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RSS domains in newsAnti-malware: Top of the list for Internet Explorer 8
News Cross Domain Requests is a more secure way for the browser to pull data from other domains; and Cross Domain Messaging is a more secure means for a browser to send a message across a domain. On Wednesday, Microsoft announced new security features... [03 Jul 2008]
Icann opens a can of worms
News The decision to allow custom top-level domains will be a "nightmare" for brand managers, analysts and lawyers have warned. On Thursday, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann) voted to allow - in addition to more traditional... [30 Jun 2008]
Warning: The Storm still rages on
News A number of nascent Storm hosting domains using fast-flux techniques to mask their URLs have been identified by the security company, which issued a warning this week. The security vendor claimed that these domains so far do not directly attempt to... [07 May 2008]
China hosting half of world's malicious sites
News June saw a spike in spam hosted on Chinese domains, when the figure rose from almost zero to 450 spam domains. China is host to almost half of the world's malware-infected websites. According to a report released by antivirus company Sophos, China... [04 Sep 2007]
Spam surge emanating from the Far East
News There has been a significant rise in the amount of spam originating from Chinese domains, according to the latest statistics from security vendor Symantec. During the month of July, the number of spam domains rose from virtually zero to around 450. [14 Aug 2007]
Anti-spam measures fail business test
News Real-time black listing, a reputation-based system that collects feedback from users to manage a black list of known spammer IP addresses and domains, was also found to be dissatisfying for businesses, with only 24 per cent saying they were "very... [20 Jul 2007]
dotMobi hands out free domains for cities
News The domains are expected to be used primarily by cities' tourism departments, and those taking up the offer will have to agree to put content onto the site and maintain it themselves. It has been available now for more than a year and almost 600... [11 Jul 2007]
Six-millionth dot-uk domain sold
News UK businesses setting up online are choosing dot-uk domains in preference to anonymous dot-com addresses, according to domain registry Nominet, which sold the six-millionth dot-uk domain last week to a Merseyside builder. [09 Jul 2007]
eBay cracks down on Romanian con artists
News The fraudsters would first have to guess the emails of the losing bidders - most commonly by combining their eBay username with popular webmail domains. Online auction site eBay has made public the details of a three-year-long campaign to curb... [28 Jun 2007]
Q&A: Kimmo Alkio, CEO, F-Secure
News Do you still think dot-bank domains are a good idea? Is this fair to say? Alkio: The public perception is that this industry may have become less active because three, four years ago there were these very high visibility public virus outbreaks. [01 Jun 2007]
Botnets beware: Nominet cleans up UK domains
News The dot-uk domain name registry has teamed up with university security experts to shield UK web users from abuse. Nominet - which administers dot-uk domain names - is collaborating with Oxford Brookes University to find methods to identify abuse of... [26 Apr 2007]
Visa primes dotMobi for contactless m-payments
News More than 450,000 domains have already been registered by companies and individuals, including the BBC and News International.dotMobi requires domain name owners to run sites that are optimised for viewing the internet over mobile devices in order... [29 Mar 2007]
Web 2.0 security warning for business
News Cross-site scripting (XSS) involves injecting malicious code into pages served by other domains. Security vendor Clearswift has advised companies to review or implement security policies and procedures around web 2.0 applications after a survey... [27 Mar 2007]
Dot-gov safest domain around, says McAfee
News The security company tested millions of websites in 265 top-level domains, representing more than 95 per cent of the trafficked web, it said. The most risky large country domains are Romania (dot-ro) and Russia (dot-ru), of which 5.6 per cent and... [13 Mar 2007]
Heroes and villains of the web named
News A statement from Ispa said: "Commissioner Viviane Reding and the European Commission received the award for foisting the most arcane set of rules yet seen for prior registration of dot-eu domains, requiring UK registered companies to submit legal... [16 Feb 2007]
