[DNS] domain name news - 13 September

From: David Goldstein <david> Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2012 15:34:23 +1000 · This archive was generated by hypermail 2.3.0 : Sat Sep 09 2017 - 22:00:11 UTC

Don't forget to check out http://www.auda.org.au/domain-news/ for the archive of the last 3 months of the news. And see my website - http://GoldsteinReport.com/ - for daily updates in between postings.

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ITU's Toure: WCIT Talks Are Not About Internet Governance
http://www.bna.com/itus-toure-wcit-b17179869586/

Australian Internet Governance Forum To Help Shape Local Internet
http://www.domainpulse.com/2012/09/10/auigf-shape-local-internet/

au: Privacy laws a hot topic at Internet forum
http://www.itwire.com/it-policy-news/regulation/56581-privacy-laws-a-hot-topic-at-internet-forum

.au passes 2.5 million domain name registrations
http://ausregistry.com.au/news/au-passes-25-million-domain-name-registrations

.AU Passes 2.5 Million Registered Domains
http://www.domainpulse.com/2012/09/10/au-passes-2-5-million/

GoDaddy.com targets Australian small businesses with .au domain name launch
http://technologyspectator.com.au/godaddycom-targets-australian-small-businesses-au-domain-name-launch

Registries propose PKI-based new gTLD sunrises
http://domainincite.com/10439-registries-propose-pki-based-new-gtld-sunrises

Why Some Brands Stayed Out of First Dot-brand Auction
http://www.clickz.com/clickz/news/2204755/why-some-brands-stayed-out-of-first-dotbrand-auction

Secret ICANN briefing fuels IGO new gTLDs debate
http://domainincite.com/10383-secret-icann-briefing-fuels-igo-new-gtlds-debate

Cyber security strengthened at EU institutions following successful pilot scheme [news release]
http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/12/949

Go Daddy Scrambles to Bring Customer Sites Online After Massive Anonymous Attack
http://www.thewhir.com/web-hosting-news/go-daddy-scrambles-to-bring-customer-sites-online-after-massive-anonymous-attack

GoDaddy outage was caused by router snafu, not DDoS attack
http://arstechnica.com/security/2012/09/godaddy-outage-caused-by-router-snafu-not-ddos-attack/

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ITU's Toure: WCIT Talks Are Not About Internet Governance
An editor on our staff, David McAuley, was fortunate to obtain an interview last week with International Telecommunication Union Secretary-General Dr. Hamadoun I. Tour?. The U.S. government has hammered away at Tour? and the ITU all this year, accusing the international telecom body of using the upcoming World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT-12) talks in Dubai as a forum to wrest key internet governance functions away from the private sector (and the U.S. government). The accusations clearly rankled Tour?, who spoke at length about what WCIT is and is not about.
http://www.bna.com/itus-toure-wcit-b17179869586/

Join Global Advocates: Oppose Expanding ITU Authority to the Internet
Today, CDT is releasing a letter drafted and signed by an international group of NGOs calling on governments to reject expansion of ITU regulatory authority to the Internet. Addressed to member states and government delegations to the ITU conference, the letter also calls on governments to open their preparatory processes so that technical experts, academics, and human rights advocates may voice their concerns and ideas about the proposals, along with business and government entities.
https://www.cdt.org/blogs/ellery-biddle/0709global-advocates-oppose-expanding-itu-authority-internet

Internet under threat from ITU's global treaty review, report claims
IT consultancy Analysys Mason has warned that the ITU's forthcoming review of the International Telecommunications Regulations could extend these to the Internet and that any such expansion is "not only unnecessary, but could harm the growth of the Internet in developing countries."
http://www.itwire.com/it-policy-news/regulation/56586-internet-under-threat-from-itus-global-treaty-review-report-claims

Internet growth driven by flexible governance, not restrictive regulation
Evidence shows that the current free model effectively promotes Internet growth and access in developing countries. A new report argues that any fundamental regulatory overhaul could halt such growth and find users cut off.
http://www.itwire.com/it-policy-news/govenrment-tech-policy/56582-internet-growth-driven-by-flexible-governance-not-restrictive-regulation

Internet Freedom in Democrat, Republican Platforms Is a Good Start by Edward J. Black, President and CEO, Computer and Communications Industry Association
President Obama met young voters on their own turf recently as he fielded online questions in an open, "ask me anything" Reddit forum. The event, which drew two million people to the social news site and crashed servers, illustrates the Internet's potential not just as a two-way communication medium, but as a way to change the relationship between the government and those they govern.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/edward-j-black/internet-freedom_b_1870446.html

Australian Internet Governance Forum To Help Shape Local Internet
An Internet Governance Forum is coming to the Australian capital of Canberra in October with the goal of bringing government, industry and community members together in an open, apolitical forum, to discuss Internet-related policy issues, exchange ideas and best practices, and help shape the future of the internet in Australia.
http://goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=18627
http://www.domainpulse.com/2012/09/10/auigf-shape-local-internet/
http://www.domainnews.com/en/australian-internet-governance-forum-to-help-shape-local-internet.html

au: Privacy laws a hot topic at Internet forum
The government?s controversial plan to force telcos and ISPs to monitor and store the web and telecommunications data of all Australians two years promises to be one of the most hotly debated issues at a major Internet conference next month. The inaugural Australian Internet Governance Forum (auIGF) well be held in Canberra on 11 and 12 October.
http://www.itwire.com/it-policy-news/regulation/56581-privacy-laws-a-hot-topic-at-internet-forum

