*************************************************** The domain name news is supported by auDA *************************************************** Cyberlaw Predictions: International Pressure on Internet Governance http://www.bna.com/cyberlaw-predictions-international-b17179871729/ Vint Cerf: Internet competition has ?evaporated? since dial-up http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/01/vint-cerf-internet-competition-has-evaporated-since-dial-up/ SWITCH Discontinues Registrar Service For .LI http://www.domainpulse.com/2013/01/09/switch-discontinues-registrar-service-for-li/ InternetNZ boss Kumar logs-off http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/digital-living/8154059/InternetNZ-boss-Kumar-logs-off .SE Takes Over Management Of .NU http://www.domainpulse.com/2013/01/09/se-takes-over-management-of-nu/ Nations prepare for cyber war http://money.cnn.com/2013/01/07/technology/security/cyber-war/index.html European Cybercrime Centre (EC3) opens on 11 January [news release] http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-13-13_en.htm Addressing 2012: Another One Bites the Dust by Geoff Huston http://www.potaroo.net/ispcol/2013-01/2012.html Did MLB Overpay By Spending $1.2 Million For Rockies.com? http://www.forbes.com/sites/darrenheitner/2013/01/09/did-mlb-overpay-by-spending-1-2-million-for-rockies-com/ ********************** GOVERNANCE ********************** Cyberlaw Predictions: International Pressure on Internet Governance Most folks in the internet community are passionate about keeping the government role in internet policymaking to an absolute minimum. They've held their own for the past few decades, but now that the internet has become such a great economic and social force, fending off pressure from governments to control how and where the internet works is a constant battle in the online industry. http://www.bna.com/cyberlaw-predictions-international-b17179871729/ Vint Cerf: Internet competition has ?evaporated? since dial-up Vint Cerf, co-creator of the Internet, said today he is troubled by the prospect of companies like AT&T avoiding government regulation after the transition from traditional phone technology to all-IP networks. Already, he said, competition was decimated when the Internet moved from dial-up providers to cable companies and telcos. http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/01/vint-cerf-internet-competition-has-evaporated-since-dial-up/ Looking Forward to a Future Internet Going into last month the future of the Internet, to borrow a phrase from the great film noir movie "A Touch of Evil," looked like it may have been all used up. The feeling of the traditional telephone folk and controlling governments was that the Internet had done just about enough of this changing the future stuff -- thanks very much -- now it was time for a bit of control. But the World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT) in Dubai did not turn out quite the way that those who would control the Internet wanted. Nor, did the WCIT turn out quite the way that those of us who wanted a more hands-off future would have liked. http://www.cio.com/article/725827/Looking_Forward_to_a_Future_Internet ********************** DOMAIN NAMES ********************** ********************** - ICANN ********************** Buenos Aires, Singapore, London Identified as ICANN Meeting Sites for 2013-14 Completing the selection of meeting sites for 2013, the ICANN Board approved Buenos Aires, Argentina, as the location of ICANN?s 48th public meeting, to be held 17-21 November 2013. The Board also approved Singapore, London and a North American city (to be determined) as locations for the organization?s 2014 meetings. http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-07jan13-en.htm ICANN Board-Stakeholder Action List The attached ICANN Board-Stakeholder Action List sets out what the Board heard in Toronto where Board action is required and what the Board plans to do. In the future, it is intended that an Action List like this one will be published no later than 1 month after each meeting. Just prior to the following meeting an updated version of the Action List will be published setting out what the Board has done with respect to each item below. http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-08jan13-en.htm Preliminary Issue Report on Translation and Transliteration of Contact Information Purpose (Brief): As a required step in the GNSO Policy Development Process (PDP), ICANN Staff is seeking input on the Preliminary Issue Report on Translation and Transliteration of Contact Information. http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/comments-transliteration-contact-08jan13-en.htm ********************** - ccTLD & gTLD NEWS ********************** Rights-holders: how to enforce your rights under the .fr TLD: Afnic has published its 10th special report: the Guide for Rights-Holders It is essential for rights-holders today to know the means at their disposal in order to contact third parties who have filed potentially litigious domain names. Similarly, it is equally important for them to know the tools and procedures they can use to manage disputes when the search for an amicable solution is not possible or has been unsuccessful. http://www.afnic.fr/en/about-afnic/news/general-news/6579/show/rights-holders-how-to-enforce-your-rights-under-the-fr-tld.html