Day: February 5, 2012

Half of Fortune 500s, US Agencies Still Infected With DNSChanger Trojan

tsu doh nimh writes “Two months after authorities shut down a massive Internet traffic hijacking scheme, the malicious software that powered the criminal network is still running on computers at half of the Fortune 500 companies, and on PCs at nearly 50 percent of all federal government agencies. Internet Identity, a Tacoma, Wash. company that sells security services, found evidence of at least one DNSChanger infection in computers at half of all Fortune 500 firms, and 27 out of 55 major government entities. Computers still infected with DNSChanger are up against a countdown clock. As part of the DNSChanger botnet takedown, the feds secured a court order to replace the Trojan’s DNS infrastructure with surrogate, legitimate DNS servers. But those servers are only allowed to operate until March 8, 2012. Unless the court extends that order, any computers still infected with DNSChanger may no longer be able to browse the Web. The FBI is currently debating whether to extend the deadline or let it expire.”


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New Mobile Plan Pools Data On Unlimited Devices

Hugh Pickens writes “PC Magazine reports that Ting, a new reseller of Sprint’s voice, 3G and WiMax services, has a new approach to mobile pricing that lets customers buy minutes, messages, and data separately, and allows households to pool them to an unlimited number of phones and data devices on one account. ‘Household data plans are the next step for consumers, mainly because people are adding more connected screens and devices to their lifestyle,’ writes Kevin Tofel. ‘And different household members have different data needs; some use a little while others consume gobs of gigabytes. Why not average out the usage across multiple devices?’ Both AT&T and Verizon have hinted at offering shared data plans in the future, but the devil’s in the details, says Tofel. ‘My hope is that family data plans come soon, to all carriers, just like we have for family voice and messaging plans.'”


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Netflix teams with eyeIO to lower bandwidth use on movie night

Netflix teams with eyeIO to lower bandwith use on movie night
Kicking up a fuss about Netflix hogging all your bandwidth? Perhaps the company’s latest partnership could induce a rapid change of heart. The streaming service has paired up with eyeIO in hopes of keeping bandwidth usage during streams to a minimum, which they claim won’t affect the content’s overall quality. While the joint venture just became official, the startup’s “ultra-low-bandwidth” encoding technology — that allegedly can reduce usage on a 720p HD stream by more than 50 percent — began its testing phase on the streaming-giant’s offerings months ago. Although eyeIO’s service has already been implemented by Netflix, it’s worth mentioning this isn’t an exclusive deal, thus it’s possible for its competition to jump on the bandwidth conservation bandwagon in the future. More importantly, we’re interested to find out if you have noticed any difference in your streams lately, so drop us a line in the comments below.

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