Industry

DNS Spotlight: The Silver Fox in the Henhouse

Silver Fox, a Chinese state-backed hacking group, disguised its espionage campaign as Russian activity using Cyrillic-laced lures and DNS infrastructure, deploying ValleyRAT to steal intelligence and finance operations through Microsoft Teams abuse. more

MarkMonitor Releases New gTLD Quarterly Report for Q1 2020

MarkMonitor has released its latest issue of the New gTLD Quarterly Report for the fourth quarter of 2019, noting that DNS abuse continues to raise concerns amongst many registries and registrars. more

Radix’s .Tech Domains Partners with Code.org to Bridge Widening Gender, Race Gap in Computer Science

.Tech Domains, the leading new domain extension for the tech ecosystem, recently announced that it is collaborating with Code.org, a nonprofit dedicated to expanding access to computer science in schools. more

DNIB Reports 386.9 Million Domain Name Registrations in Q4 2025

The fourth quarter of 2025 closed with 386.9 million domain name registrations across all top-level domains (TLDs), an increase of 22.7 million domain name registrations compared to the fourth quarter of 2024, according to the latest issue of the Domain Name Industry Brief Quarterly Report released Thursday at DNIB.com. more

Afilias to Acquire .GLOBAL Top Level Domain

Afilias, the world's second largest domain name registry, today announced the signing of an agreement to acquire Dot Global Domain Registry Limited in Dublin, the registry operator for the .GLOBAL Top Level Domain. more

RIPE NCC IPv4 Waiting List - Two Years

The RIPE NCC expects to make about 300 /24 allocations in the next six months. About 1,000 members are waiting for allocations and the member at the top of the queue has been waiting over a year. more

Five Years of Domain Security Insights: CSC’s Latest Findings on Global 2000 Companies

This year marks the fifth annual release of CSC's "Domain Security Report," which continues to shed light on the evolving landscape of domain security among Global 2000 companies. more

BRG to Share .Brand TLD Updates and Insights for Applicants at ICANN81 in Istanbul

The Brand Registry Group (BRG) is the global association of companies and organizations working together to champion the use of .brand top-level domains and includes some of the world's most recognized consumer and B2B brands. In advance of the ICANN81 meeting in Istanbul Türkiye next week, the BRG is providing an update on ICANN's new gTLD program in several sessions that may be of interest to prospective .brand applicants. more

Attaxion Becomes the First EASM Platform to Integrate ENISA’s EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

Attaxion, the external attack surface management (EASM) vendor with industry-leading asset coverage, announces the integration of the European Vulnerability Database (EUVD) into its platform. more

On Your Marks ... Olympic-Related Domain Trends

With the Olympics underway in Tokyo, CSC has taken the opportunity to analyze domain name registrations that include Olympic-related terms. The following three data sets show that cybersquatters are using the domain name channel to perpetrate fraudulent activity against worldwide brands. more

Burrowing Into the Beamglea Campaign DNS Infrastructure

A threat campaign known as Beamglea exploited npm packages to target over 135 companies globally. Researchers uncovered 175 malicious packages, 344 related domains, and dozens of IP-linked artifacts through DNS and WHOIS analysis. more

The Benefits and Risks of Leasing IPv4 Space

With address prices rising, the reasons you may want to become a lessor are clear: extended predictable revenue. Leasing creates an opportunity to monetize IP addresses and sell an IP block for a higher price in the future versus in the current market -- it allows the lessor to keep the IPv4 block in case of future need. more

DotBrands and the 2026 ICANN New gTLD Round: Strategic Control at the DNS Layer

As ICANN prepares to reopen its New gTLD application window in April 2026, brand owners must decide whether a dotBrand domain offers strategic control, security and long-term digital identity advantages beyond traditional domain portfolio models. more

2025 .US Town Hall Registration Open: Explore Industry Trends & Policy Insights

The 2025 .US Virtual Town Hall opens registration for a timely dialogue on domain policy, security, and digital inclusion. Experts and community members will explore how America's online identity is evolving in a shifting landscape. more

DNIB Reports 371.7 Million Domain Name Registrations in Q2 2025

The second quarter of 2025 closed with 371.7 million domain name registrations across all top-level domains (TLDs), an increase of 9.3 million domain name registrations compared to the second quarter of 2024, according to the latest issue of the Domain Name Industry Brief Quarterly Report released Thursday at DNIB.com. more