[DNS] domain name news - 24 January

From: David Goldstein <david> Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2013 15:54:43 +1100 · This archive was generated by hypermail 2.3.0 : Sat Sep 09 2017 - 22:00:11 UTC

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Keeping the Internet Safe From Governments
<http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/01/23/keeping-the-internet-free/>

Canadians Express Strong Preference For .CA Domains As ccTLD Grows Strongly
<http://www.domainpulse.com/2013/01/22/canadians-prefer-ca/>

Carter named acting InternetNZ boss
<http://www.nbr.co.nz/article/carter-named-acting-internetnz-boss-ck-134879>

Nominet Launches Legal Proceedings Against Critic For Defamatory Comments
<http://www.domainpulse.com/2013/01/22/nominet-legal-proceedings/>

Trademark Clearinghouse prices revealed
<http://domainincite.com/11683-trademark-clearinghouse-prices-revealed>

Points mean prizes - or rather, cheaper Trademark Clearinghouse fees
<http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/detail.aspx?g=b4612a4a-d2ed-43b9-b009-261226dcf7c0>

Trademark Clearinghouse Debate is Not About the Trademark Clearinghouse! by St?phane Van Gelder
<http://www.circleid.com/posts/20130121_trademark_clearinghouse_debate_not_about_trademark_clearinghouse/>

Apple, Google and Microsoft still don?t understand new TLDs
<http://domainincite.com/11673-apple-google-and-microsoft-still-dont-understand-new-tlds>

Akamai: A third of cyberattacks come from China
<http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57565417-93/akamai-a-third-of-cyberattacks-come-from-china/>

Akamai Releases Third Quarter 2012 'State of the Internet' Report [news release]
<http://www.akamai.com/html/about/press/releases/2013/press_012313.html>

China accounts for a third of cyber attacks
<http://www.theaustralian.com.au/australian-it/china-accounts-for-a-third-of-cyber-attacks/story-e6frgakx-1226560556271>

9/11 decade over: defence focus on cyber security
http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/political-news/911-decade-over-defence-focus-on-cyber-security-20130123-2d7jc.html

A Strategy for Australia's National Security [news release]
<http://www.pm.gov.au/press-office/strategy-australias-national-security>

au: Cyber security funding welcomed by industry
<http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/451605/cyber_security_funding_welcomed_by_industry/>

au: Industry pointing fingers as IPv6 adoption crawls forward
<http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/451366/industry_pointing_fingers_ipv6_adoption_crawls_forward/>

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GOVERNANCE
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Keeping the Internet Safe From Governments
Even before the World Conference on International Telecommunications took place last month in Dubai, Internet activists anticipated trouble. So did Congress, which issued a resolution calling it ?essential? that the Internet remain ?stable, secure and free from governmental control.?
<http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/01/23/keeping-the-internet-free/>

Much Ado About WCIT-12 and Multi-Stakeholderism by Katim S. Touray
In the last month of last year, the World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT-12) ended in Dubai amid, not hugs and fanfare, but finger-pointing and acrimony. The end, much anticipated as it was, wasn't the finest hour for international cooperation for the global public interest. Looking back, one would be forgiven to conclude that the WCIT-12 was doomed to fail.
<http://www.circleid.com/posts/20130122_much_ado_about_wcit_12_and_multi_stakeholderism/>

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 - ccTLD & gTLD NEWS
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Canadians use the Internet more than anyone else - New report from CIRA looks at the Internet and Canada?s place in it
Canadians rank first in the world when it comes to Internet usage, spending an average of 45 hours per month online. Despite this fact, Canadians still spend more for broadband speed than 19 other countries. These illuminating facts, and more, are included in a new resource from the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) released today. ... Some other facts of note include: 49 per cent of Canadians strongly prefer .CA versus 17 per cent for .COM for business.
<http://www.cira.ca/news/news-releases/2013-cif/>
<http://www.broadcastermagazine.com/press-releases/story.aspx?id=1002003884>
<http://www.exchangemagazine.com/morningpost/2013/week4/Tuesday/13012211.htm>

