Industry

Protecting Intellectual Property Protects Consumers

Next week we will celebrate World IP Day. Observed annually on the 26th of April, World IP Day was created by WIPO in 2000 to highlight the critical role that intellectual property plays in our daily lives and in society as a whole. more

Prime Domains Released for the PR Industry: Historic Release of 64,000 Premium Names Ending in .PR

Today, nic.PR (the .PR registry operator) and Afilias (its technology partner) announce the release of 64,000 prime dotPR names beginning at 0900 EDT. Internet addresses ending in ".PR" are the best names for public relations professionals. Many great .PR names have been on reserve at the registry for years, until today. more

101domain Expands Security Offering to Include Nearly Two Dozen New SSL Certificate Solutions

101domain has added nearly two dozen new SSL Certificates powered by Sectigo, the world's largest certificate authority. Partnering with a reputable certificate authority is just as important as selecting the right kind of certificate. more

Tracing the DNS Footprints of REF7707

The targeted attack campaign REF7707 trailed its sights on the foreign ministry of a South American country in February 2025. According to Elastic Labs, the group behind the campaign has been connected to previous compromises in Southeast Asia. more

A New DNS Validation Method for Simplified Certificate Automation

A new DNS-based domain validation method promises to streamline certificate automation by reducing DNS write requirements, improving operational security, and aligning with broader industry moves toward scalable, standards-based certificate management. more

Examining Domain Name Brand Protection Strategies, Risk Management Using Arbitration Data (Report)

Our latest report examines a decade of domain case data from Darts-ip against the global Domain Name System (DNS). We identify trends in arbitration activity levels through our data-driven analysis, analyze key metrics to inform successful defensive registration strategies, and highlight threats according to their risk factors. more

New MailYourBallot.vote Site Supports Vote-By-Mail Amid COVID Concerns

Monolith Registry, the registry operator for the dotVOTE web address today announces the launch of MailYourBallot.vote, a fast, easy to use central location to find the latest information about how to vote by mail in YOUR state. more

A Guide to Navigating the Chinese Market

The Chinese market is the second largest in the world with an estimated GDP of $18 trillion. Over the past few decades, it has grown to be a powerhouse of manufacturing and technology. This has been coupled with a large increase in the internet penetration that now stands at 76%, which for a country of 1.4 billion people is a significant number of people online. more

Igniting a DNS Spark to Investigate the Inner Workings of SparkCat

SecureList recently published a study of Android and iOS apps that have been laced with a malicious software development kit (SDK) dubbed "SparkCat" that steals crypto wallet recovery phrases. more

Down the DNS Funnel and into the Funnull Infrastructure

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) issued a FLASH report to disseminate indicators of compromise (IoCs) for the Funnull infrastructure that threat actors used to manage domains related to cryptocurrency investment fraud scams between October 2023 and April 2025. The report provided links to two lists. more

Framing the AkiraBot Framework Under the DNS Lens

SentinelLABS recently dug deep into AkiraBot, a framework made to spam website chats and contact forms to promote a low-quality search engine optimization (SEO) service. So far, the bot has targeted 400K+ websites and spammed 80K+ websites since September 2024. more

Top 100 Best Protected Global Brands Report, Europe Leads With Almost Half of Best Protected Brands

For the very first time, our parent company, Clarivate, has used its vast data libraries to discover which brands have had the greatest diligence, the highest care and deepest thought. The 2021 report identifies the most impactful and best-protected brands in the world, measuring brand strength through the analysis of advanced and unified IP data, including trademark information, global case law and digital domain name protection. more

Blacknight Chooses Afilias for Managed DNS with Anycast

Afilias' Managed DNS services are designed to provide high capacity, better DNS Flood protection, and reduced latency for services such as content delivery and website hosting.  more

Domain Name Industry Brief Reports 362.4 Million Domain Name Registrations in Q1 2024

The first quarter of 2024 closed with 362.4 million domain name registrations across all top-level domains (TLDs), an increase of 2.5 million domain name registrations compared to the previous quarter, according to the latest issue of the Domain Name Industry Brief released Wednesday at DNIB.com. more

DNS Spotlight: New MITRE ATT&CK Group Entrants as of October 2025

MITRE introduced nine new threat groups tied to major vulnerabilities, with deep DNS analysis uncovering 108 malicious domains, 31 risky IPs, and multiple emerging artifacts that highlight evolving attack patterns and early warning opportunities ahead. more