DNS hack attack mutilates multiple Web sites
When I first heard that The Register, a popular United Kingdom, technology news site had been hacked, I was doubtful that the site itself had actually been cracked. The first headline I saw read, The...
View ArticleBrands Block Their Names From .xxx Domain Use
name blame Posted by Mark J. Miller on September 9, 2011 04:02 PM Whether you are looking for or trying to avoid pornographic material on the Internet, the .xxx domain name that’ll kick off publicly...
View ArticleCyber-Scammers Exploit Typing Errors to Intercept Email, Phish Details
Typosquatting is a widespread problem on the Web, as scammers register domains similar to popular Websites to trick users who accidentally mistype a domain name. Several recent Web security studies...
View ArticleHotmail Crash Blamed On System Update Error
(click image for larger view and forslideshow) Microsoft was in the process of updating a network traffic load balancing tool when its Hotmail service became inaccessible to thousands of users...
View ArticleTea Party Name Affixed to Canadian Rockers
There’s no hotter name in politics right now than the Tea Party. But anyone seized with a desire for smaller government who visits teaparty.com won’t find angry activists in tricorn hats spouting...
View ArticleNew domain name system could draw threat to trademarks
Right now there are about two dozen generic top-level domain names in existence, with dot-com and dot-org among the more common. In January 2012, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers...
View ArticleDomain name the first hint of Garagiola’s political plans
Sen. Robert J. Garagiola (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) Facebook Follow @washtimes Maryland Senate Majority Leader Robert J. Garagiola will formally announce Tuesday that he is running for Congress, but...
View ArticleHow Occupy Duluth got here
June Canadian magazine “Adbusters” registers the domain name occupywallstreet.org” and by July makes a pitch in the anti-consumerism magazine calling for a peaceful demonstration at Wall Street in New...
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