The AFNIC Scientific Council shares its report on DNS-based Internet filtering The AFNIC Scientific Council has studied the technique of DNS-based Internet filtering and is sharing its report. http://www.afnic.fr/en/about-afnic/news/general-news/6584/show/the-afnic-scientific-council-shares-its-report-on-dns-based-internet-filtering.html .info and .biz contracts extended after expiring Afilias and Neustar have had their key gTLD registry contracts temporarily extended after they expired on New Year?s Eve. http://domainincite.com/11534-info-and-biz-contracts-extended-after-expiring Liechtenstein Internet addresses are "moving home" Up until now, it has been possible to register Internet addresses with the ending .li either directly with SWITCH or with one of more than 60 recognised Partners of SWITCH. As of 14 February 2013, SWITCH is withdrawing from its direct customer business with .li domain names and transferring this to its Partners. In future, the Internet Service Providers will be offering the registration and administration of domain names for direct customers in their own name and for their own account. http://www.switch.ch/about/news/2013/li-internet-addresses.html SWITCH Discontinues Registrar Service For .LI SWITCH, the registry for the .li and .ch ccTLDs, is withdrawing the option for .li (the ccTLD for Liechtenstein) registrants to register .li domain names with them directly as of 14 February 2013. The move means that registrants will need to transfer their .li domain names as of this date to its accredited registrars, or as it calls them, ?Partners.? http://www.domainpulse.com/2013/01/09/switch-discontinues-registrar-service-for-li/ http://www.domainnews.com/en/switch-to-discontinue-registrar-service-for-li.html Switch will no longer directly register .li domain names Swiss domain registrar Switch will withdraw from its direct customer business with .li domain names and transfer this to partners. http://www.telecompaper.com/news/switch-will-no-longer-directly-register-li-domain-names--917588 om: TRA, telecom firms sign domain pact The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) announced at a press conference that it has accredited Nawras, Omantel and Gulf Cyebertech E- Solutions as accredited registrars for the ccTLD of Sultanate of Oman (.om) and the Arabic domain of Sultanate of Oman. http://main.omanobserver.om/node/137607 http://www.zawya.com/story/TRA_telecom_firms_sign_domain_pact-ZAWYA20130108043102/ InternetNZ boss Kumar logs-off InternetNZ boss Vikram Kumar has announced his resignation this morning, after leading the organisation through three years of major change. http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/digital-living/8154059/InternetNZ-boss-Kumar-logs-off InternetNZ?s chief executive Vikram Kumar resigns [ANI] The Indian-origin boss of InternetNZ, the group protecting and promoting the Internet in New Zealand, has announced his resignation. http://truthdive.com/2013/01/08/InternetNZ-s-chief-executive-Vikram-Kumar-resigns.html http://www.newstrackindia.com/newsdetails/2013/01/08/21-InternetNZ-s-chief-executive-Vikram-Kumar-resigns-.html http://zeenews.india.com/business/news/technology/internetnzs-chief-executive-vikram-kumar-resigns_67695.html http://zeenews.india.com/business/news/technology/internetnz-s-chief-executive-vikram-kumar-resigns_67695.html InternetNZ chief exec resigns InternetNZ chief executive Vikram Kumar has announced his resignation. A replacement is yet to be named, and the organisation says it will begin a search for his replacement immediately. http://www.3news.co.nz/InternetNZ-chief-exec-resigns/tabid/412/articleID/282327/Default.aspx .SE to assume responsibility for registry services of .nu ? FAQ WorldNames, Inc., the registry operator and manager for the .nu TLD since 1998, has selected .SE (The Internet Infrastructure Foundation), to operate .nu domain's registry services, including administration and technical operations. The change will not affect holders of .nu domains. https://www.iis.se/english/news/se-nu-faq/ https://www.iis.se/english/news/se-to-assume-responsibility-for-registry-services-of-nu/ .SE Takes Over Management Of .NU .SE (The Internet Infrastructure Foundation) has been selected to be the registry operator for .nu, the ccTLD for the Pacific Island of Niue, in a contract for 15 years. http://www.domainpulse.com/2013/01/09/se-takes-over-management-of-nu/ http://www.domainnews.com/en/se-takes-over-management-of-nu.html Is .xxx already a spent force for adult domains? An area of the domains landscape reserved for adult entertainment has failed to make industry stakeholders hot under the collar, an online watchdog has claimed. According to research from MetaCert, the majority of adult sites are still choosing to set up in the .com space, despite the approval in March 2011 of the .xxx gTLD. http://www.cpaglobal.com/newlegalreview/5399/is_xxx_already_a_spent_force_f ********************** - NEW TLDS ********************** The Upside of Losing at New gTLD Auction by Christa Taylor On eBay, a Virgin Mary Grilled Cheese Sandwich sold for $28,000, a ghost in a jar for $55,000, and a Corn Flake shaped like the state of Illinois $1,350. In each of these very real examples, auction participants placed significant value on the items they were pursuing, in spite of their questionable value. These lucky