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New gTLD Weekly Update (11 September 2012)
This week's update is a brief recap of our 6 September Applicant Update Webinar. If you missed it, you can watch it here.
http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/announcements-and-media/announcement-11sep12-en

ICANN Launches Accountability Structures Expert Panel, Seeks Community Input
In fulfillment of ATRT Recommendations 23 and 25, calling for a review of ICANN's Accountability Structures, ICANN has identified an international panel of experts to serve on the Accountability Structures Expert Panel (ASEP).
http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-11sep12-en.htm

ICANN to Hold Public Meeting in Durban, South Africa in July 2013
ICANN's Board of Directors approved Durban, South Africa, as the location for ICANN's 47th Public Meeting to be held 14-19 July 2013.
http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-10sep12-en.htm

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.au passes 2.5 million domain name registrations
The .au domain name reached another milestone today with the total number of domain names registered in the namespace breaking through the 2.5 million mark.
http://ausregistry.com.au/news/au-passes-25-million-domain-name-registrations

.AU Passes 2.5 Million Registered Domains
The number of registered .AU (Australia) domain names passed the 2.5 million mark in late August, auDA and AusRegistry announced.
http://goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=18626
http://www.domainpulse.com/2012/09/10/au-passes-2-5-million/
http://www.domainnews.com/en/au-passes-25-million-registered-domains.html

GoDaddy.com targets Australian small businesses with .au domain name launch
GoDaddy.com is set to target the Australian small business market, launching three new domain names com.au, net.au and org.au.
http://technologyspectator.com.au/godaddycom-targets-australian-small-businesses-au-domain-name-launch

.my Domain Registry targets 500,0000 registrations
Malaysia's .my Domain Registry is targeting domain name registrations of 500,000 globally by 2016.
http://www.telecompaper.com/news/my-domain-registry-targets-5000000-registrations

Now out: The.nlyst 8, featuring the new gTLDs
The eighth edition of The.nlyst ? SIDN's quarterly magazine for everyone with a professional or personal interest in the .nl domain and the internet ? came out this week.
https://www.sidn.nl/en/news/news/article/now-out-thenlyst-8-featuring-the-new-gtlds/

.kiwi.nz launch pushes domain names past half-million mark
InternetNZ (Internet New Zealand Inc) subsidiary the Domain Name Commission has today launched a new 2LD ? .kiwi.nz ? a move that has pushed the total number of .nz registrations past 500,000.
http://internetnz.net.nz/news/media-releases/2012/kiwinz-launch-pushes-domain-names-past-half-million-mark
http://www.domainpulse.com/2012/09/11/launch-kiwi-nz/
http://goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=18636

.kiwi.nz pushes registrations past half-million mark
The newly launched 2LD .kiwi.nz has helped push the total number of .nz registrations past 500,000 in a "landmark day for the New Zealand Internet".
http://www.techday.co.nz/netguide/news/kiwinz-pushes-registrations-past-half-million/24634/

New '.kiwi.nz' address launched
A new 2LD ? .kiwi.nz ? has been launched by New Zealand?s Domain Name Commission (DNC).
http://www.3news.co.nz/New-kiwinz-address-launched/tabid/412/articleID/268894/Default.aspx

New domain launch pushes domain names past 0.5 mln mark
InternetNZ (Internet New Zealand) subsidiary the Domain Name Commission has opened registrations for a new 2LD in New Zealand: .kiwi.nz, and in the first fifteen minutes over 1,000 names were registered.
http://www.telecompaper.com/news/new-domain-launch-pushes-domain-names-past-05-mln-mark

?Whistleblower? accuses Nominet of trying to dodge freedom of information law
Nominet, the .uk registry, tried to evade the Freedom Of Information Act by using private email addresses to communicate with the British government, according to emails leaked by a disgruntled former executive.
http://domainincite.com/10414-whistleblower-accuses-nominet-of-trying-to-dodge-freedom-of-information-law

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Registries propose PKI-based new gTLD sunrises
Neustar and ARI Registry Services have come up with an alternative to ICANN?s proposed new gTLDs sunrise period process, based on a secure Public Key Infrastructure.
http://domainincite.com/10439-registries-propose-pki-based-new-gtld-sunrises

Why Some Brands Stayed Out of First Dot-brand Auction
Brands that missed out on the first auction of gTLDs still have some time to figure out their strategy before the first so called dot-brand extensions are issued. While little is known about how these new domains will fair against the prevalence of dot-com sites, no brand wants to be caught empty handed and without a gTLD strategy.
http://www.clickz.com/clickz/news/2204755/why-some-brands-stayed-out-of-first-dotbrand-auction
http://mashable.com/2012/09/12/first-dot-brand-auction/

Secret ICANN briefing fuels IGO new gTLDs debate
The Universal Postal Union, newly installed .post registry manager, has launched a withering attack on ICANN for protecting some intergovernmental organizations and not others.
http://domainincite.com/10383-secret-icann-briefing-fuels-igo-new-gtlds-debate

Musings on Metering: An Update from ICANN's Latest Meeting by Kathy Nielsen
ICANN held another update for new gTLD applicants last week, revealing that the proposal to meter the introduction of new gTLDs received many suggestions during the open comment period. This was just the first step to what I imagine will be a long process - one that will continue on September 12 when ICANN holds a public consultation that will offer more detailed discussion on the many different options for metering.
http://www.circleid.com/posts/20120910_musings_on_metering_an_update_from_icanns_latest_meeting/

