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ICANN's Announcement Of Anti-Domain Tasting Measures To Registrars

2008-07-08 15:42:32 by Editor in Cheap Hack
 
The recent new that ICANN had taken measures to combat Domain Tasting came out in blogs, such as this one , based on second-hand news. ICANN had sent an e-mail to registrars announcing the policy change. But there was confusion over exactly what the policy was; most people just assumed it followed the recommendations of the GNSO council from...
 
Tags: icann, directly, fees directly, fees, registrar fees effective, effective, registrar-level fees, fee, per-transaction fee
 
 
 
 
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ICANN's Announcement Of Anti-Domain Tasting Measures To Registrars

2008-07-08 15:42:32 by Editor in Cheap Hack
 
The recent new that ICANN had taken measures to combat Domain Tasting came out in blogs, such as this one , based on second-hand news. ICANN had sent an e-mail to registrars announcing the policy change. But there was confusion over exactly what the policy was; most people just assumed it followed the recommendations of the GNSO council from...
 
Tags: icann, directly, fees directly, fees, registrar fees effective, effective, registrar-level fees, fee, per-transaction fee
 
 
 
 
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ICANN's Announcement Of Anti-Domain Tasting Measures To Registrars

2008-07-08 15:42:32 by Editor in Cheap Hack
 
The recent new that ICANN had taken measures to combat Domain Tasting came out in blogs, such as this one , based on second-hand news. ICANN had sent an e-mail to registrars announcing the policy change. But there was confusion over exactly what the policy was; most people just assumed it followed the recommendations of the GNSO council from...
 
Tags: icann, directly, fees directly, fees, registrar fees effective, effective, registrar-level fees, fee, per-transaction fee
 
 
 
 
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Fun Reading on Security - 3

2008-05-23 17:23:00 by Dr Anton Chuvakin in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
 
Instead of my usual "blogging frenzy" machine gun blast of short posts, I will just combine them into my new blog series " Fun Reading on Security ." Here is an issue #3, dated May 22, 2008 So my next iteration of fun reading on security, logging and other topics Security and fraud: different worlds, same people ? To me this story was pretty...
 
Tags: security, security evolution, security metrics, tjx security, people security business, fun, people, business, extreme fun
 
 
 
 
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Links for 2008-05-23 [del.icio.us]

2008-05-24 00:00:00 by Editor in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
 
A Return to ROSI: The Economics of Security | BlogInfoSec.com Top 5 Abused/Misused/Miscontrued Terms in Information Security Amrit Williams Blog Esper nextiernetworks :: Advisory Board Fifty years of DARPA: Hits, misses and ones to watch - tech - 15 May 2008 - New Scientist Tech Fifty years of DARPA: Hits, misses and ones to watch
 
Tags: scientist tech fifty, tech, fifty, advisory board, hits, misses, darpa, terms, economics
 
 
 
 
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Massive Blackhat SEO Targeting Blogspot

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2008-02-17 22:53:13 by HASH0x8ad5e0c in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
With Blogspot's fancy pagerank and with Google's recent introduction of real-time content indexing of blogs using the service, the interest of blackhat SEO-ers into the efficient registration and posting of junk content with the idea to monetize the traffic that will come from the process, seems to continue evolving as a process. In this...
 
Tags: blogspot, blogspot accounts directly, entire operation, operation, content, blogs, sample blogs, firesearch, real-time content
 
 
 
 
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Spending Money on the Wrong Security Threats

2008-02-19 07:18:32 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
This story is a year and a half old, but the lessons are still good: Kim Hyten, emergency management director in Putnam County, said he didn't realize homeland security grants can now be used to prepare for tornados. As a result, Putnam County is using its grant money to prepare for something else Weapons of mass destruction," Hyten said That's...
 
Tags: putnam county, county, mass destruction, weapons, terrorism protection plan, rural county, emergency management director, homeland security grant, fifty miles west
 
 
 
 
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Users continue to ignore security policies, while security organizations are overlooking non-technical controls

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2007-12-13 12:37:00 by Ryan Shopp in practical risk management
IT Compliance Institute had an article posted this morning that reinforces the point; "it's not the software/hardware/infrastructure/etc but the people and processes that expose the biggest risks to a company The article doesn't reveal who/where the survey was taken but it does highlight some key security items that people usually cut corners...
 
Tags: non-technical controls, technical controls, security, controls, aka non-technical controls, non-technical, quality, quality security controls, technical
 
 
 
 
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Petroleum Wholesale charged with exposing customers

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2008-06-22 21:58:23 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
Technorati Tag: Security Breach Date Reported 6/19/08 Organization Petroleum Wholesale, L. P Contractor/Consultant/Branch None Victims Customers Number Affected Unknown Types of Data sensitive personal information, including Social Security numbers, bank account numbers, and credit or debit card information Breach Description HOUSTON --...
 
Tags: sensitive personal information, personal information, petroleum wholesale, information, company, company improperly, improperly, debit card information, debit card