Canadians Express Strong Preference For .CA Domains As ccTLD Grows Strongly
Canadians prefer their own .CA ccTLD over .COM a new report from the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) has found.
<http://goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=19656>
<http://www.domainpulse.com/2013/01/22/canadians-prefer-ca/>
<http://www.domainnews.com/en/canadians-express-strong-preference-for-ca-domains-as-cctld-grows-strongly.html>

Get the .ca Internet facts with CIRA's Fact Book 2013
Ever wondered how often Canadians are online, what their preferred domain is, or how much of our gross domestic product is generated by the Internet economy? These are just some of the facts available in the Canadian Internet Registration Authority's (CIRA) 2013.ca Factbook.
<http://www.itbusiness.ca/it/client/en/home/News.asp?id=69751>

Canadians Rank First in Internet Use Worldwide
According to the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA), the average Canadian spends 45 hours a month online, which places us first in the world for Internet use.
<http://www.digitalhome.ca/2013/01/canadians-rank-first-in-internet-use-worldwide/>

Canadians Use the Internet More Than Any Other Country in the World (and Other Fun Facts)
Canadians rank first in the world when it comes to Internet usage, spending an average of 45 hours per month online. Canadians also spend more for broadband speed than 19 other internet-using countries.
<http://www.techvibes.com/blog/canadians-addicted-to-internet-2013-01-23>

World's Heaviest Internet Users: Canada Tops List Despite Uncompetitive Prices, Speeds
Canadians are the heaviest users of the internet in the world, according to a report from CIRA.
<http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/01/22/canada-worlds-heaviest-internet-users_n_2527319.html>

Canadian website domains allowed to include French accents
The organization that supports .ca domain addresses is allowing Canadians to register a website in both of the country's official languages.
<http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2013/01/14/canada-website-address-french-accents.html>

Carter named acting InternetNZ boss
InternetNZ has appointed Jordan Carter as acting CEO while it searches for a new chief executive.
<http://www.nbr.co.nz/article/carter-named-acting-internetnz-boss-ck-134879>

Acting Chief Executive Announced
InternetNZ (Internet New Zealand Inc) has appointed Jordan Carter as its Acting Chief Executive.
<https://internetnz.net.nz/news/media-releases/2013/Acting-Chief-Executive-Announced>

Afilias doubles .pro registrations in a year
Afilias says it has managed to grow .pro by 100% just one year after acquiring RegistryPro, despite an abuse crackdown and a tightening of registration policies.
<http://domainincite.com/11668-afilias-doubles-pro-registrations-in-a-year>

uk: Nominet Takes Legal Action Over ?Defamation?
Nominet is seeking an injunction to remove content that it says amounts to ?harassment? of the company?s chief executive, amidst controversy over the propsoed direct.uk service
<http://www.techweekeurope.co.uk/news/nominet-defamation-104863>

Nominet sues domainer gripe site for defamation
Nominet has sued a fierce critic of the organization after apparently trying and failing to have his web site shut down.
<http://domainincite.com/11661-nominet-sues-domainer-gripe-site-for-defamation>

Nominet Launches Legal Proceedings Against Critic For Defamatory Comments
Nominet have launched issued formal legal proceedings in the High Court of England and Wales against Graeme Wingate and his company That Internet Limited, a member of Nominet, for publication of defamatory content. Nominet is seeking an injunction to remove the content and prevent its publication in future.
<http://www.domainpulse.com/2013/01/22/nominet-legal-proceedings/>
<http://www.domainnews.com/en/nominet-launches-legal-proceedings-against-critic-for-defamatory-comments.html>

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 - NEW TLDS
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Trademark Clearinghouse prices revealed
The cost of submitting trademarks to the forthcoming Trademark Clearinghouse will start at $150 per year, the Clearinghouse operator has revealed.
<http://domainincite.com/11683-trademark-clearinghouse-prices-revealed>