ICANN dragging its feet on new gTLD refunds?
Former new gTLD applicants are having to wait for months to have their deposits refunded by ICANN, according to two companies that withdrew applications before Reveal Day.
http://domainincite.com/10394-icann-dragging-its-feet-on-new-gtld-refunds

Two things that new TLDs definitely won?t ?solve?
They won?t put a noticeable dent in phishing, nor will they alleviate the scarcity of good (.com) domain names.
http://domainnamewire.com/2012/09/11/two-things-that-new-tlds-definitely-wont-solve/

VIEWPOINTS The Internet prepares for .gay by Scott Seitz
Armed with my first laptop and a dream back in 1996, I entered unchartered space by starting an LGBT marketing company. Gay rights were charging forward, diversity was growing inside of corporations and AOL had realized the gay community attributed to a significant portion of the Internet's early adaptors.
http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/VIEWPOINTS-The-Internet-prepares-for-gay/39483.html

The Battle for Dot-Radio: Part I
Who will manage ?dot-radio?? This is a question currently gaining traction. If you haven't heard it yet, you soon will. Last month, Radio World reported that four organizations ? European Broadcasting Union, BRS Media Inc., Tin Dale LLC and Afilias Ltd. ? have applied for the registry of that new gTLD, as part of a planned dramatic expansion in the Internet?s domain name system.
http://www.radioworld.com/article/the-battle-for-dot-radio-part-i/214661

Battle for Dot-Radio: Part II
George Bundy is the CEO of BRS Media Inc., a San Francisco based multimedia e-commerce company that targets radio and the Internet, and one of the four applicants for the dot-radio domain. In 2011, the company was cited by Inc. Magazine as one of the 5,000 fastest growing companies.
http://www.radioworld.com/article/battle-for-dot-radio-part-ii/214838

The Battle for Dot-Radio: Part III
This is the third of four installments of Radio World?s special series about the four different companies vying for control over the dot-radio TLD. When we asked Afilias for details on their application for dot-radio earlier this summer, a company rep wrote in an email that they are ?not discussing specifics of any domains for which we have applied.?
http://radioworld.com/article/the-battle-for-dot-radio-part-iii/215384

Want No Cost URS, Loser Pays Model, TM Blocks & More
The United States Brand Owner Summit sent to the United States Department of Commerce asking the Government for new protections in the roll out of the new gTLD?s program.
http://www.thedomains.com/2012/09/10/brand-owners-write-to-dept-of-commerce-want-no-cost-urs-loser-pays-model-tm-blocks-more/

Business Constituency Asks ICANN To Extend Objection Period On New gTLD?s Until June/July 2013
Marilyn Cade the Chair of the Business Constituency (the BC) has asked ICANN to extend the formal objection period for new gTLD?s which currently ends on January 12, 2013 until June/July 2013.
http://www.thedomains.com/2012/09/11/business-constituency-asks-icann-to-extend-objection-period-on-new-gtlds-until-junejuly-2013/

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Permanent cybersecurity team established for EU institutions [IDG]
European institutions on Wednesday beefed up cybersecurity efforts by establishing a permanent Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-EU).
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9231209/Permanent_cybersecurity_team_established_for_EU_institutions
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/262212/permanent_cybersecurity_team_established_for_eu_institutions.html

EU gets Computer Emergency Response Team
The European Union has made its Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-EU) a permanent institution. The announcement was made on Twitter by EU Commissioner Neelie Kroes and came before even the existing pilot project's staff were informed. The emergency response team handles the network security of all EU institutions including the European Court of Justice and the European Central Bank.
http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/EU-gets-Computer-Emergency-Response-Team-1705392.html

Cyber security strengthened at EU institutions following successful pilot scheme [news release]
The EU institutions have reinforced their fight against cyber threats by establishing the EU's Computer Emergency Response Team, or CERT-EU, on a permanent basis. This decision follows a successful one-year pilot for the team, which drew positive assessments from clients and peers.
http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/12/949

US, India computer response teams set for virtual battle [LiveMint]
Experts from India and the US will test each other?s skills and capabilities in tackling cyber security threats this week, in the first such exercise of its kind.
http://103.1.112.210/Politics/5bWzv9tmK8hRVpyU4Cy8bK/US-Indian-computer-response-teams-to-carry-out-virtual-batt.html

DDoS Protection firm Black Lotus Reveals Patent-Pending Human Behavior Analysis Technology
Distributed denial of service solutions provider Black Lotus announced on Monday that it has made its patent-pending Human Behavior Analysis tool available to web hosting and other service providers, as a new tool for providing DDoS protection.
http://www.thewhir.com/web-hosting-news/ddos-protection-firm-black-lotus-reveals-patent-pending-human-behavior-analysis-technology

Botnet or human? Black Lotus service sorts them out to block DDoS attacks [Network World]
Black Lotus is pulling the wraps of a distributed denial-of-service-mitigation service that uses behavioral factors to pick up on low-volume botnet attacks that nevertheless can cripple Web servers.
http://www.csoonline.com/article/715750/botnet-or-human-black-lotus-service-sorts-them-out-to-block-ddos-attacks

