Industry

NeuStar Buys Webmetrics

NeuStar Inc., which provides clearinghouse services to the Internet and communications industries, has acquired San Diego company Webmetrics Inc., which monitors and measures Web and network performance. 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

NeuStar Extends UltraDNS Network Infrastructure to Australia and China

NeuStar has announced that it has deployed network nodes in Sydney, Australia and Beijing, People's Republic of China, further expanding NeuStar's global constellation of DNS servers and enhancing the delivery of NeuStar UltraDNS services to the Asia-Pacific region. more

Verisign’s Q2’15 DDoS Trends: DDoS for Bitcoin Increasingly Targets Financial Industry

Verisign just released its Q2 2015 DDoS Trends Report, which provides a unique view into online distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack trends from mitigations enacted on behalf of, and in cooperation with, customers of Verisign DDoS Protection Services and research conducted by Verisign iDefense Security Intelligence Services. 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

The Orvis.com Data Leak: A Short Investigation Using WHOIS Information

On November 11, news about the massive data exposure of the clients of Orvis, a 163-year-old retailer, made headlines. Some of the company's login credentials were posted online... With over 80 retail stores, 10 outlets, and hundreds of independent dealers worldwide, we believe potential attackers could get their hands on millions of customer data. more

An Analysis of the Gaming Industry’s Domain Attack Surface

The videogame industry has outperformed the movie and North American sports industry in 2020, and market experts expect the trend to continue on in 2021. So reports about the increasing cyber attacks targeting the said industry is not surprising as threat actors tend to go after lucrative targets. more

Neustar Names Joe Pasqua to Head Neustar Labs

Neustar Inc. today announced the appointment of Joe Pasqua as Vice President of Neustar Labs, a newly created position. Mr. Pasqua was previously chief technology officer of Symantec's $2B Data Center business, and later led that company's global research, producing technologies for a diverse set of security and storage products. more

Verisign and Coalition for ICANN Transparency, Inc. (“CFIT”) Resolve Litigation

Verisign, Inc., the trusted provider of Internet infrastructure services for the networked world, announced today that it has entered into a Settlement Agreement and Mutual Release with the Coalition for ICANN Transparency, Inc. ("CFIT"), CFIT's members, and specified related parties that resolves the over five-year long CFIT litigation. more

NeuStar Launches Chinese and Japanese Language Domain Names in .BIZ TLD

NeuStar has deployed internationalized domain names (IDNs) for both the Chinese and the Japanese languages in the .BIZ top- level Internet domain. Interested registrants will be able to secure .BIZ domain names using these characters as of April 21, 2007. 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

Can IP Geolocation Contribute to Detecting Online Credit Card Fraud?

The problem of credit card fraud is not set to be resolved anytime soon. On the one hand, detecting and preventing the artifice is one of the most challenging aspects of e-commerce. more

Verisign iDefense 2015 Cyber-Threats and Trends

Here is an overview of the key cyber security trends we expect to see in 2015. The majority of this year's threats and trends reflect research on iDefense's core focus areas of cyber-crime, cyber espionage and hacktivism. more

A Re-Examination of the Defense of Laches After 18 Years of the UDRP

After 18 years of the UDRP, it is time to re-examine the defense of laches. When the UDRP was launched in 1999, the defense of "laches" was likely not foremost on anyone's mind. After all, "laches" refers to a lack of diligence in making a legal claim - and since the UDRP was brand new and the commercial use of domain names was in its relative infancy in 1999, nobody was really concerned with a trademark owner having "unreasonably delayed" making a UDRP complaint. more

5 Reasons Why Businesses Must Do Email Verification

Everything important in business needs to be adequately maintained for effective long-term operations. This includes relationships with customers, employees, and partners as well as IT systems and equipment. more