

Phishing education eludes Net users; Can reverse DNS zap phishers and spam?SenderID and SPF works a lot better since not everyone controls their ownSenderID and SPF works a lot better since not everyone controls their own reverse DNS. Setting up a regular forward DNS is trivial; setting up reverse...

Tags: Cyberthreats, Spam, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, E-mail, DomainKeys, rDNS, reverse-DNS, phishing, Phishing Education, SPF

Discussion threads 2007-10-10

It's over as SCO files for bankruptcy protection

It's over as SCO files for bankruptcy protectionTrusteeNo trustee in sight (yet.) SCOXQ has petitioned the Court to allow the present management to continue to operate the company without any outside trustee being appointed. This is apparently quite common in Chapter 11 cases; it's only in Chapter 7...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Litigation, His-Name, bankruptcy protection, SCO Group Inc., Novell Inc., bankruptcy

Discussion threads 2007-09-15

Google search not enough to locate taxpayer, court says

Google search not enough to locate taxpayer, court saysGoogle is not the proper tool for most jobsit's a convenience and a mostly accurate tool, but to use it in any important capacity, it would be interesting to see the government job description that calls for extensive knowledge in Googling a...

Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Government, Google Search, tax, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-06-06

Michigan man busted for stealing Wi-Fi signal; could have received five years

Michigan man busted for stealing Wi-Fi signal; could have received five yearsA stupid law....And I just finished writing to the MI legislature telling them so. http://www.legislature.mi.gov/(S(sz24fm45lefset55jmhr0o55))/mileg.aspx?page=CommentFormAnd I wrote:This is a dumb law and should be repealed. (http://www.legislature.mi.gov/(S(sz24fm45lefset55jmhr0o55))/mileg.aspx?page=getObject&objectName=mcl-752-795)I'm referring specifically to the case involving this guy: http://blogs.zdnet.com/ip-telephony/?p=1640If people don't...

Tags: Wireless LANs, NETWORKING, network, Wi-Fi, wireless, cafe

Discussion threads 2007-05-22

Sale of IRS.com stirs Congress into action on domain names

When Intersearch.com paid $12.5 million for the domain name irs.com ("Were not the Internal Revenue Service, were the #1 INDEPENDENT resource for tax information"), some in Congress had had enough. Hours after Intersearch president Daniel ODonnell rang the bell to start the trading day at the American Stock...

Tags: Web, IRS, Government technology

Blog posts 2007-04-17

Viacom v. YouTube represents a watershed moment in video policy

Viacom v. YouTube represents a watershed moment in video policyAdd a copyright statement to videos.Perhaps Viacom and other content providers should add a couple of bytes to each frame to indicate that a particular video is copyrighted and thus allow a service such as YouTube could then block the upload....

Tags: Web site development, Web technology, Corporate communications, video, YouTube Inc., User Submissions, Viacom Inc., Web site

Discussion threads 2007-03-14

Cisco lost rights to iPhone trademark last year, experts say

Cisco lost rights to iPhone trademark last year, experts sayWell now...Ain't that special. Maybe the system does work after all. I've always said Patent Hording is no better than domain hording, and should not be allowed."An investigation into the ongoing trademark dispute between Cisco and Apple over the...

Tags: Cisco Systems Inc., Apple iPhone, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-01-12

Apple to Cisco: Suit is "silly"

Apple to Cisco: Suit is "silly"Ciscos' wrongObviously you don't understand US trademarks. If you don't use it, you loose it! Cisco's lame attempt to use it right before the announcement of Apple's iPhone, when they knew Apple desires/intentions, is just lame and the courts will recognize that. ...

Tags: Ciscos, Cisco Systems Inc., Apple iPhone, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-01-12

Spammer explains how I got spammed (but I'm not buying it)

Spammer explains how I got spammed (but I'm not buying it)Requiring diclosing source of email as effective enforcement?I am interested in the fact that companies cannot tell you where they get your email from. May be, just may be this is the key to enforcing antispam law: If...

Tags: Cyberthreats, e-mail address, spammer, spam, e-mail

Discussion threads 2006-08-15

ReallyReady.org - a better DHS site

Carolyn O'Hara, writing on Foreign Policy's Passport, points to a nifty experiment in corrective web design. The Federation of American Scientists, unhappy with the "inadequate" redesign of the Department of Homeland Security's Ready.gov site, released an alternative site ReallyReady.org - same information, better writing, presentation and ease of...

Tags: U.S. Department of Homeland Security, chemical attack

Blog posts 2006-08-08