Can Black Lotus Break Through Its Glass Ceiling?
Jeff Lyon has done pretty well for himself as CEO of Black Lotus Communications. That?s because he used his smarts to develop a way to keep web sites from becoming useless when they are targeted by a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack. But can Black Lotus keep growing or is it stuck in the slow lane?
http://www.forbes.com/sites/petercohan/2012/09/06/can-black-lotus-break-through-its-glass-ceiling/

Operation Australia claims attack on government websites
Several government websites were targeted over the weekend, with hackers claiming to have been able to take them offline.
http://www.zdnet.com/au/operation-australia-claims-attack-on-government-websites-7000003951/

Federal Commissioner unable to audit Federal Trojan source
Germany's Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information Peter Schaar has criticised the German government's "Federal Trojan" (Bundestrojaner) since he was not able to review its source code.
http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/Federal-Commissioner-unable-to-audit-Federal-Trojan-source-1704460.html

us: Botnet creator gets 30 month jail sentence
A hacker in Arizona has been sentenced to 30 months in prison for selling access to a botnet he created.
http://www.itpro.co.uk/642748/botnet-creator-gets-30-month-jail-sentence

Five Epic Hacks That Never Happened
These days when there?s trouble on the internet, there?s usually someone at the ready to jump up and take (or assign) blame for whatever went wrong, nevermind the facts. It can mean free publicity for your cause ? whether it?s killing laws like SOPA or beefing up the federal budget for cyber security.
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/09/hacks-that-never-happened/

Botnet Masters Hide Command and Control Server Inside the Tor Network [IDG]
Security researchers from German antivirus vendor G Data Software have identified a botnet that is controlled by attackers from an Internet Relay Chat (IRC) server running as a hidden service inside the Tor anonymity network.
http://www.cio.com/article/716020/Botnet_Masters_Hide_Command_and_Control_Server_Inside_the_Tor_Network

Going for Broke: Financial Services Industry Falling Behind on DNSSEC Adoption by Mark Beckett
Many CircleID readers have been watching the acceleration of DNSSEC adoption by TLDs with great interest, and after many years the promise of a secure and trustworthy naming infrastructure across the generic and country-code domains finally seems within reach. While TLD DNSSEC deployments are major milestones for internet security, securing the TLDs is not the end goal - just a necessary step in the process.
http://www.circleid.com/posts/20120911_financial_services_industry_falling_behind_on_dnssec_adoption/

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Living Social Loses UDRP On LivingSocal.com: You Got To Read This One
LivingSocial, Inc. just lost a UDRP on the domain name LivingSocal.com. The panel found in a pretty strange decision, which will have Trademark groups screaming for UDRP reform, that the domain name stands for a ?common term? and means, as the domain holder suggested ?living in SoCal.?
http://www.thedomains.com/2012/09/12/living-social-loses-udrp-on-livingsocal-com-you-got-to-read-this-one/

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Update on AS Path Lengths Over Time - How Interconnected is the Internet? by Mirjam Kuehne
With the number of ASes connected to the Internet constantly increasing, one could expect that the length of the AS paths would also increase as the network as a whole gets wider. However, this doesn't seem to be the case. Also, with IPv6 being more widely deployed, how does the interconnectedness of the IPv6 portion of the Internet compare to IPv4?
http://www.circleid.com/posts/20120910_as_path_lengths_how_interconnected_is_the_internet/

Web Application Firewalls and IPv6: Does your WAF protect against IPv6 attacks?
Many organizations may be using a Web Application Firewall (WAF) to help them achieve security compliance and secure their web applications. Many organizations are also actively deploying IPv6 to their web systems. The intersection of these two groups will experience security vulnerabilities as they IPv6-enable their web applications yet their WAF is not actively inspecting the IPv6 web connections.
http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/81373

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Homeland Securty Sells Another Seized Domain Name: GoFactoryOutlet.com
Over the Labor day weekend we told you that several gambling domain names were sold to a private firm.
http://www.thedomains.com/2012/09/12/homeland-securty-sells-another-seized-domain-name-gofactoryoutlet-com/

Key-Systems adds parking API to RRPproxy
Top-ten registrar KeyDrive has delivered on a major piece of integration work following the merger of Key-Systems and NameDrive last year.
http://domainincite.com/10399-key-systems-adds-parking-api-to-rrpproxy

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Go Daddy Scrambles to Bring Customer Sites Online After Massive Anonymous Attack
Web host Go Daddy is ?working feverishly? to bring its site and thousands of others back online after a single Anonymous hacker hit its DNS servers with a massive DDoS attack. While the motive is unclear at this point, Anonymous has tweeted that users of Go Daddy support censorship of the Internet, possibly referring to its support of SOPA and PIPA earlier this year.
http://www.thewhir.com/web-hosting-news/go-daddy-scrambles-to-bring-customer-sites-online-after-massive-anonymous-attack

GoDaddy Says Its Troubles Were Not Hacker-Related
GoDaddy, a popular Web site hosting company, said on Tuesday that its extensive service interruptions on Monday were the result of technical problems, not a cyberattack as one hacker has claimed.
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/11/godaddy-denies-anonymous-attack/

Go Daddy Outage Not Hacker Related
The Go Daddy outage Monday that saw extensive service interruptions to its webhosting operations was not caused by hackers or other "external influences" the company said, but rather "due to a series of internal network events that corrupted router data tables."
http://goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=18648
http://www.domainpulse.com/2012/09/12/go-daddy-outage-2/
http://www.domainnews.com/en/go-daddy-outage-not-hacker-related.html

