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• Domain Registrars Are the Weak Link of DNSSEC

  The technique known as Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC), a suite of Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) specifications for securing certain kinds of information provided by the Domain Name System (DNS), is being implemented globally to p...

• Troyak and the Battle for Zeus

  Here is the good news: Despite its name, the ZeuS botnet is not immortal nor perched on Mount Olympus. But it is one of the stealthiest forms of organized cybercrime operation and malware distribution ever. It is an irony the movie, Clash of the Titans, ...

• Lies, Damned Lies & Cybercrime Statistics

   Reports on some aspect or other of cybercrime are highlighted in the press and in dozens of blogs on a daily basis. Whether it is phishing, botnets, or ID theft, what is the truth behind the numbers? Where are the real figures? You may be forgiven ...

• Study Nails Extent of Insecure Software

   What percentage of commercial software would you estimate to be secure? 90 percent... higher? It must be safe if it's being sold commercially, whether for enterprise or consumer applications, right? The actual percentage may shock you. Only 42 perc...

• Weighing Microsoft's Role in Takedown of Waledac Botnet

   News of Microsoft Corp.'s recent legal action resulting in the “takedown” of the infamous Waledac botnet reveals a divided security industry and provides a confusing message for many observers, who are really missing the point. Last wee...

• Stopping Child Sex Trafficking & Abuse on the Web

  With more than 31 million images and videos in the form of “child sexual abuse content” on the Internet, nations are trying not only to eliminate the cyber criminal providers, but also to identify and, where possible, rescue the child victims....

• ICANN & Its 'Whois' Black Hole

  Of the 100 million top-level domains (TLDs) on the Web, only 23 percent of the registrants are contactable, provided full contact information, with the domain linking to the correct Web address, according to new research. Commissioned by the Internet C...