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A denial-of-service attack against Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Web sites continues, with the broadcaster suggesting it could be the work of the Belarus government.
For years, domain squatters have exploited an ICANN loophole: whenever a domain name is registered, ICANN collects a 20-cent fee from the registrar. On April 17 ICANN's Generic Names Supporting Organization voted to make the 20-cent fee non-refundable.
Cyber attacks are being waged in increasing numbers, and although not as common right now as attacks for financial gain, political attacks can threaten a country's national security.
Microsoft has developed a small plug-in device that investigators can use to quickly extract forensic data from computers that may have been used in crimes, as well as cybercrime.
LendingTree LLC, an online mortgage unit of IAC/InterActiveCorp, has reported a data breach in which former employees gave mortgage lenders access to confidential customer records.
Despite overall economic woes, the online retail sector just keeps growing. A report this month found online sales grew 21% to $175 billion last year, and forecasts a 17% growth this year, to $204 billion.
One Tennessee representative is pushing a bill that would collect taxes on digital media sales, including download of music, movies, TV programs, ringtones and electronic books.
Canadian Internet Registration Authority celebrated its one-millionth domain name registration, and announced the implementation of a new "whois" policy that will better protect users’ privacy.
On social networking sites, many users don’t realize that the downloading of an “application” allows developers access to almost everything on a profile.
On Monday, I will be on a panel with Randy Skoglund, Executive Director of Americans for Technology Leadership and Peter Swire, Senior Fellow of the Center for American Progress discussing "Is the Internet Invading Our Privacy?"
The discussion will focus on Internet privacy and online profiling. We’ll look at how the industry is addressing these concerns, what people can do to protect themselves and other steps needed to protect the consumer.
It’s being held at 121 Cannon House Office Building from 2:00pm - 3:00pm.
-- Steve DelBianco
Chinese security officials remain worried hackers will strike Chinese computer systems while the Olympic Games are being held in Beijing.
Internet users are being warned of a phishing scam using the American Red Cross brand asking for donations to help the people in Romania.
Canada's online sales soared to 62.7 billion dollars in 2007, a growth of 26 percent from the year 2006. This is the sixth consecutive year that Canada's online sales have increased at a double-digit pace.
The Hannah Montana bill has finally passed both houses in the Minnesota legislature. The bill was designed to help the general public be able to purchase event tickets without having to worry as much about them selling out quick or costing a fortune.
The Minnesota legislature approved the Hannah Montana bill this week. The bill makes it a misdemeanor to use, own or sells computer programs that enable vendors to grab up blocks of tickets before the public can.
China's booming population of Internet users has soared to 221 million, tying the United Statesfor the largest number of people online.
Texas’s Attorney General spoke about the importance of cyber security. Laws and aggressive prosecution, in addition to Internet security features, may help with the relatively new field of cyber crime; ultimately it's up to the individual user.
The FBI and some members of Congress want Internet service providers to be legally required to keep records of their users' activities for later review. They hope that this mandatory data retention would be useful in catching child pornographers.
Hackers had launched some low-intensity attacks against CNN’s website last week. Visitors to the site experienced a noticeable slowdown during the early hours of Sunday and Monday.
The FCC decided there's no need for new regulation of the Internet after conducting two hearings on "network management."
Missouri state legislator Roy Salva is looking to pass new legislation that would make it illegal to scalp tickets. Salca blames brokers for the ticket crisis, who he believes snap up inordinate numbers of tickets, drive up the prices and gauge consumers.
PayPal is working on preventing phishers by blocking older browsers or browsers with no anti-phishing features from accessing their website.
One year since the cyber attacks paralyzed networks of Estonian, the Baltic nation is not losing sleep over the growing threat third-millennium warfare poses, and has been focusing on preparedness for future attacks.
During the recent writers strike, the Writers Guild of America found that when your employers are the same companies that control the media, it’s hard to get your message out. Writers are pushing for legislation to guarantee the Internet's status as an open forum for communication.
Sixteen years after the superpower's collapse, Web sites ending in the Soviet ".su" domain name have been rising — registrations increased 45 percent this year alone.
Proposed legislation is back this year in the state Legislature that would require dating Web sites to do criminal background checks or alert their paying customers that they don't. Rep. Kevin Ambler's legislation has failed every year since 2005, and it's prospects for passage this year remain uncertain.
Illinois senators are attempting to make cyber-bulling a crime. A bill introduced to Illinois’s House defines cyber bullying as creating or maintaining a Web page with third-party access that "communicates a threat of immediate or future bodily harm, sexual assault, confinement, or restraint."
According to Radware, iPhone's firmware is open to denial of service (DoS) attacks that causes the handset's memory allocation pool to overflow and allow remote access.
A divided Federal Communications Commission grappled further with the issue of "Net neutrality," how to relieve increasing online congestion, and disagreeing sharply over whether government regulations are needed.