Go Daddy Site Outage Investigation Completed
Yesterday, GoDaddy.com and many of our customers experienced intermittent service outages starting shortly after 10 a.m. PDT. Service was fully restored by 4 p.m. PDT.
http://www.godaddy.com/newscenter/release-view.aspx?news_item_id=410

GoDaddy outage was caused by router snafu, not DDoS attack
Monday's five-hour outage that left GoDaddy unable to serve millions of websites that depend on it for Web hosting was not caused by an external attack as claimed by an anonymous hoaxster. An internal network error was at fault, company officials said Tuesday morning.
http://arstechnica.com/security/2012/09/godaddy-outage-caused-by-router-snafu-not-ddos-attack/

GoDaddy down time was 'not an attack', firm says
Technical problems that caused thousands of websites hosted by GoDaddy to go down were not caused by an external attack, the firm has said.
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-19559128

Go Daddy customers to get compensation?
Go Daddy plans to offer customers affected by its downtime yesterday a ?good faith gesture? in the coming days.
http://domainincite.com/10432-go-daddy-customers-to-get-compensation

GoDaddy's hosting crash sees small businesses suffer
Thousands and possibly millions of websites hosted by GoDaddy.com went down for several hours on Monday, causing trouble for the mainly small businesses that rely on the service.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/sep/11/godaddy-businesses-suffer-websites-crash

Go Daddy Suffers Major Outage With Possible Hack Attack
The world's largest web hosting provider and domain name registrar Go Daddy found its web hosting services down and email not going through Monday afternoon after an apparent failure of the company's Domain Name Service servers, possibly due to a hacker attack.
http://goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=18637
http://www.domainpulse.com/2012/09/11/go-daddy-outage/
http://www.domainnews.com/en/go-daddy-suffers-major-outage-with-possible-hack-attack.html

Go Daddy says client Web sites back up
Web sites serviced by Web hosting and domain registrar Go Daddy were back online early this evening after being down for much of the work day, a company spokeswoman told CNET.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-57510046-83/go-daddy-says-client-web-sites-back-up/

GoDaddy comes back online after attacks [IDG]
GoDaddy restored some services on Monday as the company battled online attacks that severely impacted its hosting and domain-name registration operations.
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9231149/GoDaddy_comes_back_online_after_attacks

Amid Outage, GoDaddy Moves DNS to Competitor VeriSign
Following a day-long Domain Name Service server outage, web hosting provider GoDaddy is letting its competitor, VeriSign, host its DNS servers.
http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/09/godaddy-moves-to-verisign/

GoDaddy hosted websites down 'in possible hack attack'
Thousands of websites hosted by one of the world's biggest internet domain registrars and web hosts, GoDaddy, were reported down on Monday.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-19549367

A Hacker Brings Down GoDaddy
A supporter of Anonymous, the loose confederation of rogue hackers, claimed responsibility on Monday for an attack that brought down GoDaddy, a Web hosting service, and its customers.
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/10/member-of-anonymous-takes-credit-for-godaddy-attack/

GoDaddy outage makes websites unavailable for many Internet users
GoDaddy, one of the Internet's biggest webhosting providers, experienced technical difficulties on Monday that prevented many people from visiting sites that relied on the service for connectivity.
http://arstechnica.com/security/2012/09/godaddy-outage-makes-websites-unavailable-for-many-internet-users/

Go Daddy Outage Sparks Web Hosting Discounts from Rival Firms
During the Go Daddy outage on Monday, several web hosts released coupon codes clearly targeted at signing on unhappy Go Daddy customers.
http://www.thewhir.com/web-hosting-news/go-daddy-outage-sparks-web-hosting-discounts-from-rival-firms

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Most Popular Word eCommerce Domain Name Word, Sale.com, Now For Sale [news release]
Right Of The Dot?, LLC announces it is the exclusive broker for Sale.com, the most popular word in retail and e-commerce.
http://www.domainpulse.com/2012/09/13/sale-com-now-for-sale/

Domain Aftermarket Heats Up With 70 Sales Ranging From $10,000 to $120,000 Over the Past Two Weeks
... To bring you completely up to speed on all domain sales reported since my last column two weeks ago, this will be a double-length report with each of our charts expanded from their usual 20 positions to 40 to reflect the double dose of data.
http://dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2012/20120912.htm

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One in five Germans prefer internet to sex [AFP]
Nearly one young German in five would rather do without sex than give up the Internet for a year, a poll has found.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/technology/one-in-five-germans-prefer-internet-to-sex/story-fn7celvh-1226471481411

How Google could reshape online market research and micropayments
Eighteen months ago ? under non disclosure ? Google showed publishers a new transaction system for inexpensive products such as newspaper articles. It works like this: to gain access to a web site, the user is asked to participate in a short consumer research session consisting of a single question ? a set of images leading to a quick choice. Here are examples Google recently made public when launching its Google Consumer Surveys:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/sep/10/monday-note-google-market-research

Interest in Bitcoin, Fledgling Electronic Currency, Grows [IDG]
Anthony Gallippi, CEO of BitPay, has started paying his gardener -- in BitCoins.
http://www.cio.com/article/715978/Interest_in_Bitcoin_Fledgling_Electronic_Currency_Grows

