ISPs will warn you about pirate content with Copyright Alert System

According to the Center for Copyright Information, the controversial "Copyright Alert System" will hit the U.S. within weeks. A blog post by Jill Lesser, executive director of the Center for Copyright Information, revealed the long-awaited Copyright Alert System CAS will begin "in the coming week...

Google Ireland and Yahoo Domains Hijacked

Irish websites Google.ie and Yahoo.ie went offline on Tuesday afternoon after their DNS servers were apparently hijacked to point to those of a third party, resulting in visitors being redirected to an 'allegedly fraudulent' address - farahatz.net. That site has now been taken offline, but it is...

Pirated Content Sites Hacked Attract Billions Of Years !

Web sites hawking pirated software and other digital goods will attract about 53 million visits per year. This is according to a report PDF released yesterday by MarkMonitor, a company that protects online brands to its corporate clients. The hacking scene of the majority of the 53 billion hits,...

Hundreds of Top Sites Open to Domain Hijacking

Less than 10% of the top 300 most highly trafficked sites are protected using a registry lock service. Why is that? MarkMonitor attempts to answer that in a Q&A. Read the full article. ZDNet...