eBay winners may have also received a case of Winner's curse... Unfortunately, human beings are not always rational and information is rarely - if ever - perfect. So how do you avoid winner's curse for your TLD? http://www.circleid.com/posts/20130108_the_upside_of_losing_at_new_gtld_auction/ DI to participate in New York new gTLD conference The agenda for the two-day Digital Marketing & gTLD Strategy Congress in New York this March has been published, and I?m happy to say that DI is involved. http://domainincite.com/11531-di-to-participate-in-new-york-new-gtld-conference Independent objector gives initial nod to ?controversial? gTLD strings [registration] Professor Alain Pellet, tasked with formally lodging concerns over highly objectionable gTLD applications, has published his comments on a number of ?controversial? strings. Acting as ICANN?s independent objector (IO), Pellet has given an initial OK to 10 strings, including ?.adult?, ?.porn? ?.sex? and ?.wtf? http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/detail.aspx?g=993003d1-a269-4409-91e4-4cc5a295ccf3 China Gets New Chinese Domain Extensions Such as ?.gossip? Remember back when the internet was basically just .com and .org, and maybe a little .edu? Those were the days. There are now far more offerings for those little domain name endings, which are called gTLDs, and ICANN has been adding new ones in other languages. http://thailand-business-news.com/china/43843-china-gets-new-chinese-domain-extensions-such-as-iloveyou Promoting The New Top Level Domains ? No Time For Napping by Jennie-Marie Larsen, Chief Executive Officer of DomainDiction.com I was asked what I thought was the most bizarre question by a journalist today, and by a New Yorker at that; ?Do you think PR and marketing matter to the new TLDs? And if so, how?? It?s their only job in my opinion. The new TLD program is largely unknown by the general Internet user, so education, demand creation and trust are the three main drivers to ensure their success. In other words, they will be pushing boulders uphill from day one. New TLDs will have to actually build the demand themselves, making marketing and PR are the only cards they have to play at this stage. http://www.thedomains.com/2013/01/08/guest-post-promoting-the-new-top-level-domains-no-time-for-napping/ ********************** DNS SECURITY ********************** Nations prepare for cyber war Security analysts are predicting that 2013 is when nation-sponsored cyberwarfare goes mainstream -- and some think such attacks will lead to actual deaths. http://money.cnn.com/2013/01/07/technology/security/cyber-war/index.html European Cybercrime Centre (EC3) opens on 11 January [news release] As from 11 January the new European Cybercrime Centre (EC3) will be up and running to help protect European citizens and businesses from cyber-crime. EU Commissioner for Home Affairs Cecilia Malmstr?m will participate in the official opening of the Centre established at the European Police Office, Europol in the Hague (the Netherlands). http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-13-13_en.htm New report on top trends in the first Cyber Threat Landscape by EU?s cyber Agency ENISA [news release] The ENISA Threat Landscape report summarises 120 recent reports from 2011 and 2012 from the security industry, networks of excellence, standardisation bodies and other independent parties, making the report the world?s most comprehensive synthesis presently available. The report provides an independent overview of observed threats and threat agents together with the current top threats, and emerging threats trends landscapes. Moreover, the Threat Landscape report analyses the ?cyber enemy?; identifying and also listing the top ten (out of a total of sixteen) threats in emerging technology areas. The areas considered are Mobile Computing, Social Media/Technology, Critical Infrastructure, Trust Infrastructures, Cloud, and Big Data. The identified top ten threats are: http://www.enisa.europa.eu/media/press-releases/new-report-on-top-trends-in-the-first-cyber-threat-landscape-by-eu2019s-cyber-agency-enisa UK 'complacent' over cyber attack threat, MPs warn The UK is at risk of an attack in cyberspace because of government "complacency", MPs have warned. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-20952374 Bank Hacks Were Work of Iranians, Officials Say The attackers hit one American bank after the next. As in so many previous attacks, dozens of online banking sites slowed, hiccupped or ground to a halt before recovering several minutes later. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/09/technology/online-banking-attacks-were-work-of-iran-us-officials-say.html Botnets for hire likely attacked U.S. banks Evidence collected from a website that was recently used to flood U.S. banks with junk traffic suggests that the people behind the ongoing DDoS attack campaign against U.S. financial institutions -- thought by some to be the work of Iran -- are using botnets for hire. http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9235525/Botnets_for_hire_likely_attacked_U.S._banks TURKTRUST Officials Say No Evidence of Malice in Certificate Incident A week after the disclosure of the existence of a fraudulent certificate for Google domains that resulted from the mistaken issuance of a subordinate certificate by a Turkish certificate