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ICANN says hijacking attack due to breach at their registrar: ICANN says hijacking attack due to breach at their registrarSo...It figures... It almost always has to be something simple and stupid. Oh well. I hope they learned from it.; Tags: registrar, ICANN; Discussion threads 2008-07-09
ICANN says hijacking attack due to breach at their registrar: As we commented on, ICANN, the group that manages top-level domain TLD naming systems for the web, recently had several of its domains hijacked by a Turkish hacking group. ICANN has now commented that the hijacking was due to a security breach at the registrar that manages those URLs. From...; Tags: Registrar, ICANN, Attack, Security, Nathan McFeters; Blog posts 2008-07-08
ICANN says registrar was hacked: ICANN says registrar was hackedWhich registrar?I would bet Network Solutions. But I could be wrong.; Tags: registrar, ICANN; Discussion threads 2008-07-08
ICANN says registrar was hacked: Two weeks after ICANN's own domains were hijacked by Turkish hackers, the International Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers says it was its registrar -- not ICANN's servers themselves -- that were attacked. On June 26, a number of ICANN sites popped up with this message: ...; Tags: Registrar, ICANN, Attack, Security, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-07-08
Can fighting registrars win the spam wars?: Shouldn't every registrar have at least a street address on file and freely available through ICANN? And shouldn't ICANN have a complete list of registrar addresses online? by Dana Blankenhorn; Tags: Registrar, ICANN, Knujon, Hostgator, Cyberthreats, Spam, Internet, Security, Spam And Phishing, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-06-10

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
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

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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
Spammers announce World War III with spam emails packing malicious payloads: Update: Dancho Danchev informed that this actually relates back to his article on from last week. Apparently I reposted with less information than the original, so I apologize to Dancho for that. Guess that's what I get for poking my nose into the malware realm. Dancho informed...; Tags: Spammer, Video, Iran, Corporate Communications, Media Players, E-mail, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Security, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Nathan McFeters; Blog posts 2008-07-14
News to know: iPhone; DNS patch; Online privacy; VMware; Vista: Notable headlines: Tom Steinert-Threlkeld: A Modest Privacy Proposal Richard Koman: Congress looks at next-gen ad networks Techmeme: iPhone reviews Matthew Miller: MSM Apple iPhone reviews are up and may just have saved me some cash ...; Tags: Apple iPhone, DNS, Online Privacy, Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Inc., VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., HP iPAQ 910, 3G, Domain Names, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Networking, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Internet, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-07-09
Should free broadband be neutral?: Should free broadband be neutral?It should remain free or it shall be replacedIt should remain free, but most likely greed will prevent this for some time. Smutty content like spam should be penalized but not taxed.Telcos would love to profit by regulating bandwidth. Now this is not what capitalism...; Tags: Taxes, Government, Network technology, Broadband Internet, Federal government, Socialism, broadband, tax, Internet, FCC; Discussion threads 2008-07-09
News to know: Phishing; Gates gone; Google; Hyper-V: Notable headlines: Dancho Danchev: HSBC sites vulnerable to XSS flaws, could aid phishing attacks TechRepublic: Most report their IT career has been better than they expected Mary Jo Foley: J Allard gets a new job Mystery explained: Why...; Tags: Google Inc., Information Technology, Bill Gates, Microsoft Corp., Phishing, Cyberthreats, Leadership, Strategy, Open Source, Security, Spam And Phishing, Management, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-06-30
'.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
'.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
News to know: ICANN hacked; IE flaw; OpenSuse 11; Hyper-V; iPhone 3G: Notable headlines: Ryan Naraine: Zero-day flaw haunts Internet Explorer Tech heavyweights launch security response consortium ICANN and IANA's domains hijacked by Turkish hacking group Security researchers hack the London underground train for free ride Matthew...; Tags: Apple iPhone, ICANN, Novell OpenSuse, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Flaw, 3G, Cellular Phones, Healthcare, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, David Grober; Blog posts 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
News to know: Oracle's Q4; Bill Gates' last day; Sticking with XP: Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: Yahoo silent on latest rumors of renewed Microsoft talks Dennis Howlett: Oracle's Q4 results analysis RightScale cloud management extends to MySQL Bill Gates: Hits and misses [Video] More...; Tags: Oracle Corp., Microsoft Windows XP, Mary Jo Foley, Bill Gates, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Corporate Communications, 3G, Open Source, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Marketing, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, David Grober; Blog posts 2008-06-26