A Class to Teach You How to Use Google
Think you know how to use Google? Think again. One of the search engine?s biggest strengths is its simplicity ? type anything into the search box and you?re off. But people could get a lot more out of Google, the company says, if they learned a few expert techniques, like searching by color, time or image. So Google is offering a free online course to teach search skills.
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/11/a-class-to-teach-you-how-to-use-google/

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SOCIAL MEDIA
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Taliban said to use Facebook to gather info on soldiers
Facebook is a great resource to find out about friends graduating, getting married, and going on vacation. Apparently it's also a good resource for Taliban fighters to spy on soldiers.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57510931-93/taliban-said-to-use-facebook-to-gather-info-on-soldiers/

Facebook vigilantes name alleged paedophiles in Northern Ireland
Online vigilantes are using Facebook to name alleged paedophiles in a County Derry town.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/sep/12/facebook-paedophiles-northern-ireland

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au: Vow to cut online abuse
Tougher restrictions on social media could soon be on the agenda, after federal and state politicians vowed to investigate calls to give police greater powers to address anonymous online abuse.
http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/politics/vow-to-cut-online-abuse-20120910-25ofy.html

au: Time is up for Twitter trolls and bulllies
HATE-filled Twitter trolls who anonymously taunt, threaten or urge their victims to take their own lives are on notice from today.
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/time-is-up-for-twitter-trolls-and-bulllies/story-e6freuy9-1226472133504

au: Farah apologises for PM 'noose' tweet
ROBBIE FARAH, the NRL star who has called for tougher laws to fight internet ''trolls'', has apologised for a tweet he sent last year in which he said the Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, should be given a noose for her birthday.
http://www.smh.com.au/national/farah-apologises-for-pm-noose-tweet-20120912-25sw1.html

Opinion: Stop the trolls: how to prevent cyber stalking happening to you
Recent cases of online abuse against Charlotte Dawson and NRL player Robbie Farah have attracted considerable media attention and triggered public debate about how to respond to this issue.
http://theconversation.edu.au/stop-the-trolls-how-to-prevent-cyber-stalking-happening-to-you-5460

LeAnn Rimes ?Cyberbullying' Tweets Revealed
Country music superstar LeAnn Rimes "voluntarily" admitted herself to a 30-day in-patient treatment facility to cope with anxiety and stress from cyberbullying. Now, the exact messages that caused her to reach her breaking point have been revealed.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/12/leann-rimes-cyber-bullying-tweets_n_1877424.html

nz: Netsafe in a (tailored) Box at education conference
Online safety promoter NetSafe will be creating a ?NetSafe in a box? resource again this year for the ULearn educational conference in Auckland.
http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/netsafe-in-a-tailored-box-at-education-conference

at: Back to school with a new teachers' handbook
?Sex and Violence in Digital Media. Prevention, Help & Counselling? is the title of the new handbook for educators produced by the Austrian Institute for Applied Telecommunications (OIAT) which runs the Austrian Awareness Centre Saferinternet.at.
http://www.saferinternet.org/web/guest/blog?p_p_id=homeBlog_WAR_insafeportlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=normal&p_p_mode=view&p_p_col_id=column-1&p_p_col_pos=2&p_p_col_count=4&_homeBlog_WAR_insafeportlet_action=detail&_homeBlog_WAR_insafeportlet_articleId=402580

de: Teaching internet safety in schools
The German Awareness Centre, klicksafe, offers a comprehensive range of materials for use in class on a variety of topics, from cyberbullying to copyright and online pornography.
http://www.saferinternet.org/web/guest/blog?p_p_id=homeBlog_WAR_insafeportlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=normal&p_p_mode=view&p_p_col_id=column-1&p_p_col_pos=2&p_p_col_count=4&_homeBlog_WAR_insafeportlet_action=detail&_homeBlog_WAR_insafeportlet_articleId=402522

ie: Webwise Primary Programme provides vital access to internet safety resources
In early September, thousands of Irish children went back to school. After a summer of mixed emotions ? a poor Irish soccer display at Euro 2012 followed by the Olympic success of Irish boxing queen Katie Taylor ? and some rather mixed weather, it?s time for children to go back to the classroom. However, this year, instead of returning to some of the same lessons, for the first time primary school children will have access to a vital internet safety resource.
http://www.saferinternet.org/web/guest/blog?p_p_id=homeBlog_WAR_insafeportlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=normal&p_p_mode=view&p_p_col_id=column-1&p_p_col_count=1&_homeBlog_WAR_insafeportlet_action=detail&_homeBlog_WAR_insafeportlet_articleId=402494

dk: Guidelines for parents with younger Facebook children
Many Danish children under 13 years old have a Facebook profile, in spite of the fact that the service does not allow it. In response, four key Danish organisations - Save the Children, Children's Welfare, Centre for Digital Youth Care, and the Media Council for Children and Young People - have now combined forces and have jointly developed guidelines aimed at parents with young children on Facebook.
http://www.saferinternet.org/web/guest/blog?p_p_id=homeBlog_WAR_insafeportlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=normal&p_p_mode=view&p_p_col_id=column-1&p_p_col_count=1&_homeBlog_WAR_insafeportlet_action=detail&_homeBlog_WAR_insafeportlet_articleId=402326