authority, officials at TURKTRUST are continuing to defend their actions in response to the incident, and say that there is "no evidence of any attack or hacking attempt on our system". http://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/turktrust-officials-say-no-evidence-malice-certificate-incident-010713 Anonymous Wants DDoS Considered Free Speech, Hops on the White House Petition Bandwagon The loosely organized Internet philosophizers of Anonymous have decided to take a brief break from hassling Steubenville, the Westboro Baptist Church and Hunter Moore for a bit of good, old-fashioned soapboxery. The Daily Dot reports that the group has just launched a petition on WhiteHouse.gov titled ?Make, distributed denial-of-service (DDoS), a legal form of protesting.? http://betabeat.com/2013/01/anonymous-wants-ddos-considered-free-speech-hops-on-the-white-house-petition-bandwagon/ Anonymous Threatens to Destroy UN?s International Telecommunication Union ? Video Anonymous hacktivists have released a new video threatening to ?systematically dismantle? the United Nations? ITU. http://news.softpedia.com/news/Anonymous-Threatens-to-Destroy-UN-s-International-Telecommunication-Union-Video-319036.shtml Airing Out Security's Dirty Laundry Former South Carolina security guru's testimony shows how lack of security culture can open an organization to threats http://www.darkreading.com/database-security/167901020/security/news/240145842/airing-out-security-s-dirty-laundry.html ********************** - IPv4/IPv6 ********************** Addressing 2012: Another One Bites the Dust by Geoff Huston Time for another annual roundup from the world of IP addresses. What happened in 2012 and what is likely to happen in 2013? This is an update to the reports prepared at the same time in previous years, so lets see what has changed in the past 12 months in addressing the Internet, and look at how IP address allocation information can inform us of the changing nature of the network itself. http://www.potaroo.net/ispcol/2013-01/2012.html Vint Cerf?s futuristic wine cellar?and what it means for you Vint Cerf is a dapper man, pulling off a three-piece suit like no one else in the tech world. So of course he has a wine cellar?and it's better than yours, assuming you even have one. (I don't.) http://arstechnica.com/business/2013/01/vint-cerfs-futuristic-wine-cellar-and-what-it-means-for-you/ Telcos race toward an all-IP future At the CES Broadband Unlimited conference, communications execs explain why new native IP networks are essential for consumers and the next generation of connected devices. http://ces.cnet.com/8301-34435_1-57562644/telcos-race-toward-an-all-ip-future/ ********************** - MISCELLANEOUS ********************** eNom owner Demand Media buys domain registrar Name.com, adding nearly 1.5 million domain names Demand Media, the public digital media company that owns domain name and hosting giant eNom (over 13.5 million domain names registered to date) today announced that it has acquired Denver-based domain name registrar Name.com for an undisclosed sum. http://thenextweb.com/insider/2013/01/07/digital-media-firm-demand-media-buys-domain-registrar-name-com-adding-nearly-1-5m-domains/ Demand Media Bags 1.5M Domains After Acquiring Domain Registrar Name.com Last we heard from Demand Media it was beating earnings expectations, with a revenue performance up 17 percent in the second quarter and even boasting of a small profit. The ?social content? company was also on an upward swing on its stock. http://techcrunch.com/2013/01/07/demand-media-bags-1-5m-domains-after-acquiring-domain-registrar-name-com/ Registrars sought as Pool.com shuts down drop-catching business ICANN is looking for new homes for approximately 67,000 domain names, after a decision by Momentous to dump 85 of its domain name registrar accreditations. http://domainincite.com/11519-registrars-sought-as-pool-com-shuts-down-drop-catching-business ********************** - WEBHOSTING ********************** Demand Media Acquires Domain Registrar Name.com to Prepare Platform for new TLDs Digital media company Demand Media announced on Monday that it has acquired Denver-based domain name registrar Name.com for an undisclosed amount. http://www.thewhir.com/web-hosting-news/demand-media-acquires-domain-registrar-name-com-to-prepare-platform-for-new-tlds ********************** - DOMAINING & AFTERMARKET ********************** Did MLB Overpay By Spending $1.2 Million For Rockies.com? All it took was $1.2 million dollars for Major League Baseball (MLB) to purchase the domain name Rockies.com, a URL that was formerly owned by the Canadian tourism portal Tourism Canadian Rockies. The Colorado Rockies, an MLB team since 1993, has always had a home in Denver, Colorado, but frustrated many web surfers when its home on the Internet was not as easily ascertainable. That will all change with the MLB?s purchase of Rockies.com http://www.forbes.com/sites/darrenheitner/2013/01/09/did-mlb-overpay-by-spending-1-2-million-for-rockies-com/ Baseball league buys Rockies.com for $1.2m Major League Baseball has purchased the domain name rockies.com for $1.2 million, according to the deal?s broker, Venture Capital Group Ltd. http://domainincite.com/11524-baseball-league-buys-rockies-com-for-1-2m Second premium .info auction goes live on Go Daddy Go Daddy and Afilias are auctioning off a second