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53 indicted in massive phishing plot

The FBI broke up a massive phishing scam last week, indicting 53 people in the United States in connection with a plot that victimized thousands of customers at two major U.S. banks. Another 47... Read more...

Companies to pay a bundle for new domain names

The world of domain names is expanding, and in a short time, you'll be able to buy a domain name and have exclusive use of it. Companies like IBM and HP will shell out lots of money to get suffixes... Read more...

Accused domain thief could face jail time

In a case that is the first of its kind, a man accused of stealing a domain name could face jail time. The heart of this case is the alleged illegal transfer of the "P2P.com" domain name by Daniel... Read more...

The dot-com world is about to explode

You've gotten pretty used to dot-com, dot-net and dot-gov. But your world is about to change in cyberspace with web addresses ending in far different worlds. And that change could turn your business... Read more...

Recession hurts web address growth

The economic downturn is being felt in all sectors, including domain names. Domain registrar VeriSign's said 10.1 million new web addresses were registered in the fourth quarter. That figure may... Read more...

DNS cache poisoning spotted at China Netcom

China Netcom (CNC), one of China's largest Internet service providers (ISP), had the cache of its primary DNS server poisoned to redirect certain common typos to a malicious site. Now, it is... Read more...

Domain name explosion

international organization that controls Internet addresses has agreed by next spring to allow companies,individuals and coalitions to create their own designations, or as the Los Angeles Times... Read more...