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Thumbing Through the DNS Traces of TamperedChef

Acronis researchers uncovered a vast malvertising scheme named TamperedChef, which exploited legitimate-looking apps to deploy malicious scripts, steal data, sell remote access, and lay the groundwork for espionage and ransomware campaigns. more

DNS Spotlight: Rockstar2FA Shuts Down, FlowerStorm Starts Up

It's not unusual for threat actors to pick up after fellow cyber attackers shut down their operations. Many of them still want to cause as much trouble without having to start from scratch - building their own malicious creations and infrastructure. more

Business Email Compromise Attacks: The Big Phishing Scam That’s Easily Missed

Business email compromise (BEC) attacks are arguably the most sophisticated of all email phishing attacks, and some of the most costly. From 2016-2018, BEC alone made $5.3 billion, but it's not an attack that everyone is familiar with. more

Public Interest Registry Releases Bi-Annual Domain Name Report

Public Interest Registry - the not-for-profit operator of the .ORG domain - today released the results of its bi-annual domain name report, "The Dashboard," detailing the international and domestic growth of .ORG from January to July 2013. more

LogicBoxes Helps .MN Registry Grow by 350%

LogicBoxes, the business consulting and automation technology provider for ccTLD & New gTLD Registries, Domain Registrars and Web Hosts, today announced the milestone achievement of completing 10 successful years of partnership with Datacom LLC, the .MN Registry. more

Mining for DNS Maxims: Top 10 Malware of Q3 2025

An analysis of domains linked to the top malware strains of Q3 2025 reveals early threat signals, typosquatting patterns, and thousands of connections to malicious infrastructure, underscoring the predictive power of DNS telemetry. more

A DNS Investigation of the 32 Doppelganger Websites Seized by the U.S. Government

The U.S. Office of Public Affairs issued a statement on 4 September 2024 regarding the seizure of 32 websites that are believed to be part of the so-called "Doppelganger" campaign. more

Thoughts on RDRS for Brand Owners

This month, Stephanie Driver, CSC's marketing manager, spoke with Patrick Hauss, head of Corporate Development and Strategic Alliances EMEA, about the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Registration Data Request Service (RDRS) as part of an ongoing a series of interviews with CSC's Digital Brand services business experts, where we talk about industry issues across cybersecurity, domains, brand protection, and fraud protection. more

Radix Releases Its Bi-Annual Premium Domain Report Covering Second Half of 2018

Radix is excited to share its bi-annual premium report for the second half of 2018. This report gives a full overview of the premium domain sales in all of the company's new gTLDs. more

.ORG the Public Interest Registry Announced Today That Alexa Raad Has Resigned as President and CEO

The Board of Directors of .ORG the Public Interest Registry announced today that Alexa Raad, the President and Chief Executive Officer of PIR, has decided to resign from her positions with the company effective on September 24th, 2010. Her resignation concludes 3 1/2 years of service and leadership at PIR. more

Four Steps to Mitigate Subdomain Hijacking

The journey towards widespread Cloud adoption has significantly impacted domain name system (DNS) management practices. Initially, businesses operated their own data centers, however the shift towards external hosting providers has introduced complexities and increased the potential for DNS record mismanagement, and therefore, subdomain vulnerability. more

Use of IP Geolocation in Threat Intelligence and Cybersecurity

There is no denying that we need all the help we can get as cyberattacks evolve. IP geolocation data is among the most useful threat intelligence sources that can strengthen an organization's cybersecurity posture. more

From JZ.UK.COM to M8.UK.COM: Two Character UK.COM Domain Names Released

Premium British domain extension UK.COM has made two character domain names available on a first-come, first-served basis through leading British registrars. UK.COM is the only domain extension to currently offer unrestricted Two Character Domains for instant registration. more

Victorian Government and City of Melbourne Launch .melbourne Web Addresses

The Victorian Government and City of Melbourne today joined a host of Melbourne business leaders and the cast of the multi award-winning musical ONCE to officially launch .melbourne web addresses as the city's new home online. more

Internet and Mobile Exploitation of the Coronavirus

Following our initial blog on the subject of Internet sites and domains seeking to profit from the ongoing COVID-19 health crisis, we dug deeper into the topic. Appdetex looked at keywords within domain names, website content, social media handles and marketplace listings that would likely be related to the coronavirus outbreak. Though the result of this work is related to a very limited set of keywords, the quantities of results delivered are statistically significant in many cases. more