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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

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

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

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

Visual IP Trace 2008 (exe)

Visual IP Trace helps identify hackers, validate websites, and investigate IP addresses. Trace analysis reports provide detailed information including the estimated physical location, network provider and worldwide whois information. The analysis reports enable users to verify a website prior to submitting confidential information, trace a hacker or suspect to their...

Tags: IP, Whois, Analysis, Visualware, Networking

Software downloads 2008-07-02

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

ICANN to OK custom TLDs

ICANN to OK custom TLDsWho cares about URLsI don't bother remembering URLs, I just ask Google or whatever search machine I prefer on the day. It's less typing and forgiving of my typos.Doubt about ImpactThere continue to be so many people that expect to put a .com at the end,...

Tags: ICANN, TLD

Discussion threads 2008-06-25

ICANN to OK custom TLDs

ICANN will dramatically expand the world of top-level domains by essentially letting companies and organizations buy their own TLDs, the Journal reports. As the article points out, .ibm and .ebay make handy TLDs, as do .nyc, .sf, and .aclu. it's not just for anyone though – it...

Tags: ICANN, Internet, Real Estate, Business Operations, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-06-25

NetStat Agent (exe)

A TCP/IP troubleshooting tool for monitoring your Internet connections. It displays all active TCP and UDP connections on your computer, country for all remote IP, ports on which the computer is listening, the state of that connections and the owning process. Under WinXP, you can get more information about process...

Tags: HTTP, Whois, Connection, Flexbyte Software, NetStat Agent, Productivity, Tcp/Ip, Networking

Software downloads 2008-06-20