Points mean prizes - or rather, cheaper Trademark Clearinghouse fees
In November ICANN president and CEO Fadi Chehad? revealed that trademark submission fees for the new gTLDs Trademark Clearinghouse will be capped at $150 per mark. The figure has now been confirmed, with volume discounts available through a ?points rewards? type scheme.
<http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/detail.aspx?g=b4612a4a-d2ed-43b9-b009-261226dcf7c0>

Trademark Clearinghouse Debate is Not About the Trademark Clearinghouse! by St?phane Van Gelder
A comment period on the "strawman", a proposal to update the Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH), is currently underway. Originally planned to end on January 11, it has been extended by ICANN to February 5. The comment portal has so far received 89 email contributions. A fair number, but the real story is how many major brands have spoken out on the proposed amendments to the TMCH model.
<http://www.circleid.com/posts/20130121_trademark_clearinghouse_debate_not_about_trademark_clearinghouse/>

Apple, Google and Microsoft still don?t understand new TLDs
The world?s most-popular web browsers are still failing to recognize new top-level domains, many months after they go live on the internet.
<http://domainincite.com/11673-apple-google-and-microsoft-still-dont-understand-new-tlds>

Contention Is Best Settled by Those Who Know the Players & Industry by Michael Berkens
Several posts have been made on the topic of contention resolution and private auctions around the new gTLD program over the last few weeks on CircleID. Many of the Applicants we spoke to thought it was appropriate to weigh in from the RightoftheDot.com perspective. We want you to know that the RightOfTheDot auction offering for contention resolution for new gTLD's, unlike other offerings, remains unchanged from when it was first announced to the Domain Industry.
<http://www.circleid.com/posts/20130122_contention_is_best_settled_by_those_who_know_the_players_industry/>

Suffix rush: the rise of 'dot whatever' - Why we'll see hundreds of new site names in 2013.
For years, there have been just a handful of ways to end a website address. There's .com, .org, .edu, and a bunch of country-specific codes, such as .fr for French websites.
<http://www.csmonitor.com/Innovation/Tech/2013/0121/Suffix-rush-the-rise-of-dot-whatever>

A Serious Bug in the Similarity Check by Werner Staub
A week ago, ICANN announced the latest delay in the New gTLD Program: the so-called "contention sets" will only be published March 1, 2013. The original deadline was July 2012, postponed serially in two-month intervals. The gTLD program is lost in confusing similarity. What went wrong? In order to determine which TLD applications are in contention, it is necessary to say which TLD strings are confusingly similar to one another.
<http://www.circleid.com/posts/20130121_a_serious_bug_in_the_similarity_check/>

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Akamai: A third of cyberattacks come from China
A third of all cyberattacks in the third quarter of 2012 came from China, a new report from Akamai said, double the percentage in the second period.
<http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57565417-93/akamai-a-third-of-cyberattacks-come-from-china/>

A look at Akamai's Q3 State of the Internet Report
Akamai's Q3 2012 State of the Internet report is out, and while it's not a security-specific piece of research, there are a number of findings infosec practitioners will find useful. Among other things, it points to the continued growth of global attack traffic originating in Russia, the U.S. and Canada.
<http://blogs.csoonline.com/network-security/2534/look-akamais-q3-state-internet-report>

Asia has fastest internet, launches most cyber-attacks
Not only is Asia home to the world's fastest internet connections, but it's also the source of the most internet attack traffic, according to new data from content delivery provider Akamai.
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/01/24/akamai_state_of_internet_q3_2012/>

One-Third of Cyber Attack Traffic Originates in China, Akamai Says
About one-third of the world?s cyber attack traffic was traced back to China, according to a report by Akamai Technologies to be published today.
<http://go.bloomberg.com/tech-blog/2013-01-23-one-third-of-cyber-attack-traffic-originates-in-china-study-says/>