Digital literacy in the Netherlands
>From 3 - 9 September each year, the association 'Lezen en Schrijven' (Reading and Writing) organises the Week of Literacy, starting with a launch in Parliament and a big event with parliamentarians, ministers and young people.
http://www.saferinternet.org/web/guest/blog?p_p_id=homeBlog_WAR_insafeportlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=normal&p_p_mode=view&p_p_col_id=column-1&p_p_col_count=1&_homeBlog_WAR_insafeportlet_action=detail&_homeBlog_WAR_insafeportlet_articleId=402463

Lithuania develops awareness-raising materials
The Safer Internet consortium in Lithuania has recently increased its activities, and there are now four official partners:
http://www.saferinternet.org/web/guest/blog?p_p_id=homeBlog_WAR_insafeportlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=normal&p_p_mode=view&p_p_col_id=column-1&p_p_col_count=1&_homeBlog_WAR_insafeportlet_action=detail&_homeBlog_WAR_insafeportlet_articleId=402318

6th International Conference Keeping Children and Young People Safe Online
The Polish and German Safer Internet Centres will shortly be hosting the 6th International Conference ?Keeping Children and Young People Safe Online?, which will take place at the Novotel Airport Hotel in Warsaw, on 20 - 21 September 2012. The main partner of the event is Orange Foundation.
http://www.saferinternet.org/web/guest/blog?p_p_id=homeBlog_WAR_insafeportlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=normal&p_p_mode=view&p_p_col_id=column-1&p_p_col_count=1&_homeBlog_WAR_insafeportlet_action=detail&_homeBlog_WAR_insafeportlet_articleId=402295

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Google wipes Pirate Bay from Autocomplete searches
It seems like Google is finally complying with the Recording Industry Association of America's wishes by not showing alleged copyright infringing Web sites in its Instant and Autocomplete search features.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57510052-93/google-wipes-pirate-bay-from-autocomplete-searches/

Google Adds Pirate Bay Domains to Censorship List
Google has quietly expanded its list of censored search phrases with the addition of The Pirate Bay?s domain names. The blacklist prevents popular keywords from appearing in Google?s Instant and Autocomplete search services, while the pages themselves remain indexed. Although Google understands that there is no silver bullet to stop online copyright infringement, the search giant is convinced that the steps they?ve taken could help to decrease piracy.
http://torrentfreak.com/google-adds-pirate-bay-domains-to-censorship-list-120910/

Google restricts Pirate Bay from Autocomplete, Instant search features
Google is making it a little harder to find torrent tracking site The Pirate Bay by reducing its appearance in the company's Autocomplete and Google Instant search features. If you search for the torrent-focused site on Google in many cases you will now have to type out almost the entire name of the site before seeing any Autocomplete suggestions. It's not clear when Google made the change, but Torrent Freak reports that it was a recent development.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/262134/google_restricts_pirate_bay_from_autocomplete_instant_search_features.html

Minnesota woman to pay $220,000 fine for 24 illegally downloaded songs
A Minnesota women, one of the last people to be individually prosecuted in the US for illegal downloading and file-sharing, faces a $220,000 bill after a federal court ruling on Tuesday.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/sep/11/minnesota-woman-songs-illegally-downloaded

Pirate Bay Co-Founder to Return to Sweden to Serve Sentence
Gottfrid Svartholm Warg, a co-founder of The Pirate Bay, has left Cambodia and is being transported to Sweden, a spokesperson at Sweden's foreign ministry said Monday.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444554704577643601444337744.html

Cambodia deports Pirate Bay co-founder to Sweden
Cambodia has deported a Swedish co-founder of Pirate Bay, one of the world's biggest free file-sharing websites, who was convicted and sentenced to prison in Sweden for breaching copyright laws.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/sep/11/cambodia-deports-pirate-bay-cofounder

Australians using BitTorrent less: study
Use of BitTorrent and peer-to-peer filesharing services in Australia has fallen to its lowest level in four years, a new study by the Swinburne University of Technology has found.
http://www.itnews.com.au/News/315197,australians-using-bittorrent-less-study.aspx

us: 'Six strikes' piracy warning system to debut in months
The anti-piracy program commonly known as ?six strikes? has been a long time coming, but after a couple of delays, it's set to launch by the end of the year.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/262208/six_strikes_piracy_warning_system_to_debut_in_months.html

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MOBILE/WIRELESS
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China Plant Again Faces Labor Issue on iPhones
As Apple prepares to unveil the latest iPhone this week, the company?s manufacturing partner in China, Foxconn Technology, is coming under renewed criticism over labor practices after reports that vocational students were being compelled to work at plants making iPhones and their components.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/11/technology/foxconn-said-to-use-forced-student-labor-to-make-iphones.html

Undercover reporter details work at Foxconn's iPhone plant
On the eve of the unveiling of the iPhone 5, the Shanghai Evening Post published an insider report of what it's like to work at Foxconn's Tai Yuan factory assembling the device. And while it could be worse, the conditions aren't pretty.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57510975-37/undercover-reporter-details-work-at-foxconns-iphone-plant/

The Undercover Report on How the New iPhone 5 is Made Inside Foxconn Factory
A Chinese news agency, Shanghai Evening Post, has sent an experienced journalist to slip into the Foxconn Tai Yuan factory and pretended as a new worker, his mission is to find out how the new iPhone 5 is produced. The Chinese journalist precisely recorded his 10 days of working experience in the factory and published a dairy to disclose the inside story of manufacturing the iPhone 5.
http://micgadget.com/29723/the-undercover-report-on-how-the-new-iphone-5-is-made-inside-foxconn-factory/