batch of premium dictionary-word .info domain names. http://domainincite.com/11526-second-premium-info-auction-goes-live-on-go-daddy Afilias and Go Daddy to hold second .info auction Afilias and Go Daddy are teaming up for a second .info auction consisting of domain names originally reserved in the .info sunrise period in 2001. http://domainnamewire.com/2013/01/08/afilias-and-go-daddy-to-hold-second-info-auction/ Go Daddy begins showing minimum offer price alongside unpriced Afternic listings When GoDaddy.com started listing ?make offer? domains from Sedo and Afternic, many domainers reported a flood of unqualified offers. http://domainnamewire.com/2013/01/08/go-daddy-begins-showing-minimum-offer-price-alongside-unpriced-afternic-listings/ ********************** INTERNET USE ********************** Vint Cerf: Your shirt shouldn't have Internet access The Internet has come a long way since he helped create it in the 1970s, Vint Cerf told an audience at CES today -- but there are still some places it shouldn't go. http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-57562783-83/vint-cerf-your-shirt-shouldnt-have-internet-access/ Vint Cerf Says Nobody's Too Old for Tech Vint Cerf, known as the father of the Internet, says technology has not only changed the way we communicate but it's changing the way we live our lives. http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9235458/Vint_Cerf_Nobody_s_too_old_for_tech http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/445899/vint_cerf_nobody_too_old_tech/ http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/010813-vint-cerf-nobody39s-too-old-265628.html CES keynote: Young people today are 'born mobile' Mobile technology is no longer limited to laptops, smartphones and tablets. It's seeping into every corner of our lives, including television and movies, cars, the workplace, health care, education and eventually our bodies. http://edition.cnn.com/2013/01/08/tech/mobile/qualcomm-ces-keynote-2013/index.html How Much of the Web Is Archived? Truth Is, We Don't Really Know Here's the challenge: new Internet is being made all the time. Oftentimes, these new pages are added to existing networks on Tumblr or Facebook or Twitter or Livejournal. But other times, someone fires up a web server that's off the standard map, and it the web's crawlers, try as they might, may not find that page for a while, if ever. http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/01/how-much-of-the-web-is-archived-truth-is-we-dont-really-know/266905/ New search engine sets out to prove Google isn?t the best option for finding things on tablets [AP] The makers of Blekko believe they?ve built a great alternative to Google, but they?re also realistic. They know their two-year-old Internet search engine won?t ever supplant Google as the most popular place to search on laptop and desktop computers. http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2013-01-04/business/36209793_1_search-engine-rich-skrenta-tablet-computers uk: A third of poorest pupils 'without internet at home' More than a third of the poorest children do not have the internet at home and a similar number do not have a computer, official figures suggest. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-20899109 ********************** SOCIAL MEDIA ********************** Cyberlaw Predictions: Unfinished Legal Business on Social Media The one-two punch of content-sharing social networks and always-connected, location-aware cell phones has transformed the way we communicate with each other. Expressive and artistic speech, political speech, commercial speech, even speech about cute furry animals, have all moved into the social media space. Likewise speech about gambling, speech about criminal activity, regulated speech about the medical and legal professions, and speech that might have been copyrighted or trademarked by a third party. Legislators and law enforcers are not far behind. http://www.bna.com/cyberlaw-predictions-unfinished-b17179871723/ Library of Congress saves 500 million tweets per day in archives [IDG] The Library of Congress is now storing 500 million tweets per day as part of its efforts to build a Twitter archive, and has added a total of about 170 billion tweets to its collection. http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9235421/Library_of_Congress_saves_500_million_tweets_per_day_in_archives au: Police chief fears Facebook threat to justice Victoria's top policeman will meet with Facebook over concerns the site's users incite hatred and undermine the criminal justice system. http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/digital-living/8158818/Police-chief-fears-Facebook-threat-to-justice ********************************* CHILD PROTECTION & ONLINE SAFETY ********************************* Horses to the rescue of Korea's Internet-addicted teens Four months ago, the parents of a teenage South Korean girl were at their wits' end over her addiction to surfing the Internet for pornography. http://in.reuters.com/article/2013/01/09/korea-internet-horses-idINDEE90800K20130109 http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/01/09/uk-korea-internet-horses-idUKBRE90803120130109 Cyber bullying hurts as much as face-to-face experiences, Israeli researchers find Bullying in chat rooms and over social media can have the same physical and emotional effects