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Afilias Appoints Keith Lubsen as Chief Business Officer

Afilias has promoted Keith Lubsen to the newly created position of Chief Business Officer, responsible for general oversight of finance (including profitability), mergers and acquisitions, and legal aspects of the company, all areas he has been involved with for some time. more

June 2020 Dot Brand Insights Report: How .SHARP Surged to the Top of the Alexa Rankings

In our June 2020 Dot Brand Insights Report, we look into the increase in .BRAND domains being used by brand owners to communicate important messaging to their customers, investors, and employees in light of the COVID-19 global pandemic. more

Investigating the Proliferation of Deepfake Scams

While deepfakes may sometimes be perceived as amusing, their potential for harm is significant and far-reaching. One finance worker for a multinational firm, for example, was tricked into paying out US$25 million to a deepfake scammer who pretended to be their company's chief financial officer (CFO) in a video call just this February. more

MarkMonitor Releases New gTLD Quarterly Report for Q3 2020

MarkMonitor today released its latest issue of the New gTLD Quarterly Report for the third quarter of 2020 with particular focus on the innovations made by Registry Operators, including the newest example of a domain product with significant security benefits. more

Hot on the DNS Trail of the 16shop Phishing Kit Operators

Phishers the world over have been patronizing and utilizing the 16shop phishing kit since at least 2018. The kit's users have been known to steal data and money from the customers of some of today's biggest brands, including Amazon, American Express, and PayPal. more

Internet Threats Go Viral – Companies Must React to Keep Brands Secure

The year 2020 saw a marked increase in fraudulent domain registrations, phishing attacks, hacks and hijacking attempts, as well as the sale of counterfeit goods. Companies must protect themselves from revenue and reputation losses, as well as the risks of data breaches -- and not just react to the new face of commerce. more

Radix selects Tucows Registry as Back-End Registry Services Provider

Tucows Inc. (NASDAQ: TCX, TSX: TC), a global provider of internet services, and Radix, one of the world's largest portfolio registries, announced today that Tucows Registry, part of the company's Tucows Domains operating segment, has been awarded the contract to provide back-end registry services to Radix. more

Potential Traces of Aurora Spread Via Windows Security Update Malvertisements in the DNS

Threat actors are quite adept at changing tactics once the cybersecurity community or law enforcement catches up to them. That is evident in the recent resurgence of malvertising though no longer through users' browsers as in the past. more

Workshop Report Published: State of the DNS in 2022

In November 2022, eco's topDNS Initiative invited about 30 experts, including representatives of three different Directorate Generals by the EU Commission, to a workshop in Brussels to work together on a secure future for the DNS (Domain Name System). The topDNS Initiative has now published its 28-page final report. more

How Brands Can Prepare for the New GTLD Program

For the first time in over a decade, the internet is opening its gates to a new wave of generic top-level domains (gTLDs). This is not just an opportunity to register a domain name, but the entire top-level domain itself. more

Looking for More Signs of Nitrogen in the DNS

Malwarebytes Labs recently published a report on the latest Nitrogen malware campaign that has been targeting system administrators using fake ads in the guise of Google sponsored search results. According to the security analysts, the victims are currently limited to North America. more

Navigating Change and Unlocking Value: The Strategic Journey of Jack Hazan and IPv4.Global

The passage provided features an interview with Chad Silverstein and Jack Hazan, who is the Executive Vice President at Hilco Streambank. Hazan oversees the operations of Hilco’s IPv4.Global business division. 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

Gauging the Scale of an Active Ransomware Gang’s Infrastructure

Ransomware gangs are now a dime a dozen. But in reality, victims rarely engage directly with their members. They are, in fact, more likely communicating with what the cybersecurity community has dubbed "ransomware affiliates" who earn as much as 75% of the ransom payment. more

Deep Dive: 3 Lazarus RATs Caught in Our DNS Trap

Researchers tracked three Lazarus-linked RATs to a vast DNS network, uncovering dormant domains, geolocated IPs, and artifacts tied to financial and cryptocurrency sector intrusions. more