Akamai Releases Third Quarter 2012 'State of the Internet' Report [news release]
Akamai Technologies, Inc., the leading cloud platform for helping enterprises provide secure, high-performing user experiences on any device, anywhere, today released its Third Quarter, 2012 State of the Internet report. Based on data gathered from the Akamai Intelligent Platform?, the report provides insight into key global statistics including connection speeds, attack traffic, and network connectivity and availability, among many others.
<http://www.akamai.com/html/about/press/releases/2013/press_012313.html>

DARPA Seeking Help With Targeted Attack Analysis
The networks of government agencies and the military are under constant attack from a variety of sources, and the U.S., like most other countries, relies on those networks to not just run daily operations, but to support missions around the world. In the face of those attacks, the Department of Defense's advanced research group, DARPA, is looking for new technologies that can collect and analyze massive amounts of network data and enable security teams to get quick reads on attacks happening across a broad, department-level network.
<http://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/darpa-seeking-help-targeted-attack-analysis-012313>

Cyber crime ring targeted NASA [AFP]
The United States has charged three young East European men with running an international cyber theft ring that broke into a million computers, including at NASA.
<http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-01-24/us-charges-east-european-cyber-virus-gang/4481534>

Radware: Week-plus DDoS attacks doubled last year
Radware?s 2012 Global Application and Network Security Report highlights server-based botnets and encrypted layer attacks as just two of the new attack tools used during DDoS attacks.
<http://blogs.csoonline.com/malwarecybercrime/2535/radware-week-plus-ddos-attacks-doubled-last-year>

Can DNS be protected from spikes in attacks?
Denial of service attacks against the Domain Name System increased by 170 percent from to 2012, according to a recent analysis of security trends, but despite this growth little has been done to guard against them.
<http://gcn.com/articles/2013/01/23/can-dns-be-protected-from-spike-in-attacks.aspx>

More Than Half of Banks Hit by DDoS Attacks Last Year, Study Finds
In a recent survey conducted by the Ponemon Institute, more than half of the banking IT professionals in the study said their bank had experienced at least one DDoS in the previous 12 months.
<http://www.banktech.com/risk-management/more-than-half-of-banks-hit-by-ddos-atta/240146802>

China accounts for a third of cyber attacks
A DAY after Julia Gillard's launch of a national security strategy, an international survey has named China as the origin of a third of the world's cyber attacks.
<http://www.theaustralian.com.au/australian-it/china-accounts-for-a-third-of-cyber-attacks/story-e6frgakx-1226560556271>

9/11 decade over: defence focus on cyber security
Declaring the ''9/11 decade'' to be over, the Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, has announced that Australia's national security focus will switch firmly to the Asia-Pacific region, where the rise of new powers is creating a ''more crowded and complex'' strategic landscape.
http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/political-news/911-decade-over-defence-focus-on-cyber-security-20130123-2d7jc.html

A Strategy for Australia's National Security [news release]
Australia?s first National Security Strategy highlights the dramatic economic and strategic shift towards the Asia-Pacific region and provides a blueprint for national security over the next decade.
<http://www.pm.gov.au/press-office/strategy-australias-national-security>

au: Cyber security funding welcomed by industry
The federal government?s $1.46 billion funding in improvements to cyber security networks and establishment of an Australian Cyber Security Centre has received a largely positive response from information security professionals who say it is a good step forward.
<http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/451605/cyber_security_funding_welcomed_by_industry/>

Security researchers cripple Virut botnet [IDG]
Many of the domain names used by a cybercriminal gang to control computers infected with the Virut malware were disabled last week in a coordinated takedown effort, Spamhaus, an organization dedicated to fighting spam, announced Saturday.
<http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9235991/Security_researchers_cripple_Virut_botnet>
<http://www.cso.com.au/article/451333/security_researchers_cripple_virut_botnet/>
<http://pcworld.co.nz/pcworld/pcw.nsf/news/security-researchers-cripple-virut-botnet>

Virut botnet hit by Polish domain seizures
Polish security authorities have tackled the Virut botnet with domain name seizures and efforts to take down the command and control servers behind the operation.
<http://www.zdnet.com/virut-botnet-hit-by-polish-domain-seizures-7000010069/>

