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[ NNSquad ] Cybersecurity Demos Planned / ICANN gTLD reveals
Cybersecurity Demos Planned / ICANN gTLD reveals http://j.mp/NccQre (This message on Google+) - - - http://j.mp/NcagBx (The Hill / Constant Contact) "The Lead: Sens. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) will host a cybersecurity demonstration on Wednesday morning showing hackers' methods and ways to defend against them. Homeland Security Department officials will conduct two demonstrations: one for senators and one for members of the media. The sessions are part of a push for cybersecurity legislation." "ICANN set to reveal domain names: The nprofit organization that manages the Web's address system will unveil thousands of applications for new Web domain names on Wednesday. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) began accepting applications for the new Web address endings, known as generic top-level domains, earlier this year. Soon websites will be able to end in almost any word or phrase, such as .bank or .food, in addition to traditional endings like .com and .org. The deadline to apply for a new domain was last month. ICANN had expected about 500 applications but received more than 1,900." - - - Wow. A doubleheader! You all know how I feel about both of these topics. But you have to admire the tactical approach of having not just one rigged cyberscare demo, but *two*, each carefully tailored for its targeted audience. And here's a couple of predictions about ICANN's new gTLDs. First, a bunch of lawyers are already busily prep'ing their Porsche orders. Also, how much would you bet that once ICANN's gTLD applications list is public, we'll start seeing those gTLDs showing up in deceiving manners on forged email From: lines and in obfuscated URLs contained in phishes and other crooked mailings and frauds, long before any of them are approved and actually deployed. Anyone care to bet against me on this one? --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lauren@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org Founder: - Data Wisdom Explorers League: http://www.dwel.org - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org - Global Coalition for Transparent Internet Performance: http://www.gctip.org - PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com Google+: http://vortex.com/g+lauren / Twitter: http://vortex.com/t-lauren Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 / Skype: vortex.com _______________________________________________ nnsquad mailing list http://lists.nnsquad.org/mailman/listinfo/nnsquad