A United Front to Stop Cybercrime

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A United Front to Stop Cybercrime

	By .ORG (Sponsored Post) The Original Purpose-Driven Generic Top-Level Domain
	February 12, 2009 Views: 11,093

As part of .ORG’s ongoing pursuit for and commitment to a more secure global Internet, we have teamed up with Microsoft Corporation as well as fellow technology and academic leaders, including ICANN, NeuStar, VeriSign, CNNIC, Afilias, Global Domains International Inc., M1D Global, AOL, Symantec, F-Secure, ISC, researchers from Georgia Tech, the Shadowserver Foundation, Arbor Networks and Support Intelligence. Together we are working to implement a unified and global response to the Conficker (also known as Downadup) worm. In working with this team we have coordinated a response designed to disable domains targeted by Conficker and are taking legal actions to hold those who have illegally launched malware accountable. In order to disrupt the spread of Conficker it has been important to take a unified front and we are honored to be a part of this action to bring the Internet one step safer. We believe the community-based approach we’ve taken will continue to be the best way forward in order for our global community to fight off cyberthreats as they continue to rapidly evolve.

For more information about the Conficker worm and how to protect your systems from it, visit, http://www.microsoft.com/conficker.

Written by Alexa Raad, Chief Executive Officer of Public Interest Registry

By .ORG, The Original Purpose-Driven Generic Top-Level Domain

Public Interest Registry (PIR) is a nonprofit that operates the .ORG top-level domain – one of the world’s largest generic top-level domains with more than 10.6 million domain names registered worldwide. PIR has been a champion for a free and open Internet for two decades with a clear mission to be an exemplary domain name registry, provide a trusted digital identity and help educate those who dedicate themselves to improving our world.

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