Industry

.ORG COO Discusses Priorities With DailyVista, Pursuit of .NGO Domain

Nancy Gofus recently joined PIR as its chief operating officer to oversee marketing, sales, product and strategy functions, and work with Chief Executive Officer Brian Cute to expand PIR's global presence and further grow the .ORG domain in existing and new markets. more

Verisign Q1 2020 Domain Name Industry Brief: Internet Grows to 366.8 Million Domains in Q1 of 2020

Verisign today released the latest issue of the Domain Name Industry Brief, which shows that the first quarter of 2020 closed with 366.8 million domain name registrations across all top-level domains (TLDs), an increase of 4.5 million domain name registrations, or 1.2 percent, compared to the fourth quarter of 2019. Domain name registrations have grown by 14.9 million, or 4.2 percent, year over year. more

Radix’s Premium Domains Surge in H2 2024, Led by .Fun Boom

Radix's latest Premium Domains Report for the second half of 2024 highlights a strong performance across its portfolio, with .fun domains experiencing exceptional growth. Premium domain registrations increased by 11% year-on-year, while premium renewals rose by 16%. more

A DNS Investigation into Mamba, the Latest AitM Phishing Player

Phishing has been around for years, yet it still proves to be a major online threat. To continue profiting, cybercriminals must continuously adapt their techniques. more

NIS2 and Its Implications for Global Brands

Last month, Stephanie Driver, CSC's marketing manager, spoke with Global Director of Security Services Mark Flegg and discussed the Network and Information Security Directive (NIS2) 2022, which comes into force in October 2024. more

PIR Aims to Broaden International Reach With Creation of Cyrillic, Chinese and Devanagari TLDs

As part of its application to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), PIR submitted for the generic top-level domains (gTLDs) that translate "organization," "org" or "structured organization" into Devanagari, Cyrillic and Chinese-simplified scripts. more

XCSSET Shows How Threat Actors Cope with OS Changes, Does Away with Python Like macOS

Just as software and hardware vendors push upgrades and updates for their products and services to stay secure against the latest threats, so do threat actors work as fast as possible to stay abreast of OS and version modifications. That's exactly what the XCSSET malware operators have done for their campaigns targeting macOS users to continue working. more

Radix Reports Creators Ranging from Solo Entrepreneurs to Major Celebrities Adopting .Store for eCommerce

Radix, the operator of top-level domains .Store, .Online, .Tech, .Website, .Space, .Press, .Site, .Host, .Fun and .Uno, has earned a reputation as one of the most innovative and effective marketers in the domain industry. Today the company shared results from a 3-month creators.store campaign they launched in November that provided further proof of that. more

The Extended Reach of the Extension Trojan Campaign in the DNS

The ReasonLabs Research Team uncovered a new widespread polymorphic malware campaign that forcefully installed extensions on users' systems. more

Can Security Operations Centers (SOC) Benefit from Third-Party Threat Intelligence?

Businesses today have to deal with cybersecurity issues daily. Recent trends show an ever-increasing number of hacked networks and breached data. Studies also show that those victimized often have weak cybersecurity measures in place, forcing them to spend more on resources to combat oncoming attacks. more

CentralNic Begins Trading Its Shares on the London Stock Exchange’s AIM Market

CentralNic Group PLC, the internet registry service provider which derives revenues from the distribution and sale of internet domain names, has began trading its shares on the London Stock Exchange's AIM Market. more

Neustar Collaborates With auDA to Increase Resilience, Availability and Diversity of the .au Domain

Neustar announced today that they have commenced working with the .au Domain Administration (auDA) to increase the resilience, availability, and diversity of Australia's .au country code Top-Level Domain (ccTLD) zone, by adding additional DNS name servers. more

.ORG, The Public Interest Registry Releases Results of Bi-Annual Domain Name Report

.ORG, The Public Interest Registry (PIR) today released the results of its bi-annual domain name report, "The Dashboard," detailing the robust growth of .ORG during the second half of 2011. more

Stripping Down the BlackSuit Ransomware Network Aided by DNS Data

Nearly 1 million individuals' information was stolen and exposed when threat actors launched a BlackSuit ransomware attack on 10 April 2024. The investigation revealed that the compromised data included the victims' Social Security numbers (SSNs), birthdays, and insurance claim information. more

Why We Started IPXO - A Unique IPv4 Monetization and Leasing Platform

The Internet Protocol Exchange Organization, or IPXO for short, is a unique IPv4 lease and monetization platform. The current shortage of IPv4 addresses has led prices to increase dramatically and put pressure on companies wanting to grow their businesses. The IPXO team recognized that they could fill the market void and bridge the gap between supply and demand. more