Polish Domain Registry NASK Seizes Domains Used in Pervasive Virut Botnet
Polish domain registry NASK seized 23 domains used by the Virut botnet last week, which marks the first time the registrar has taken such drastic steps against infected domains
<http://www.thewhir.com/web-hosting-news/polish-domain-registrar-nask-seizes-domains-used-in-pervasive-virut-botnet>

Nask shuts down Virut botnet domains
The operator of the Polish domain registry Nask has taken over multiple domains used for cybercrime activities, making their further usage for illegal purposes impossible.
<http://www.telecompaper.com/news/nask-shuts-down-virut-botnet-domains--919795>

Polish CERT hits Virut botnet
The Polish Research and Academic Computer Network (NASK), the national registry of the .pl domain and founder of CERT Polska, has announced on Friday that they took over 23 domains that served as C&C servers for the Virut botnet.
<http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=14268

Virut Malware Botnet Torpedoed By Security Researchers
Security researchers have scuttled the Virut botnet, which was comprised of an estimated 300,000 compromised zombie systems, by shutting down numerous domain names associated with the botnet.
<http://www.informationweek.com/security/attacks/virut-malware-botnet-torpedoed-by-securi/240146673>

Virut botnet takedown sinkholes 23 domains
Polish cyber security experts seized domains behind the Virut botnet over the weekend. According to reports, control of the 23 .pl domains was mastered by Polish registrar Nask, with the Polish computer emergency readiness team (Cert) assuming control of redirected traffic from the domains.
<http://www.scmagazineuk.com/virut-botnet-takedown-sinkholes-23-domains/article/276813/>

Polish knights slay Virut, the brazen virus army that has its own EULA
Security researchers have decapitated a spam-spewing network of hacked computers by pulling the plug on the central command-and-control servers. The compromised PCs were infected by the Virut virus and were being remotely controlled from these servers by miscreants.
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/01/21/virut_botnet_take_down/>

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Two cases show the inconsistency of RDNH
Two recent UDRP cases show the inconsistency of how reverse domain name hijacking (RDNH) is applied.
<http://domainnamewire.com/2013/01/21/two-cases-show-the-inconsistency-of-rdnh/>

A safe way to offload your infringing domain names?
About five years ago I was talking to a domainer who had some trademark-infringing domains in his portfolio. He didn?t want them. He just wanted to get rid of them.
<http://domainnamewire.com/2013/01/23/a-safe-way-to-offload-your-infringing-domain-names/>

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ISPs circle IPv6 adoption alternative
ISPs are circling carrier-grade or large-scale network address translation as a strategy that would allow them to cling to IPv4 for longer, further delaying moves to adopt IPv6.
<http://www.itnews.com.au/News/329445,isps-circle-ipv6-adoption-alternative.aspx>

au: Industry pointing fingers as IPv6 adoption crawls forward
The Internet Society of Australia predicted ?piecemeal improvements? to IPv6 adoption in 2013.
<http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/451366/industry_pointing_fingers_ipv6_adoption_crawls_forward/>
<http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/telecommunications/industry-pointing-fingers-as-ipv6-adoption-crawls-forward>

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New lawsuit against ?revenge porn? site also targets GoDaddy
So-called "involuntary porn" or "revenge porn" sites have continued to make more news?against the will of just about everyone featured on them.
<http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/01/new-lawsuit-against-revenge-porn-site-also-targets-godaddy/>

Verisign's Earnings: A Plan Needed As New Rules Limit Pricing
Verisign is scheduled to announce its fiscal year 2012 earnings on 24 January. The company had a mixed year with the Department of Commerce approving an amended contract with ICANN for .com registry.
<http://www.nasdaq.com/article/verisigns-earnings-a-plan-needed-as-new-rules-limit-pricing-cm209490>

