Administrators at web host Network Solutions say they've closed a hole that allowed attackers to commandeer a large number of sites so they tried to infect visitors with malware. The mass hack caused Network Solutions customers running WordPress to silently redirect visitors to a site that attempted to perform malicious drive-by downloads.
The Internet Crime Complaint Center warned Americans to be careful about potential Web and other scams related to the 2010 census. The center, a joint venture between the FBI and the National White Collar Crime Center, warned that census takers will not contact U.S. residents seeking census information via e-mail or seek donations.
Since late March, when Google moved its search operations out of mainland China to Hong Kong, each response to a Chinese citizen’s search request has been met at the border by government computers, programmed to censor any forbidden information Google might turn up. In the new networked China, censorship is a major growth industry, overseen -- and fought over -- by no fewer than 14 government ministries.
The Department of Transportation stepped up its campaign against distracted driving, announcing its first pilot program to study whether increased law enforcement would reduce distracted driving in two East Coast cities. The $600,000 program, modeled on previous safe-driving programs to curb drunk driving and improve seat belt usage, also involves a paid advertising campaign aimed at men and women up to age 49.
The case of a teenager in Massachusetts who killed herself after a relentless, months-long bullying campaign shows how the common schoolyard behavior is evolving in dangerous new ways online. Six students face felony charges in the death of Phoebe Prince, 15, who hanged herself in January after being subjected to verbal assault and threats of physical harm.
New regulations issued aimed at removing obstacles to using Internet-based tools for transparency are long overdue, said accountability groups and privacy advocates, but they pointed out a promised revision to an outdated ban on cookies was conspicuously absent. In accordance with a December presidential directive, agencies released plans to weave transparency, public participation and collaboration with the private sector into daily operations.
Under fire over anonymous comments reportedly made from her private e-mail account about defendants and at least one lawyer in cases she is overseeing, an Ohio judge has blasted back by filing suit against the Cleveland newspaper that broke the story.
Federal Communications Commission officials said they will push ahead to implement their recently released National Broadband Plan despite an appeals-court decision that struck down some of the agency's authority over Internet regulation. In a statement, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski said the court's decision "does not change our broadband policy goals, or the ultimate authority of the FCC to act to achieve those goals."
The British government forced through the controversial digital economy bill with the aid of the Conservative party last night, attaining a crucial third reading -- which means it will get royal assent and become law -- after just two hours of debate in the Commons. However, it was forced to drop clause 43 of the bill, a proposal on orphan works which had been opposed by photographers.
Federal Communications Commission members began the work of relaunching their broadband strategy after a court threw out their earlier effort to police broadband traffic and even as Internet providers said no action at all would be best. The ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit that the FCC has limited authority under current law to tell Internet providers how to manage their networks has put portions of FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski's National Broadband Plan at risk.
Verizon CommunicationsChief Executive Ivan Seidenberg said he is concerned the proposed National Broadband Plan could lead to an "overreach" of regulation that could cut into private investment. Still, he added, it's early in the game and Verizon is working with other players such as Google to find a more reasonable position on hot-button issues such as net neutrality, which is intended to create open and equal access to the Internet.
Wi-Lan Inc, the Canadian technology licensing company, has filed a lawsuit accusing 19 computer and phone companies of infringing a patent by selling laptops and cellular handsets enabled with Bluetooth technology. Among the defendants are some of the world's best-known technology providers, including Apple Inc, Dell Inc, Hewlett-Packard Co and Intel Corp.
A group of public interest groups urged the FTC to investigate two emerging trends in online advertising that the groups say pose growing threats to consumer privacy involving the auction of individual Internet users for targeted advertising opportunities and the combining of online and other sources of data about Internet users.
Google has won another round in a patent fight with a company called Bid for Position, which had accused Google of infringing a patent with its AdWords advertising system.
The mother of a 16-year-old boy said she shut him out of his Facebook account after reading he had driven home at 95 mph one night because he was mad at a girl. His response: a harassment complaint at the local courthouse.
Google is expected to be sued by photographers, illustrators and other visual artists who claim the company is infringing their rights by scanning and displaying their work without compensation. The American Society of Media Photographers and others who were not permitted to join a pending class-action settlement over digitized books are filing a lawsuit, said the plaintiffs' law firm.
Google Inc., owner of the most-used Internet search engine, was sued over claims that its Buzz social-networking service violated the privacy rights of those who use the company's Gmail service. The case, which seeks class action, or group, status was filed by Barry Feldman of New York, who claims Google automatically activated the Buzz program from his e-mail account.
The Federal Trade Commission appears to be laying the groundwork for an antitrust challenge to Google's proposed purchase of mobile-advertising company AdMob. The FTC has assembled an internal litigation team to prepare for a possible effort to block the deal, according to people familiar with the matter.
The Better Business Bureau has warned consumers to be wary of e-mail and Facebook offers to get free iPads in exchange for being a researcher or tester or buying items first. “What’s past is prologue, and it was inevitable that scammers would take advantage of the excitement over the iPad to rip people off, just like they did with the iPod and the iPhone,” said Alison Southwick, a spokeswoman for the bureau.
In the wake of a lawsuit that accused Yelp of extortion, the reviews site said it will revamp the way it displays reviews and eliminate its "favorite review" feature. The "favorite review" feature allowed companies to pay for the right to select their favorite user review and have that review prominently featured on their Yelp page.
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