China to account for half of APAC smartphone shipment
By 2016, China will account for the majority of smartphone shipments to Asia-Pacific due to the rise in first-time smartphone users over the next year as well as the decline in feature phone manufacturing and usage.
http://www.zdnet.com/cn/china-to-account-for-half-of-apac-smartphone-shipment-7000004113/

Apps get harder to monetize even as downloads double
Apps like Angry Birds and Instagram have made millionaires out of their creators, but interestingly, new research from analyst firm Gartner Inc., released on Tuesday, estimates that of the nearly 46 billion mobile app downloads this year, 89% will be free.
http://www.livemint.com/Industry/DAKjcYJ2Alv4rvc9WBB5TO/Apps-get-harder-to-monetize-even-as-downloads-double.html

Gartner Says Free Apps Will Account for Nearly 90 Percent of Total Mobile App Store Downloads in 2012 [news release]
Free apps will account for 89 percent of total downloads in 2012, according to Gartner, Inc. Worldwide mobile app store downloads will surpass 45.6 billion in 2012, with free downloads accounting for 40.1 billion, and paid-for downloads totaling 5 billion (see Table 1).
http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=2153215

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SPAM
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ca: How The New Anti-Spam Act Will Affect Your Business
As business professionals operating in Canada, you and your business will soon be subject to Canada's new "Anti-Spam Act", expected to come into force later this year or early 2013. The new legislation will greatly impact how you and your businesses treat the sending of electronic messages that encourage participation in a commercial activity ("commercial electronic messages") as well as other electronic threats to commerce.
http://www.mondaq.com/canada/x/195410/

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ONLINE CRIME & LEGAL
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de: Defamation Case Highlights Google's Double Standard
Former German first lady Bettina Wulff has taken on Google over search terms that link to false rumors that she used to be a prostitute. The company argues that it generates such terms based on "objective factors," but it's not that simple. Google has suppressed undesirable results before in response to powerful lobby groups.
http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/defamation-case-by-bettina-wulff-highlights-double-standard-at-google-a-854914.html

de: Google sued over Bettina Wulff search results
The wife of the former German president has included Google in legal action to stop rumours about her private life.
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-19542938

Twitter ordered to turn over user data or face fine
Twitter has three days to turn over information about an Occupy Wall Street protester's tweets or face a fine.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57510950-93/twitter-ordered-to-turn-over-user-data-or-face-fine/

Emma Watson named most 'dangerous' cyber celebrity
Emma Watson is the favorite celebrity bait for cyber criminals trying to lure internet users.
http://www.theage.com.au/digital-life/consumer-security/emma-watson-named-most-dangerous-cyber-celebrity-20120911-25p1v.html

South Korean court ends law requiring real names online [AP]
A South Korean court ended a law requiring Internet contributors to use their real names to leave comments, ruling unanimously Thursday that the policy undermined free speech.
http://www.siliconvalley.com/latest-headlines/ci_21381874/south-korean-court-ends-law-requiring-real-names
http://www.seattlepi.com/business/article/SKorean-court-ends-law-requiring-real-names-online-3809128.php

au: Google defends sponsored links in High Court
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has told the High Court that Google is responsible for misleading content in its sponsored links.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-09-11/google-defends-sponsored-links-at-high-court/4255422

au: Police struggle with online drug networks
Australian law enforcement agencies are struggling to deal with booming online illicit drug markets that promise users high levels of security and anonymity, a confidential report has revealed.
http://www.itnews.com.au/News/315014,police-struggle-with-online-drug-networks.aspx

nz: Cybercrime claims questioned
Computer security company Symantec says cybercrime cost New Zealanders $463 million in the past year but the firm has come under pressure to back up what some believe to be wildly inflated claims.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/business/technology/7658869/Cybercrime-claims-questioned
http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/industries/7656288/Cybercrime-claims-questioned
http://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/business/7659088/Cybercrime-claims-questioned

nz: Criminals target social media
The face of cybercrime is changing as criminals target social networking sites and mobile devices, and a new report says New Zealanders are vulnerable.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/internet/news/article.cfm?c_id=137&objectid=10833397
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology/news/article.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10833397
http://www.odt.co.nz/news/national/225632/cybercrime-changes-target

Consumer cybercrime costs $8 bn in India: report
More than 42 million people in India fell victim to cybercrime in the past 12 months, suffering approximately $8 billion (Rs 44,400 crores) in direct financial losses, according to a new report by security firm Symantec.
http://www.livemint.com/Industry/t35MPX4GkMVoD1pQ9b4OyL/Consumer-cybercrime-costs-8-bn-in-India-report.html

Apple vs. A.pl: Tech company sues online Polish grocer over logo
It looks like Apple is feeling bullish after its recent patent win over Samsung. Polish news site Telepolis reports that the Cupertino-based tech company has set its lawsuit-happy sights on another company over trademark issues. Only this time it's not a global tech company that happens to make an iPhone-like smartphone--it's an online Polish grocery site called A.pl.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/262202/apple_vs_apl_tech_company_sues_online_polish_grocer_over_logo.html

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Permanent cybersecurity team established for EU institutions [IDG]
European institutions on Wednesday beefed up cybersecurity efforts by establishing a permanent Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-EU).
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9231209/Permanent_cybersecurity_team_established_for_EU_institutions
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/262212/permanent_cybersecurity_team_established_for_eu_institutions.html