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Afilias to Support ICANN Community Response to the EU’s GDPR

Afilias today announced that it is temporarily suspending plans to limit the display of WHOIS data to comply with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) currently scheduled to take effect on 25 May, 2018. more

Addressing the Drop: IPv4 Prices Slide as Larger Blocks Come to Market

The market for IPv4 addresses continues to experience deflationary pressures, with recent data showing a steady decline in prices across all block sizes. According to May 2025 figures from IPv4.Global by Hilco Streambank, average prices per address have been trending downward for nearly a year, with large blocks - particularly /16s - leading the descent. more

IPv4.Global Launches New Lending Program Using IP Addresses as Collateral

IPv4.Global, the world's largest, most trusted and transparent IPv4 marketplace, today announced a first-of-its kind loan facility backed by the borrower's IPv4 addresses as collateral. more

Together for the Good of the Internet: eco Complaints Office Registers More Reports Than Ever Before

For 25 years, the Complaints Office of eco -- Association of the Internet Industry has been successfully combatting illegal content on the Internet. The 2020 report now available shows that the independent hotline is making a significant contribution to the take-down and criminal investigation of illegal content. more

eco Survey Shows: One in Four Germans Has Been a Victim of Illegal Websites

The Internet is a daily companion for billions of people worldwide, enabling them to make their lives more connected, efficient and flexible. However, the World Wide Web also has its dark side: one of these is illegal websites, which can harm those affected by data misuse or malware, among other things. more

Cloud and IaaS DLP Woes: Is Additional Threat Intelligence a Solution?

Cloud-based technologies are effective means to gain visibility into the IT challenges faced by organizations. Adopting them enabled infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) providers to increase client uptime, security, and compliance, all the while giving more flexibility to scale up or down to respond to opportunities and challenges on time. more

Neustar Publishes Latest Edition of .Brands Industry Report

As the .brands program evolves, it's truly rewarding to see the space maturing -- as companies' use of their branded domains become more diverse and find clear connections with business strategy and corporate priorities. more

Where Domain Security Meets the Supply Chain Crunch

New research from CSC indicates that fraudsters took advantage of the 2022 supply chain shortages to target consumers with fake websites. 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

CentralNic Bolsters Team for New Top-Level Domains

Global domain name registry CentralNic announced today several new appointments as part of its growth strategy to empower brand owners, city governments, not-for-profits and businesses to acquire and manage their own top-level domains ("TLDs"). more

Sneaking a Peek into the Inner DNS Workings of Sneaky 2FA

Sneaky 2FA, believed to be sold via the phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) business model, recently figured in an adversary-in-the-middle (AitM) attack targeting Microsoft 365 users. Marketed as Sneaky Log by a full-featured bot on Telegram, Sneaky 2FA reportedly used fake Microsoft authentication pages with automatically filled-in email address fields to add to its sense of authenticity. more

Leasing IPv4 Addresses in the Dawn of the New Internet Era

Increased use of internet services, broader application of IoT devices, and COVID-related shift to remote work are just a few factors accelerating the transition to the new era of the Internet. However, the current network architecture is falling behind the imposed expectations to support new-age integrations, leaving one to wonder if the gap will close up any time soon. more

LogicBoxes Waives Upfront Fees for New gTLD Vertical Integration Solutions

One of the main reasons for this is the fact that Traditional Partner Registrars are aligned towards Mass Market Products and can only provide limited success for these extensions. more

BlueCat Networks’ IPv6-Ready Solutions Pass Critical International Security Standards

BlueCat Networks, the IPAM Intelligence™ company, today announced that its IP Address Management, DNS and DHCP solutions are now officially in evaluation for Common Criteria Evaluation Assurance Level 2+ (EAL-2+) Certification after successfully completing several initial milestones. more

New TLD .SITE Passes One Million Registrations, Reports Radix

Radix today announced that its new Top-Level Domain .SITE has surpassed 1 million domains under management. This makes Radix the first nTLD portfolio registry to have two of its TLDs, .ONLINE and .SITE, in the coveted "1 million club". more