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Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009
Phishing attacks have become more sophisticated with the use of fast-flux botnets as resilient attack platforms. The fast-fluxing among hundreds of compromised computers which serve as proxies for phishing sites means that detection and shutdown become more difficult.
One particular fast-flux botnet called Avalanche has received much attention in recent months ...
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Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009
Over the weekend, ICANN released a number of important documents including:
Amended Guidebook Sections and Explanatory Memoranda
Analysis of Public Comment to Applicant Guidebook version 2
Final Report on Trademark Protection in New gTLDs
Draft Implementation Plan for the IDN ccTLD Fast Track Process
New Registrar Contract
Root Server System Root Scaling Study
Please find ...
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Thursday, February 19th, 2009
A second draft of ICANN’s new generic Top-Level Domains Applicant Guidebook has been released.
In addition to the Applicant Guidebook, ICANN has also published a Summary/Analysis of Public Comments.
Based upon our preliminary evaluation of these documents, it appears as though ICANN has amended and clarified several issues including:
The dispute resolution policy ...
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Tuesday, September 16th, 2008
We launched our new dotBrand Resource Center this morning. The resource center gathers information from a variety of sources, including ICANN, INTA, the media and MarkMonitor, and includes links to webinars, media articles, and an FAQ discussing the proposed generic top level domains (gTLDs).
These new top level domains have the potential ...
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Thursday, August 28th, 2008
We released the Summer 2008 edition of our Brandjacking Index earlier this week. You can download a copy of the report here. We publish this report to shed light on the variety of brand abuses that target leading brands and to demonstrate how those abuses can harm the public as ...
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Thursday, August 14th, 2008
Ebay Wins again!
In the latest round of battles against Ebay by companies suffering from counterfeits, a Belgian court found Ebay not liable to L’Oreal for counterfeits sold on its site.
At least three cases against Ebay in Europe have been litigated seeking to hold Ebay liable for infringing counterfeits, two which ...
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