Industry

Reactivation Campaign: Shared vs. Dedicated IPs

Within the digital messaging industry, an opportunity will sometimes arise for an email marketing manager to send a re-activation campaign to dormant email addresses, in order to galvanize subscribers who don't respond to your messaging. more

.ORG Inserts DNSSEC Key Into The Root Zone

.ORG, The Public Interest Registry (PIR) announced it has inserted its Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC) key into the Internet root zone, joining the top of the Internet's "chain of trust." more

DNS Investigation: Is xDedic Truly Done for After Its Takedown?

Law enforcement agencies shut down xDedic, a cybercrime-as-a-service (CaaS) marketplace specifically providing web servers to cybercriminals, back in 2019. However, WhoisXML API threat researcher Dancho Danchev posits that parts of its backend infrastructure may remain traceable. more

ARI Registry Services Drives New TLD Applicants to Activate Launch Strategy

The new Top-Level Domain (TLD) program entered the critical delegation phase today as the first batch of what will eventually be around 1400 strings were added to the root servers of the Internet and applicants began executing their launch strategies. more

Technology and Finance Industries to Dominate New gTLD Applications

A third of all applicants participating in ICANN's new Top-Level Domain program will come from the IT and financial services industries, according to figures released by ARI Registry Services today as the application window opens tomorrow. ARI Registry Services is predicting more than 1000 applications will be submitted between 12 January and the 12 April 2012 deadline. more

Catching Messenger Phishing Footprints Using a DNS Net

A phishing campaign is currently targeting Facebook business accounts with password-stealing malware. The attackers have been using a massive network of fake and compromised Facebook accounts to send out millions of Messenger phishing messages. more

New Domain Extension .US.ORG Debuts with Six Year Complimentary Registration Offer to Trademark Hold

"The mission of .US.ORG is to embody higher standards of social responsibility and ethical behavior. CentralNic has elected to introduce protections and benefits for trademark holders that far exceed the measures currently proposed by ICANN for new top-level domains, and practiced by other domains and registries," said Ben Crawford, CEO of CentralNic. more

Neustar and usTLD Stakeholder Council to Hold .US Town Hall Live Webcast

The Town Hall will provide an opportunity for the community to hear from the .US team on the 2018 developments and for community discussions on how to build and grow the .US domain to meet the demands of the future. more

Radix’s #FempowerOnline Campaign For .Online Domains Inspires Aspiring Women Entrepreneurs to Take Their Ideas Online

Radix's .Online Domains recently announced the closure of their Instagram-led contest, #FempowerOnline. Launched on March 8th, the social media contest leveraged International Women's Day and invited aspiring women entrepreneurs to share business ideas for women-centric domain names on .Online. more

BlueCat Networks’ IPAM Solution Extends Microsoft Windows DNS and DHCP Infrastructure

The new solution is the only leading IPAM solution available as a virtual appliance on the Microsoft Hyper-V virtualization and cloud platform. It is also available as a virtual appliance on VMware or as a hardened physical appliance. more

Malicious Ads Targeting Advertisers in the DNS Spotlight

Microsoft and Google almost always land on the list of most-phished brands, and that is not surprising given their huge market presence. And phishers are often the most likely threat actors to bank on the brands' popularity for the success of their attacks. more

ARI Registry Services Facilitates Delegation of Another .brand TLD

ARI Registry Services facilitated the delegation of its second .brand Top-Level Domain (TLD) client to the web when the World Trade Center's .wtc TLD was switched on live during the week. more

InterMed Breach: How Threat Intelligence Sources Help Maintain Domain Integrity

Major healthcare providers suffer a lot from breaches, both from a legal and financial standpoint. Aside from patient lawsuits, they also face severe penalties imposed by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). more

Radix’s .Site Domains’ Evokes Over 6000 Creative Ideas Through #SiteIt Contest

Radix's .Site Domains recently announced the closure of their #SiteIt contest, in partnership with Namecheap. The contest invited participants to put their creative foot forward and share their idea along with a cool and unique .Site domain name for it. Over 6000 people registered their interest and shared ideas. more

APNIC’s Fees to Rise in 2023

APNIC has announced fee increases for 2023. The fee charged per address will go up, but the base fees for members and non-members will not change. APNIC charges 20% of the annual fee for transfers. more