as bullying in the schoolyard, researchers say. http://www.haaretz.com/news/features/cyber-bullying-hurts-as-much-as-face-to-face-experiences-israeli-researchers-find.premium-1.492670 nz: How to avoid an internet scam Kiwis lost more than $600 million to internet criminals in the past year and the biggest losers were those looking for love, says NetSafe, a leading educational advocate for cybersafety. http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/capital-life/8158129/How-to-avoid-an-internet-scam http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/kiwis-looking-love-fall-victim-romance-scams-5314414 http://www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/news/8156132/How-to-avoid-a-scam http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/digital-living/8156169/How-to-avoid-an-internet-scam ********************** MOBILE/WIRELESS ********************** Mobile Apps Drive Rapid Change in Searches When the Federal Trade Commission decided last week to close its antitrust investigation of Google without charges, one important factor, though hardly mentioned, was just beneath the surface: the mobile revolution. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/08/business/mobile-apps-drive-rapid-changes-in-search-technology.html Smartphone cyberattacks to grow this year A significant rise in smartphone attacks is predicted every year, and it hasn't happened yet. But that isn't stopping major security firms from saying this will be the year that phones will finally emerge as a major target for cybercriminals. http://money.cnn.com/2013/01/08/technology/security/smartphone-cyberattacks/index.html Smartphone sales to hit 1bn a year for first time in 2013 The smartphone is predicted to become a mass market phenomenon this year, with annual shipments soaring to 1bn globally for the first time, although a fifth of the devices will rarely be used to go online. http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2013/jan/06/smartphone-sales-1bn-2013 Global gadget spending projected to hit $1.1 trillion in 2013 Global spending on consumer electronic devices is projected to hit $1.1 trillion in 2013, according to the Consumer Electronics Assn. http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-ces-global-gadget-spending-projected-to-hit-11-trillion-in-2013-maybe-20130106,0,2026318.story Providing a Template to Challenge Apple In the China smartphone market, Apple has seen better days. Despite having reported record sales of the iPhone 5, the U.S. technology giant?s presence on the mainland flagged in 2012; it was pushed out of the top five smartphone makers in that market during the third quarter, with just 8 percent of the market, according to the research firm Canalys. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/07/technology/07iht-mediatek07.html ********************** SPAM ********************** ca: Internet law expert slams most recent draft of anti-spam regulations One prominent Internet law expert says Ottawa has backed down on elements of its touted anti-spam regulations after an outcry from business. http://www.globalnews.ca/world/canada/internet+law+expert+slams+most+recent+draft+of+anti-spam+regulations/6442783500/story.html ca: Ottawa's anti-spam proposals prohibit secret monitoring software After more than a year of closed-door consultations, the government has finally released an updated draft proposal for those long-awaited anti-spam regulations. http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/inside-politics-blog/2013/01/govt-nixes-bid-to-allow-isps-to-install-software-without-user-consent.html ********************** ONLINE CRIME & LEGAL ********************** Cyber crime: Hackers and phishers target Kiwis Rising use of internet for online banking, shopping and social networking increases vulnerability to scammers. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology/news/article.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10857844 Google withdraws patent claims against Microsoft Google has ended one patent war with Microsoft over video compression technology used in the Xbox 360. The firm had also argued that Microsoft was using its wi-fi innovations. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20957213 ********************** SECURITY ********************** Nations prepare for cyber war Security analysts are predicting that 2013 is when nation-sponsored cyberwarfare goes mainstream -- and some think such attacks will lead to actual deaths. http://money.cnn.com/2013/01/07/technology/security/cyber-war/index.html European Cybercrime Centre (EC3) opens on 11 January [news release] As from 11 January the new European Cybercrime Centre (EC3) will be up and running to help protect European citizens and businesses from cyber-crime. EU Commissioner for Home Affairs Cecilia Malmstr?m will participate in the official opening of the Centre established at the European Police Office, Europol in the Hague (the Netherlands). http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-13-13_en.htm New report on top trends in the first Cyber Threat Landscape by EU?s cyber Agency ENISA [news release] The ENISA Threat Landscape report summarises 120 recent reports from 2011 and 2012 from the security industry, networks of excellence, standardisation bodies and other independent parties, making the report the world?s most comprehensive