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Q4 2017 DDoS Trends Report: Financial Sector Experienced 40 Percent of Attacks

Verisign has released its Q4 2017 DDoS Trends Report, which represents a unique view into the attack trends unfolding online, through observations and insights derived from distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack mitigations enacted on behalf of Verisign DDoS Protection Services and security research conducted by Verisign Security Services. more

Sinkholing May Not Spell the End for Malware Hosts and Botnets

Sinkholing has long been employed as an effective cybersecurity solution to curb the spread of dangerous malware. Remember the infamous WannaCry ransomware outbreak in 2019? Security teams put a stop to the threat through sinkholing. more

Punycode Phishing: Internationalized Domain Names Remain a Threat in 2020

Back in 2018, investigative journalist Brian Krebs warned against the nuances of internationalized domain names (IDNs). These domains, which contain non-Latin characters but appear to do so, can be used to create visual confusions that can become particularly handy in executing credible punycode phishing campaigns. more

NeuStar Wins Contract for United States’ Internet Domain

NeuStar today announced that it has been awarded the contract to operate and administer the .US Internet domain name registry. The official country-code top level domain (ccTLD) for the United States, .US is overseen by the United States Department of Commerce. more

Afilias Announces Relaunch of .GREEN TLD

Afilias, a leading domain registry operator announces the relaunch of the .GREEN TLD (top level domain). .GREEN (dotGreen) celebrates the global green movement by providing a space that helps organizations and individuals show their support for green principles. more

Locky Ransomware: Still a Threat as List of IoCs Grows

Locky has been around since 2016, contributing to the total amount lost to ransomware worldwide, which has to this day reached US$20 billion in the U.S. alone. It usually gets delivered to users’ computers via emails with malicious attachments in the form of macro-laden Word documents. more

New .PROMO Domain Sunrise Period Begins Today

Afilias announces that the Sunrise Period for the new "dot PROMO" or .PROMO top level domain is now open for eligible trademark holders only. PROMO is the best Internet address for websites that feature special promotions providing value or incentives to deal-conscious shoppers. more

A Look at How the New .SPACE TLD Has Performed Over the Past 2 Years

.SPACE, one of the first new extensions to be released from by Radix last week reached its second year since launch. This post will provide you a short exclusive on how this new TLD has performed. more

“Nickel” APT Group: What We Found About Microsoft’s Latest Domain Seizure

Threat actors reportedly attacked 29 government agencies worldwide in a recent malicious campaign. The attacks were attributed to China-based advanced persistent threat (APT) group Nickel, which has been known to trail its sights on governments and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) across Europe, the Americas, and the Caribbean. more

Five Essential PowerMTA Configuration Tips

When asked what are the best configurations to use with PowerMTA? The answer is different for every region of the world. Configuration settings in the US will be vastly different than those in Europe for example, so global settings are not as effective. more

NeuStar Partners With MegaFon to Deliver Russia’s Third Mobile Instant Messaging Service

NeuStar Partners With MegaFon to Deliver Russia's Third Mobile Instant Messaging ServiceNeuStar today announced that MegaFon, Russia's first all-Russian mobile operator in GSM 900/1800 standard, has selected NeuStar to launch its new Instant Messaging (IM) service. more

UltraDNS Expands DNS Infrastructure to India

UltraDNS today announced the extension of its global infrastructure with a node deployment in India, significantly enhances the online experience for more than 39 million Internet users in India. more

What Are the Internet Domains Connected to the Conficker Botnet?

Conficker gained prominence back in 2008, when it was then considered possibly the most widespread worm affecting millions of Windows computers worldwide. For several years, the worm, also known as "Downup," "Downadup," "Downad," or "Kido," was the top malware infector. more

.ORG Highlighted for Success in Fighting Phishing

The Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) has released its Global Phishing trends study for the first half of 2009 and .ORG, The Public Interest Registry (PIR), was highlighted for its leadership in significantly reducing online fraud. more

Hope is Not a Strategy: Neustar Releases 2012 Annual DDoS Attack and Impact Survey

The data reported here is from a wide-ranging survey, not from Neustar's network monitoring or DDoS mitigation efforts. The data reflects the realities faced by diverse IT professionals across numerous industries, among companies large and small. more