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Internet Service Providers, Web Hosts on Board with Launch of New Cloud Service Mega
Kim Dotcom celebrated his birthday and the one-year anniversary of his arrest by launching a new file storage and sharing site, Mega, over the weekend. The Mega website began accepting registrations at 6:48 am Auckland time, and had 500,000 people sign-up in the first 14 hours.
<http://www.thewhir.com/web-hosting-news/internet-service-providers-web-hosts-on-board-with-launch-of-new-cloud-service-mega>

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Yahoo Poised to Acquire Content Curation Site Snip.it (Updated)
Marissa Mayer?s Yahoo is in the process of acquiring a startup to help its efforts to become a destination for content.
<http://allthingsd.com/20130122/yahoo-poised-to-acquire-content-curation-site-snip-it/>

Yahoo Buys Snip.it For 'Mid-Teens? Of Millions Of Dollars
Yahoo has bought Snip.it, described as a Pinterest-like site for article curation, for a price in the ??mid-teens? of millions of dollars? according to All Things D.
<http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57565247-93/yahoo-buys-snip.it-a-pinterest-clone-for-content-curators/>

Kim Kardashian, ?Famous For Nothing?, Selected For Webfest Global Fireside Chat
Kim Kardashian, whose family brand turned over $70 million in 2011, who has been described as being ?famous for nothing,? and once said she is famous because she is ?relatable?, has been selected to participate in the annual fireside chat at Webfest Global next month.
<http://www.domainpulse.com/2013/01/24/kim-kardashian-webfest-global-fireside-chat/>
<http://www.domainnews.com/en/kim-kardashian-qfamous-for-nothingq-selected-for-webfest-global-fireside-chat.html>

DomainMongrel Launches Instant Domain Name Appraisal Tool [news release]
DomainMongrel.com announces the launch of a new domain name appraisal tool that predicts the value of a domain name in the reseller market.
<http://www.domainpulse.com/2013/01/23/domainmongrel/>
<http://www.domainnews.com/en/domainmongrel-launches-instant-domain-name-appraisal-tool.html>

Estibot launches new expired domain finder Dropping.com
Dropping.comEstibot has launched a new expired domain search service called Dropping.com.
<http://domainnamewire.com/2013/01/22/estibot-launches-new-expired-domain-finder-dropping-com/>

IDNX/Sedo: Number Crunching Shows, Domains Sell Faster With ?Charm Prices? by Thies Lindenthal, Sedo.com?s product manager for domain pricing
Pricing domain names is as much an art as it is science. Though opinions differ on the merits of automatic appraisal services (at Sedo, we believe in the benefits of fast, automatic price suggestions), statistics show that one very simple strategy speeds up sales.
<http://www.thedomains.com/2013/01/22/idnxsedo-number-crunching-shows-domains-sell-faster-with-charm-prices/>

Yahoo buys Snip.it, a Pinterest clone for content curators
Yahoo has acquired Snip.it, a Pinterest-like service for saving articles to collections and sharing them with groups. Yahoo is paying "mid teens" of millions of dollars for the content discovery site and will announce the deal this week, according to AllThingsD, which cited sources familiar with the deal.
<http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57565247-93/yahoo-buys-snip.it-a-pinterest-clone-for-content-curators/>

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Global internet speeds slowed down in 2012 [AFP]
Global internet connection speeds around the world slowed in late 2012, according to a survey that suggested a temporary stall in broadband gains.
<http://www.theaustralian.com.au/australian-it/global-internet-speeds-decline/story-e6frgakx-1226560561319>
<http://www.livemint.com/Industry/Z1NsLn6khrVvT42mZGBYOL/Global-Internet-hit-2012-speed-bump-study.html>
<http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/451593/global_internet_hit_2012_speed_bump_study/>

Akamai: A third of cyberattacks come from China
A third of all cyberattacks in the third quarter of 2012 came from China, a new report from Akamai said, double the percentage in the second period.
<http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57565417-93/akamai-a-third-of-cyberattacks-come-from-china/>

