MUMBAI, INDIA: The much talked about and discussed Internet doomsday on 9 July, 2012, has finally fizzled out without much of an impact in contrast to what many security experts had expected globally. India, like the US, was among the many countries, that were expected to be hit by the DNS Changer malware; however, according [...]
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DNS Changer causes minimal damage to India
Tuesday, July 10th, 2012DNSChanger Post-Mortem: What Did We Learn?
Tuesday, July 10th, 2012The DNS Changer Working Group took its DNS servers offline earlier today, and the world didn’t end. Isn’t that great? As PCMag.com reported earlier today, many of the Internet Service Providers configured their own substitute DNS servers and are continuing to work the problem. Major Internet providers like Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Cablevision, and others, [...]
Google warns users infected with DNSChanger as Web outage nears
Wednesday, May 23rd, 2012Computerworld – Google on Tuesday hauled out a tool it last used nearly a year ago to warn users infected with the “DNSChanger” malware. Starting Tuesday, special messages will be displayed at the top of a Google search results page to people whose Windows PCs and Macs have been infected with malicious code that hijacks [...]
Google Warns Users Infected with DNSChanger as ‘Internet Doomsday’ Nears
Wednesday, May 23rd, 2012Google on Tuesday hauled out a tool it last used nearly a year ago to warn users infected with the “DNSChanger” malware. Starting Tuesday, special messages will be displayed at the top of a Google search results page to people whose Windows PCs and Macs have been infected with malicious code that hijacks their clicks. [...]
Have you checked your PC for DNSChanger? The clock is ticking.
Tuesday, May 15th, 2012Have you checked your PC for DNSChanger? The clock is ticking. By Kevin McCaney May 14, 2012 Tens of thousands of computers in the United States are still infected with DNSChanger and, if you haven’t checked, yours could be one of them. And if your computer is infected, you could be effectively cut off from [...]
FBI: Hundreds of Thousands May Lose Internet in July
Wednesday, April 25th, 2012For computer users, a few mouse clicks could mean the difference between staying online and losing Internet connections this summer. Unknown to most of them, their problem began when international hackers ran an online advertising scam to take control of infected computers around the world. In a highly unusual response, the FBI set up a [...]
FBI moves to head off hackers’ Internet cutoff bug
Monday, April 23rd, 2012WASHINGTON (AP) – For computer users, a few mouse clicks could mean the difference between staying online and losing Internet connections this summer. Unknown to most of them, their problem began when international hackers ran an online advertising scam to take control of infected computers around the world. In a highly unusual response, the FBI [...]
Infected Computers May Lose Internet This Summer
Sunday, April 22nd, 2012<!– –> Tweet – A A A + Written by USA Today <!– –> The FBI is warning computer users now about internet problems some could face this Summer. The biggest fear is most users don’t know about the danger. For computer users, a few mouse clicks could mean the difference between staying online and [...]
Infected PCs may lose Internet in July
Saturday, April 21st, 2012Unknown to most of them, their problem began when international hackers ran an online advertising scam to take control of infected computers around the world. In a highly unusual response, the FBI set up a safety net months ago using government computers to prevent Internet disruptions for those infected users. But that system is to [...]
Hundreds of thousands may lose Internet in July
Friday, April 20th, 2012(Credit: CBS) (AP) – For computer users, a few mouse clicks could mean the difference between staying online and losing Internet connections this summer. Unknown to most of them, their problem began when international hackers ran an online advertising scam to take control of infected computers around the world. In a highly unusual response, the [...]
Hundreds of thousands may lose Internet in July
Friday, April 20th, 2012(Credit: CBS) (AP) – For computer users, a few mouse clicks could mean the difference between staying online and losing Internet connections this summer. Unknown to most of them, their problem began when international hackers ran an online advertising scam to take control of infected computers around the world. In a highly unusual response, the [...]
Time Is Not On The CMO’s Side
Monday, March 19th, 2012CMOs are struggling to connect with their customers. A recent BCG survey found that 77 percent of CMOs were not sure how to reach customers. So it’s not surprising that many CMOs are equally unsure how to use new top-level domains (TLDs) to better reach, sell or retain their customers. Having launched a new TLD [...]
Judge extends DNS Changer deadline as malware cleanup progresses
Wednesday, March 7th, 2012A federal judge yesterday extended an operation that will keep hundreds of thousands of users infected with the “DNS Changer” malware connected to the Internet until they can scrub their machines. Authorities take out $14M DNS malware operation Meanwhile, Tacoma, Wash.-based Internet Identity (IID), which has been monitoring the cleanup efforts, said today that it [...]
Judge extends DNS Changer deadline as malware cleanup progresses
Wednesday, March 7th, 2012Computerworld – A federal judge yesterday extended an operation that will keep hundreds of thousands of users infected with the “DNS Changer” malware connected to the Internet until they can scrub their machines. Meanwhile, Tacoma, Wash.-based Internet Identity (IID), which has been monitoring the cleanup efforts, said today that it had seen a “dramatic” decrease [...]
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