Feds Seize Sports Streaming Domains in New Super Bowl Crackdown - TorrentFreak

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Feds Seize Sports Streaming Domains in New Super Bowl Crackdown TorrentFreak In a new round of seizures the US authorities have taken control of domain names belonging to several popular sports streaming sites including Firstrowsports.tv, Firstrowsports.com and Soccertvlive.net. All affected sites now redirect to a notice from ... Illegal video streaming sites seized ahead of first live-streamed Super BowlExaminer.com Super Bowl tackles Web piracyPolitico Super Bowl Streaming Takes Hit After DoJ Shuts Down SitesWebProNews all 468 news articles »

Feds seize illegal sports-streaming sites - CNET

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Feds seize illegal sports-streaming sites CNET The other 291 domain names were allegedly selling and distributing counterfeit merchandise. Now, when users visit these sites they are redirected to an ICE seizure notice. The man arrested in "Operation Fake Sweep," Yonjo Quiroa, 28, of Comstock Park, ... Special Agents Seize More than $4.8 million in Fake NFL Merchandise and Seize ...Daily Disruption 'Operation Fake Sweep' Results in Seizure of $4.8 Million in Fake NFL MerchandiseMy TV20 Detroit 'Operation Fake Sweep' Seizes NFL Streaming Sites, CounterfeitsPC Magazine Las Cruces Sun-News -Government Security News all 184 news articles »

Super Bowl advertisers go after “second screens” - Salt Lake Tribune

Super Bowl advertisers go after “second screens” Salt Lake Tribune This is the first year that advertisers have tapped into the growing number of users of iPhones and other smartphones during the Super Bowl. In its ads, domain-name hosting site Godaddy.com will feature a QR code, a black-and-white two-dimensional code ... and more »

Attackers Using DNS Poisoning to Hijack Website Domains, Divert Traffic - eWeek

Attackers Using DNS Poisoning to Hijack Website Domains, Divert Traffic eWeek Several "activist hackers" appear to be using DNS poisoning and other attacks against the Domain Name System to divert users away from legitimate sites. Instead of just launching distributed denial-of-service attacks, cyber-attackers have started ... and more »

Super Bowl Sunday airwaves where the other big game is played - Hamilton Spectator

Super Bowl Sunday airwaves where the other big game is played Hamilton Spectator The domain name registrar has a tradition of racy commercials that force the viewer to go online and watch how the commercial really ends — a clever trick that drives even more traffic to its website. This year's sexy spot highlights several scantily ... and more »

Companies Prepare for Land-Grab of New 'Generic' Top-Level Domains - Wired News

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Companies Prepare for Land-Grab of New 'Generic' Top-Level Domains Wired News By Olivia Solon From this Thursday (midnight UTC) companies can apply to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) for the domain name suffix of their choosing — from dot brand (.brand) or dot product (.camera, for example) ... Who â” If Anyone â” Should Control The Internet?Minnesota Public Radio Growing Pains: New Domain Name Options to be Rolled OutOpinno ICANN Launches gTLD Campaign: Four General Concerns on New Domain NamingIBTimes.co.uk Huffington Post -Lakestar Media -Domain Name Wire all 739 news articles »

VeriSign repeatedly hacked in 2010 - Infosecurity Magazine (US)

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VeriSign repeatedly hacked in 2010 Infosecurity Magazine (US) Many organizations are not equipped to prevent and respond to web infrastructure failures caused by distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks and Domain Name System (DNS) failures, according to research commissioned by VeriSign. VeriSign hit by hackersCSO (blog) all 129 news articles »

Blackstone turns hostile on website names - Financial Times

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Blackstone turns hostile on website names Financial Times By Tim Bradshaw Blackstone Group has been quietly acquiring hostile web domain names in an attempt to head off online criticism, at a time when political rhetoric in the US is building against private equity firms. According to domain-registry records, ... and more »

SOPA and Its Implications For TPP - International IP and the Public Interest

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SOPA and Its Implications For TPP International IP and the Public Interest In other words, when a user typed the domain name of the non-US site into his browser, the service provider would not connect the user to the non-US website. Search engines (eg, Google, Bing or other sites that direct users to other online locations) ... and more »

What Go Daddy and Sedo Partnership News Means for You and Me - Elliot's Blog (blog)

What Go Daddy and Sedo Partnership News Means for You and Me Elliot's Blog (blog) According to a press release distributed this morning, Sedo and Go Daddy have entered into a new partnership allowing domain names listed for sale at Sedo to be shown to potential buyers at GoDaddy. The obvious reason this is important is that people ... and more »