Industry

IPv4’s Price Dip: Supply Surge Widens the Gap Between Block Sizes

The market for IPv4 addresses is showing signs of a gentle deflation. According to April 2025 sales data from IPv4.Global by Hilco Streambank, the average price per address has declined across all block sizes. more

Tempering Tax Season Troubles with DNS Intel

Each year, threat actors zoom in on U.S. taxpayers in a bid to intercept their payments and line their pockets instead. And while the tax day - 15 April 2025 - has passed, those who need more time can settle their dues up to 15 October 2025 without getting penalized if they requested an extension. more

Decrypting the Inner DNS Workings of EncryptHub

Outpost24 recently discovered that rising cybercriminal entity EncryptHub inadvertently exposed elements of its malicious enterprise. The security investigation unveiled previously unknown aspects of the group's infrastructure, tools, and behavioral patterns. more

Domain Name Industry Brief Reports 368.4 Million Domain Name Registrations in Q1 2025

The first quarter of 2025 closed with 368.4 million domain name registrations across all top-level domains (TLDs), an increase of 4.2 million domain name registrations compared to the previous quarter, according to the latest issue of the Domain Name Industry Brief Quarterly Report released Thursday at DNIB.com. more

Tracing the DNS Footprints of REF7707

The targeted attack campaign REF7707 trailed its sights on the foreign ministry of a South American country in February 2025. According to Elastic Labs, the group behind the campaign has been connected to previous compromises in Southeast Asia. more

Igniting a DNS Spark to Investigate the Inner Workings of SparkCat

SecureList recently published a study of Android and iOS apps that have been laced with a malicious software development kit (SDK) dubbed "SparkCat" that steals crypto wallet recovery phrases. more

A Guide to Navigating the Chinese Market

The Chinese market is the second largest in the world with an estimated GDP of $18 trillion. Over the past few decades, it has grown to be a powerhouse of manufacturing and technology. This has been coupled with a large increase in the internet penetration that now stands at 76%, which for a country of 1.4 billion people is a significant number of people online. more

IPv4 Prices Decline Amid Surge in Large Block Supply

A recent influx of /16 IPv4 address blocks has sent ripples through the secondary market, triggering a notable decline in average sale prices for the largest address sizes. According to data from IPv4.Global's March 2025 report, average prices for /16 blocks have fallen from nearly $50 per address in mid -- 2024 to just over $24 by March 2025. more

Amazon Invested in New gTLDs

Amazon was a major player in ICANN's last top-level domain (TLD) expansion round, serving as a Registry Operator for over 50 TLDs based on over 70 strings for which they originally applied. more

DNS Deep Diving Into 2025’s Up and Coming Ransomware Families

Ransomware attacks have been plaguing individual users and organizations worldwide for years now. And that is not surprising because they work. In fact, ransomware victims were asked to pay an average of US$2.5 million in 2024. more

A DNS Investigation of SEO Manipulation via Bad Seed BadIIS

Trend Micro researchers recently uncovered a search engine optimization (SEO) manipulation campaign targeting users of Internet Information Services (IIS) with BadIIS. more

IPv6 Usage in the U.S. Surpasses 50%, but Lags Behind Global Leaders

The transition to IPv6 has reached a significant milestone in the United States. As of February 9, 2025, more than half of all traffic to Google's services from U.S. users is now conducted over IPv6. This marks a step forward for a country with deep historical ties to the Internet but one that still lags behind several others in adoption rates. more