A look at Akamai's Q3 State of the Internet Report
Akamai's Q3 2012 State of the Internet report is out, and while it's not a security-specific piece of research, there are a number of findings infosec practitioners will find useful. Among other things, it points to the continued growth of global attack traffic originating in Russia, the U.S. and Canada.
<http://blogs.csoonline.com/network-security/2534/look-akamais-q3-state-internet-report>

Asia has fastest internet, launches most cyber-attacks
Not only is Asia home to the world's fastest internet connections, but it's also the source of the most internet attack traffic, according to new data from content delivery provider Akamai.
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/01/24/akamai_state_of_internet_q3_2012/>

One-Third of Cyber Attack Traffic Originates in China, Akamai Says
About one-third of the world?s cyber attack traffic was traced back to China, according to a report by Akamai Technologies to be published today.
<http://go.bloomberg.com/tech-blog/2013-01-23-one-third-of-cyber-attack-traffic-originates-in-china-study-says/>

Akamai Releases Third Quarter 2012 'State of the Internet' Report [news release]
Akamai Technologies, Inc., the leading cloud platform for helping enterprises provide secure, high-performing user experiences on any device, anywhere, today released its Third Quarter, 2012 State of the Internet report. Based on data gathered from the Akamai Intelligent Platform?, the report provides insight into key global statistics including connection speeds, attack traffic, and network connectivity and availability, among many others.
<http://www.akamai.com/html/about/press/releases/2013/press_012313.html>

DLD 2013: Google's dominance will loosen, says expert
What of the future of search? Albert Wenger of Union Square Ventures went out on a limb at the DLD13 conference on Tuesday to predict that Google will not be able to retain such a dominant market share, and pointed out that Microsoft already has a 15% share of the US search market with Bing.
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2013/jan/22/dld-2013-google-dominance-search-loosen>

Google boasts 4 billion hours of YouTube viewing per month
YouTube viewers watched 4 billion hours of the site's videos per month in 2012, a Google executive boasted during Google's fourth-quarter earnings call today.
<http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57565273-93/google-boasts-4-billion-hours-of-youtube-viewing-per-month/>

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SOCIAL MEDIA
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Web 're-defining' human identity says chief scientist
Social networks such as Facebook and on-line gaming are changing people's view of who they are and their place in the world, according to a report for the government's chief scientist.
<http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21084945>

Facebook may be making you hate life, study says
Are you jealous of everyone you know? If so, it might be time to take a break from Facebook.
<http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-facebook-envy-20130122,0,1063622.story>

Facebook admits it is powerless to stop young users setting up profiles
Facebook has admitted that there is almost nothing it can do to stop young users setting up profiles, with academic research suggesting that more than a third of UK 9-12 year olds now have their own page on the social network.
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2013/jan/23/facebook-admits-powerless-young-users>

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CHILD PROTECTION & ONLINE SAFETY
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Apple pulls 500px app due to 'child porn' concerns
Apple says it has been forced to remove a popular photography app due to customer complaints over "possible child pornography".
<http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21160812>

Apple deletes app for 'porn' -- what it means
The removal of 500px from Apple's App Store raises questions over review equity, fairness and API functionality.
<http://edition.cnn.com/2013/01/23/tech/mobile/apple-nude-photo-app/index.html>

Australians most vulnerable to virtual stalkers
Australians are among the world's heaviest internet users but also the most exposed to being tracked online by companies after personal information, a report warns.
<http://www.theage.com.au/digital-life/consumer-security/australians-most-vulnerable-to-virtual-stalkers-20130121-2d372.html>
<http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/consumer-security/australians-most-vulnerable-to-virtual-stalkers-20130121-2d372.html>

au: R-rated app Sizzle recruiting kids
A CONTROVERSIAL "sexting" app which encourages kids to send R-rated images to each other has been branded outrageous and dangerous by police.
<http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/r-rated-app-sizzle-recruiting-kids/story-e6freuy9-1226559588454>

au: Cyber safety mum is SA's award nominee [AAP]
IN recent years Sonya Ryan's life has been filled with grief and despair as she coped with the murder of her 15-year-old daughter Carly.
<http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/breaking-news/cyber-safety-mum-is-sas-award-nominee/story-fn3dxiwe-1226559664663>

