Jeff Roberts / paidContent:
Verizon Says More Than 600 Websites Used In Cybersquatting Scam — In a case that shines light on the world of professional cybersquatters, Verizon is suing a website and a domain name registrar that placed ads on hundreds of sites with Verizon-like names. — In a complaint filed …
Rip Empson / TechCrunch:
DreamHost’s Unhappy January Continues: First, A Database Breach, Now An Outage — DreamHost has been having a rough couple weeks. The low-cost hosting provider and domain name registrar found some unauthorized activity in its databases back on January 20th, which they later admitted …
Caleb Garling / Wired Enterprise:
Google Teams With Facebook and Microsoft To Phight Phishing — Google has teamed up with Facebook and Microsoft. — It’s a very rare occurrence. But even the worst of tech enemies can agree that phishing is bad. — On Monday, Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Yahoo! …
Jennifer Granick / The Shout:
Megaupload: A Lot Less Guilty Than You Think — The recent Department of Justice decision to indict Megaupload for copyright infringement and related offenses raises some very thorny questions from a criminal law perspective. A few preliminaries: I’m responsible for the musings below …
Declan McCullagh / CNET:
Hawaii may keep track of all Web sites visited — Hawaii’s legislature is weighing an unprecedented proposal to curb the privacy of Aloha State residents: requiring Internet providers to keep track of every Web site that their customers visit. — John Mizuno, a Democratic state legislator in Hawaii …