Archive for August, 2008

MIT Lincoln Laboratory software aims to thwart cyber hackers

Friday, August 29th, 2008

In response to the chronic cyber threat of hackers, MIT Lincoln Laboratory researchers are developing a software tool to identify the most vulnerable points in a computer network. The tool aims to make it possible for system administrators to focus on parts of a network that are most prone to attack, instead of securing all […]

Internet Address Bug

Thursday, August 7th, 2008

A recently found flaw in the internet’s addressing system is worse than first feared, says the man who found it.
Dan Kaminsky made his comments when speaking publicly for the first time about his discovery at the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas.
He said fixes for the flaw in the net’s Domain Name System (DNS) had […]

ME Domain Crosses 100,000 Milestone

Tuesday, August 5th, 2008

The .ME Registry announced today it has registered more than 100,000 domain names. This milestone comes a little more than two weeks after opening for live, real-time registrations by the general public and less than four months after opening its doors.
“We believe the huge demand for .ME reflects the public’s interest in having a personal […]