synthesis presently available. The report provides an independent overview of observed threats and threat agents together with the current top threats, and emerging threats trends landscapes. Moreover, the Threat Landscape report analyses the ?cyber enemy?; identifying and also listing the top ten (out of a total of sixteen) threats in emerging technology areas. The areas considered are Mobile Computing, Social Media/Technology, Critical Infrastructure, Trust Infrastructures, Cloud, and Big Data. The identified top ten threats are: http://www.enisa.europa.eu/media/press-releases/new-report-on-top-trends-in-the-first-cyber-threat-landscape-by-eu2019s-cyber-agency-enisa UK 'complacent' over cyber attack threat, MPs warn The UK is at risk of an attack in cyberspace because of government "complacency", MPs have warned. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-20952374 Bank Hacks Were Work of Iranians, Officials Say The attackers hit one American bank after the next. As in so many previous attacks, dozens of online banking sites slowed, hiccupped or ground to a halt before recovering several minutes later. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/09/technology/online-banking-attacks-were-work-of-iran-us-officials-say.html Botnets for hire likely attacked U.S. banks Evidence collected from a website that was recently used to flood U.S. banks with junk traffic suggests that the people behind the ongoing DDoS attack campaign against U.S. financial institutions -- thought by some to be the work of Iran -- are using botnets for hire. http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9235525/Botnets_for_hire_likely_attacked_U.S._banks TURKTRUST Officials Say No Evidence of Malice in Certificate Incident A week after the disclosure of the existence of a fraudulent certificate for Google domains that resulted from the mistaken issuance of a subordinate certificate by a Turkish certificate authority, officials at TURKTRUST are continuing to defend their actions in response to the incident, and say that there is "no evidence of any attack or hacking attempt on our system". http://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/turktrust-officials-say-no-evidence-malice-certificate-incident-010713 Anonymous Wants DDoS Considered Free Speech, Hops on the White House Petition Bandwagon The loosely organized Internet philosophizers of Anonymous have decided to take a brief break from hassling Steubenville, the Westboro Baptist Church and Hunter Moore for a bit of good, old-fashioned soapboxery. The Daily Dot reports that the group has just launched a petition on WhiteHouse.gov titled ?Make, distributed denial-of-service (DDoS), a legal form of protesting.? http://betabeat.com/2013/01/anonymous-wants-ddos-considered-free-speech-hops-on-the-white-house-petition-bandwagon/ Anonymous Threatens to Destroy UN?s International Telecommunication Union ? Video Anonymous hacktivists have released a new video threatening to ?systematically dismantle? the United Nations? ITU. http://news.softpedia.com/news/Anonymous-Threatens-to-Destroy-UN-s-International-Telecommunication-Union-Video-319036.shtml Airing Out Security's Dirty Laundry Former South Carolina security guru's testimony shows how lack of security culture can open an organization to threats http://www.darkreading.com/database-security/167901020/security/news/240145842/airing-out-security-s-dirty-laundry.html ********************** CENSORSHIP ********************** The Age of Surgical Censorship Iran, to put it mildly, has a tense relationship with the Internet -- some evidence of the acrimony being the many attempts the country has made to curtail its citizens' use of social media. In May, its supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, issued a fatwa against anti-filtering tools that have helped citizens to access blocked material on the Internet. Last month, Iran launched Mehr, its own version of YouTube, which allows users to upload and view content they create, and to watch videos from IRIB, Iran's national broadcaster. The country has also reportedly been building a government-run network -- a national intranet -- that would operate "largely isolated" from the rest of the World Wide Web. Citing intensified online crackdowns, increased digital surveillance of citizens, and the imprisonment of web activists, Reporters Without Borders named Iran to its 2012 "Enemies of the Internet" list. http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/01/the-age-of-surgical-censorship/266875/ ************************** GOVERNMENT & PUBLIC POLICY ************************** Vint Cerf: Internet competition has ?evaporated? since dial-up Vint Cerf, co-creator of the Internet, said today he is troubled by the prospect of companies like AT&T avoiding government regulation after the transition from traditional phone technology to all-IP networks. Already, he said, competition was decimated when the Internet moved from dial-up providers to cable companies and telcos. http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/01/vint-cerf-internet-competition-has-evaporated-since-dial-up/ France tells internet service provider to end ads block A major French internet service provider (ISP) has agreed to abandon its ad-blocking policy - seen as a swipe against Google - after a minister intervened. