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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

Public Interest Registry Seeks Leaders to Serve on its NGO Community Advisory Council

As part of the Advisory Council, members will provide input on issues facing the NGO (non-governmental organisation) community to help Public Interest Registry better serve users of .ngo|.ong -- soon-to-be-launched top-level domains intended exclusively for NGOs across the globe. more

Is Your Organization Mature Enough for Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response?

We are currently seeing a trend toward the adoption of security orchestration, automation, and response (SOAR) tools that shouldn't waver in the coming years. Research firm Gartner who coined the term has predicted that by the end of 2022 30% of organizations with security teams larger than five people will make SOAR tools part of their operations. more

$42 Billion Funding for US Broadband Deployment

Every US state will get at least $107 million to deliver high-speed broadband access to everyone by 2030. Bigger states will get more. California will get $1.9 billion, and Texas will get $3.1 billion. 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

Case Study: How PowerMTA Helped Forfront With Its Growing Message Volume

UK-based email marketing solutions provider Forfront is a private company that serves over 1000 users sending 120 million emails per month. more

Case Study: Emma Swaps Its SMTP Infrastructure for PowerMTA to Handle Growing Mail Volume

A major obstacle that drove Emma to consider PowerMTA was an expected forthcoming collision between mail volumes that had risen to 375M messages/ month, and its 10-year-old, home-grown PHP-based system. more

Uncovering Potential Black Friday and Thanksgiving Threats with DNS Data

Thanksgiving is right around the corner. With it, of course, come celebrations with family and friends and the biggest Black Friday sales. All seems well and good but that's not always the case, isn't it? more

Marketing Domains in the Times of COVID-19

As a marketer, if I could describe 2020 in two words; it would be unpredictable and volatile. While resilience is one of the crucial skills to master in marketing, it is truly being tested in 2020. At the same time, it's obvious that a business's ability to adapt quickly will determine how it will emerge on the other side of this unfortunate situation. more

Digging Deep to Examine the Roots of the Glupteba UEFI Bootkit

Glupteba, an advanced piece of malware, has been used in several cybercriminal attacks for more than a decade now. But Palo Alto's Unit 42 only brought to light one of the features that made it so effective - its Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) bootkit component, which allowed it to intervene and control the operating system (OS) boot process and be extremely difficult to detect and remove, last November 2023. more

Global Brands and Germans Embrace New Web Domain from CentralNic (and it’s not .XXX)

Twenty-five years after the launch of .DE, a new domain for Germany, .COM.DE, is now available to the general public through leading registrars (domain vendors) in Germany and globally. more

IPv4 Prices Remain Stable Amid Market Softness (February IPv4 Report)

The market for IPv4 addresses continues to exhibit stability, albeit at significantly lower prices than in previous peak periods. Data from IPv4.Global by Hilco Streambank suggests that while there is a notable spread in pricing - often reaching a 30% difference between high and low valuations - the overall trend points to a subdued yet steady marketplace. more

Case Study: Emergency Response Systems Rely on Timely Messaging Through PowerMTA

Boasting delivery rates of over 5MM messages per hour, eAlert from MIS Sciences is United States' leading emergency alert notification system. An extremely reliable and flexible system was key for handling the delivery of several million high-priority messages each day. 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

Global Domain Activity Trends Seen in Q3 2025

WhoisXML API's Q3 2025 analysis found global new domain registrations dipped 1.2% from Q2, with gTLDs rising and ccTLDs falling sharply. The .cc ccTLD remained an anomaly, and .com led malicious domain activity. more