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Google adding search privacy protections

March 14, 2007 Privacy experts say the plan is a step in the right direction, but more could be done. TAGS: search privacy, IP address, Google Inc., IP, consultant, search, server, Web browser

Trend Micro fights spam based on reputation

July 19, 2005 New services block junk messages using a list of IP addresses that are known to be sending spam or should not be sending e-mail at all. TAGS: Trend Micro Inc., spam, IP address, IP, e-mail

Activists unveil stealth browser

September 22, 2006 Firefox spin-off Torpark conceals users' IP information and can be run directly from a USB drive. TAGS: IP address, IP, Web browser, London, Firefox, USB flash drive

In search of the Wikipedia prankster

December 15, 2005 Daniel Brandt, a book indexer in Texas, explains what motivated him to track down the author of a false article. TAGS: Wikipedia, Nashville, IP address, author, IP, BellSouth Corp., article, Texas, search, router, server, e-mail

Verbatim: Search firms surveyed on privacy

February 3, 2006 CNET News.com asks AOL, Google, Microsoft and Yahoo what info they could provide in response to a court order. Read their responses. TAGS: cookie, America Online Inc., Verbatim, search, attorney, IP address, prosecutor, Time Warner Inc., search result, request, IP, functionality, Google Inc., response, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp.

China launches largest IPv6 network

December 29, 2004 Country aims to be the leader in the creation of the next Internet with the launch of a new network linking 25 universities. TAGS: IPv6, China, IPv4, IP, Asia, IP address

In their own words: Search engines on privacy

August 13, 2007 CNET News.com tries to clear up recent privacy announcements by surveying Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, Ask.com and AOL. Here, they respond.How search engines rate on privacy TAGS: Ask.com, user identity, cookie, privacy, search engine, America Online Inc., Time Warner Inc., survey, IP address, Internet search, IP, knowledge, Yahoo! Inc., backup, Google Inc., e-mail

How HP bugged e-mail

September 29, 2006 Commercial online service was used to track e-mail sent to a reporter in Hewlett-Packard's leak probe, investigator testifies. Images: Commercial e-mail tracking TAGS: Dawn Kawamoto, reporter, HP, IP, IP address, e-mail, e-mail address

Microsoft exec calls XP hack 'frightening'

November 13, 2007 In a matter of minutes, e-crime experts hack into a Windows XP computer that is unprotected and connected to an unsecured wireless network. TAGS: hack, demonstration, wireless network, exec, IP address, IP, service pack, small business, anti-spyware, minute, patch management, malware, Service Pack 2, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows XP, password

DNS servers--an Internet Achilles' heel

August 3, 2005 Scan finds that hundreds of thousands of the servers that act as the white pages of the Net are vulnerable to attack. TAGS: DNS server, DNS, domain, attacker, server, IP address, IP, Internet Service Provider, service provider, Internet service, attack, PC, e-mail

Congress targets social-networking sites

June 29, 2006 Lawmakers have been trying to get ISPs to retain data on customers. Now Congress is turning to sites like MySpace. TAGS: MySpace, IP address, IP, Internet provider, Rep., Time Warner Inc., Democrat, Internet Service Provider

Police blotter: Open Wi-Fi blamed in child porn case

April 18, 2007 Texas man says FBI's search warrant was invalid because a neighbor could have been using his unsecured 802.11 wireless connection. TAGS: Police Blotter, warrant, wireless connection, Texas, Wi-Fi, IP address, Yahoo! Inc., Time Warner Inc., IEEE 802.11, owner, IP, agent, Mr., search, IM

New denial-of-service threat emerges

March 16, 2006 Attacks targeted 1,500 IP addresses and delivered a heftier blow than normal DOS threats, VeriSign security chief says. TAGS: VeriSign Inc., denial of service, bot, DNS server, query, victim, DNS, threat, attack, server, IP, IP address, DOS, security

Worms could dodge Net traps

August 4, 2005 Scientists outline a way that attackers could subvert the early-warning systems meant to detect threats. TAGS: sensor, attacker, Wisconsin, researcher, scientist, IP address, IP, worm, activity, threat, location

ICANN turns on next-gen IP addresses

February 5, 2008 New version of Internet Protocol data has been added to six of the world's root servers, assuring supply of unique IP addresses. TAGS: IPv6, IPv4, address, IP, IP address, server, database

Symantec warns of router compromise

January 24, 2008 Security company says it has seen an attack using a cross-site scripting flaw in 2Wire DNS routers. TAGS: Symantec Corp., e-card, 2Wire, router, XSS, attack, domain name, DNS, HTTP, IP address, IP, security

FBI turns to broad new wiretap method

January 30, 2007 FBI's Internet wiretaps after retiring "Carnivore" appear to involve compiling massive databases of information on thousands of users at a time. TAGS: Carnivore, surveillance, Internet provider, attorney, IP address, IP, agent, method, database, e-mail

Old software weakening Net's backbone, survey says

October 25, 2005 One-fifth of DNS servers are running out-of-date software, and two-thirds are open to tweaking to help scammers. TAGS: DNS server, DNS, survey, domain, server, attacker, IP, IP address, domain name, Internet Service Provider, security, PC, e-mail

Spying worm spreads via MSN Messenger, AIM

July 21, 2005 Attacks tailored to IM services contain links that could infect a PC with a Trojan horse or dangerous worm. TAGS: bot, SpyBot, worm, MSN Messenger, IP address, Time Warner Inc., MSN, IP, trojan horse, McAfee Inc., Symantec Corp., copy, America Online Inc., Microsoft Corp., link, security

Sharman witness: Tech can control illegal swapping

December 11, 2004 DRM, watermarking are options for controlling copyright infringement, former Napster expert witness says. TAGS: Sharman Networks Ltd., Akamai Technologies Inc., Kazaa, KaZaA Media Desktop, IP address, Napster Inc., professor, IP, digital-rights management, file-sharing
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