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20943779 French ISP that killed Google ads changes its mind about silent ad blocking French ISP Free has rolled out an update to firmware of the DSL modem it gives subscribers - bringing with it an ad blocker switched on by default. The move has sparked a wave of controversy, raising concerns about net neutrality and questions around the financing of internet infrastructure. http://www.zdnet.com/french-isp-that-killed-google-ads-changes-its-mind-about-silent-ad-blocking-7000009474/ France orders Internet provider to stop blocking Google ads France, unlike the U.S., has had relaxed rules on whether Internet service providers can block online content -- until today that is. http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57562638-93/france-orders-internet-provider-to-stop-blocking-google-ads/ EU lawmakers seek to limit use of data by internet firms Internet companies such as Facebook and Google may have to get more permission to use information if European Union lawmakers give users more control over their personal data. http://in.reuters.com/article/2013/01/09/eu-data-protection-internet-idINDEE90806A20130109 http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/01/09/uk-eu-dataprotection-idUKBRE9080BA20130109 Facebook, Google May Face More Data-Use Limits, EU Lawmaker Says Facebook Inc., Google Inc. and Microsoft Corp. may face stricter privacy rules requiring them to let users shift data to rivals in the European Union under proposed changes to a draft law. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-01-08/facebook-google-may-face-more-data-use-limits-eu-lawmaker-says.html us: Justice Department and Patent Office Issue Policy Statement on Patents The consensus among policy makers on the perils of using standard patents as competitive weapons continues to build. http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/01/08/justice-department-and-patent-office-issue-policy-statement-on-patents/ us: DOJ and USPTO look to limit standards-based patents The Department of Justice and the US Patent and Trademark Office sent a policy statement today, suggesting that the International Trade Commission or ITC back away from enforcing "exclusion orders," which can kick a product off the US market in cases involving standards-based patents. http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/01/doj-and-uspto-look-to-limit-standards-based-patents/ au: AFP can't get data on how long it needs data One of the strongest backers for Australian telecommunications companies to hold customer data for access by government agencies can't itself provide data on how long it usually requires that data for crime investigation to be stored. http://www.zdnet.com/au/afp-cant-get-data-on-how-long-it-needs-data-7000009507/ ********************** MISCELLANEOUS ********************** Vint Cerf?s futuristic wine cellar?and what it means for you Vint Cerf is a dapper man, pulling off a three-piece suit like no one else in the tech world. So of course he has a wine cellar?and it's better than yours, assuming you even have one. (I don't.) http://arstechnica.com/business/2013/01/vint-cerfs-futuristic-wine-cellar-and-what-it-means-for-you/ Ad Blocking Raises Alarm Among Firms Like Google Xavier Niel, the French technology entrepreneur, has made a career of disrupting the status quo. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/07/technology/ad-blocking-raises-alarm-among-firms-like-google.html InternetNZ boss Kumar logs-off InternetNZ boss Vikram Kumar has announced his resignation this morning, after leading the organisation through three years of major change. http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/digital-living/8154059/InternetNZ-boss-Kumar-logs-off InternetNZ?s chief executive Vikram Kumar resigns [ANI] The Indian-origin boss of InternetNZ, the group protecting and promoting the Internet in New Zealand, has announced his resignation. http://truthdive.com/2013/01/08/InternetNZ-s-chief-executive-Vikram-Kumar-resigns.html http://www.newstrackindia.com/newsdetails/2013/01/08/21-InternetNZ-s-chief-executive-Vikram-Kumar-resigns-.html http://zeenews.india.com/business/news/technology/internetnzs-chief-executive-vikram-kumar-resigns_67695.html http://zeenews.india.com/business/news/technology/internetnz-s-chief-executive-vikram-kumar-resigns_67695.html InternetNZ chief exec resigns InternetNZ chief executive Vikram Kumar has announced his resignation. A replacement is yet to be named, and the organisation says it will begin a search for his replacement immediately. http://www.3news.co.nz/InternetNZ-chief-exec-resigns/tabid/412/articleID/282327/Default.aspx ********************** TELECOMMUNICATIONS ********************** European telecom firms play down single network idea European telecoms operators want more consolidation in a crowded market, industry sources said on Wednesday, but have not discussed creating a single network for the continent with competition authorities in Brussels. http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/01/09/eu-telecomsmergers-idUKL5E9C97HJ20130109 --------- David Goldstein email: david at goldsteinreport.com web: http://davidgoldstein.tel/ http://goldsteinreport.com/ phone: +61 418 228 605 - mobile; +61 2 9665 5773 - office/home "Every time you use fossil fuels, you're adding to the problem. 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