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Latest Conficker worm gets nastier
News Conficker.C blocks access to protective services, downloads a Trojan, and is programmed to seek out 50,000 domains on Apr. 1, as the authors of worm try to outsmart security vendors.
Tags: Viruses and worms, PC security, Microsoft Corp., Security, Worm, Domain, Sophos Plc., removable storage, Bitdefender, computer
Experts: Gumblar attack is alive, worse than Conficker
News Gumblar Web site compromise attack adds new domains, steals data and continues to propagate after infections are cleaned up, making it worse than Conficker, ScanSafe says.
Tags: Viruses and worms, ScanSafe, Malware, Security, Domain, Attack, removable storage, Password, computer, Microsoft Windows
Chinese domain names coming soon to S'pore
News Registration for .sg domain names based on Chinese characters to be accepted from Nov. 23, according to Singapore's national registrar.
Tags: Web sites, Domain names, Regulations, domain name registration, SGNIC, Domain Name, Web sites, Singapore, Japan, intellectual property
Apple plugs holes for domain spoofing, other attacks
News Security update for Mac OS X addresses 43 specific issues, including holes that could allow an attacker to take over the computer.
Tags: Network security, Security Management, Web sites, Apple Inc., Security, SSL, Web sites, Domain, Attack, Apple Mac OS X
Use RFC 2606 example domains for example e-mail
Techguide Example e-mail domains were created specifically for use in examples, so that people with real e-mail accounts that happen to coincide with your examples don't suffer the fallout of an unfortunate choice of example.
Tags: Security implementation/standards, Security Management, E-mail Address, Security, Domain Name, Domain, CompTIA, Chad Perrin, RFC, e-mail
Microsoft backtracks on free Office Live domains
News Software maker started charging new customers for domain renewals last year, but had told early customers domains would be registered for free "in perpetuity".
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Web services, Business, Data warehousing/business intelligence, Web servers, Microsoft Office OneNote 2003, Domain Name, Domain, Small Business, e-mail
Microsoft snaps up Office.com domain
News It could serve as a handy address for Microsoft's Web-based productivity suite, but the software maker isn't saying just how it will use the domain.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Business applications, Microsoft Windows Live, Domain, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, e-mail, Apple Safari, TechCrunch, Microsoft Office
EMC wins NetApp in Data Domain bidding war
News NetApp's proposed merger agreement with Data Domain was terminated after the former declined to raise its bid. EMC will now have the rights to acquire in US$2.1 billion deal.
Tags: Storage, Acquisitions, Domain, EMC Corp., financial benefit, CEO, analyst, merger, board of directors, Benefit
Set up split-brain DNS with Active Directory integrated zones
Techguide Learn how to configure conditional forwarding in Windows Server 2003 when a split-brain DNS setup is called for.
Tags: Domain names, Web servers, Domain Name, DNS Server, Domain, Environment, Server, DNS, Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Windows
EMC ups Data Domain bid as NetApp deal proceeds
News Even as NetApp receives clearance from U.S. authorities to buy Data Domain for US$1.9 billion, rival EMC ups stakes to US$2.1 billion.
Tags: Storage software, Storage, Acquisitions, Domain, non-GAAP, EMC Corp., GAAP, FTC, amortization, shareholder
Al Gore backs environmental top-level domain
News Al Gore and his philanthropic organization, the Alliance for Climate Protection, are supporting a group applying for the top-level domain .eco.
Tags: Domain names, Domain, ICANN, Al Gore, entrepreneur, partnership, Internet, Web Site, alliance, Web
EMC, NetApp compete to buy Data Domain
News Data storage giant EMC is attempting to thwart rival NetApp's bid to acquire Data Domain by making a bigger offer.
Tags: Storage, Acquisitions, Backup, Domain, Archiving, EMC Corp., Storage, De-duplication, Santa Clara, disk
NetApp buys Data Domain for US$1.5B
News NetApp says it plans to work Data Domain's de-duplication storage systems--which aim to cut costs and make data management easier--into its own global sales channel.
Tags: Mergers, Data Management, Data centers, Domain, non-GAAP, GAAP, Storage, De-duplication, Sales, net income
'Gumblar' Web attacks spreading quickly
News Malicious code known as "Gumblar" or "Troj/JSRedir-R", which infects Web sites, was first detected in March. Defying security experts' expectations, it is growing rapidly instead of dying out.
Tags: Viruses and worms, Adobe Systems Inc., ScanSafe, Security, Adobe Acrobat Reader, Domain, Sophos Plc., Google Inc., Attack, Adobe Acrobat
Kaspersky impressed by botnet slickness
News Cybersecurity expert Eugene Kaspersky says Conficker would have been nastier if the botnet had been motivated by more than just money.
Tags: Viruses and worms, Malware, Domain Name, Conference, Worm, Domain, AusCERT, Algorithm, ICANN, Ukraine
