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Microsoft brings down Rustock spam botnet
The notorious Rustock botnet was finally shut down on Thursday last week in a takedown operation involving Microsoft ( NASDAQ: MSFT ), industry partners and federal law enforcement agents. According to
Pirate Bay says it will create new P2P DNS system
Unhappy with the current state of the DNS (Domain Name System) system, the team behind The Pirate Bay have thrown down the gauntlet and announced plans for the creation of an alternative DNS system
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