A lesson in cyberbullying: Here's a look at how U.S. students are taught about online safety [IDG]
The seventh-grade classroom at Aptos Middle School buzzed with animated kids, many of whom whispered to friends and shot curious looks at the visitors scattered around their classroom.
<http://www.techworld.com.au/article/451507/lesson_cyberbullying/>

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ONLINE TV, MUSIC & PIRACY
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The Move Online Is Hurting Europe's Music Retailers
Across Europe, music is once again fueling protests, strikes and sit-ins. In a twist on the 1960s, it is the music sellers, rather than the listeners, who are up in arms.
<http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/21/business/global/hitting-the-mute-switch-on-europes-music-retailers.html>

Netflix Accused Of Bullying ISPs And Discriminating Against Users
Time Warner Cable has accused Netflix of bullying ISPs and discriminating against their own users. The new Open Connect Content Delivery Network (CDN) is what is getting Time Warner Cable so upset and they believe that Netflix is in the wrong for how they implemented this new CDN program last year.
<http://www.inquisitr.com/490128/netflix-accused-of-bullying-isps-and-discriminating-against-users/>

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MOBILE/WIRELESS
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LTE users to hit 1 billion by 2016, says report
The number of global 4G LTE wireless subscribers has skyrocketed from thousands to millions in just three years, and research firm iSuppli predicts that rate of growth will only speed up.
<http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-57565310-94/lte-users-to-hit-1-billion-by-2016-says-report/>

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SPAM
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The Dying Business Of Email Spam
Spam email is on the wane. And no one on God?s green Earth is going to miss it.
<http://www.forbes.com/sites/kenrapoza/2013/01/21/the-dying-business-of-email-spam/>

Spam levels plummet as industry takes aim at botnets
Global spam levels continued to fall in 2012 and even the number of malicious attachments was on the wane, new figures from Kaspersky Lab have suggested.
<http://news.techworld.com/security/3421721/spam-levels-plummet-as-industry-takes-aim-at-botnets/>
<http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/012213-spam-levels-plummet-as-industry-266035.html>

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ONLINE CRIME & LEGAL
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uk: ISPs could be sued for letting customers read defamatory comments, says Leveson lawyer
ISPs could be sued for allowing their customers to read defamatory comments online, under a new law proposed by the lead counsel to the Leveson inquiry.
<http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/medianews/article3664198.ece>

Australian surgeon sues Google over 'bankrupt' auto-complete
A Port Macquarie surgeon is suing Google for defamation over an auto-complete search suggestion that he believes has cost him clients.
<http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/australian-surgeon-sues-google-over-bankrupt-autocomplete-20130122-2d480.html>
<http://www.theage.com.au/technology/technology-news/australian-surgeon-sues-google-over-bankrupt-autocomplete-20130122-2d480.html>

au: Internet sales fuelling illegal gun trade
A former senior federal police officer has warned more needs to be done to combat the online trade of firearms as authorities in Sydney deal with a spate of shootings and street violence.
<http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-01-23/call-to-combat-internet-gun-sales-amid-sydney-shootings/4481232>

Ransomware threatens NZ businesses
Symantec says it is keeping a close eye on a relatively new but potentially very damaging threat ? ransomware.
<http://reseller.co.nz/reseller.nsf/news/ransomware-threatens-nz-businesses>

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SECURITY
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DARPA Seeking Help With Targeted Attack Analysis
The networks of government agencies and the military are under constant attack from a variety of sources, and the U.S., like most other countries, relies on those networks to not just run daily operations, but to support missions around the world. In the face of those attacks, the Department of Defense's advanced research group, DARPA, is looking for new technologies that can collect and analyze massive amounts of network data and enable security teams to get quick reads on attacks happening across a broad, department-level network.
<http://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/darpa-seeking-help-targeted-attack-analysis-012313>