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Defending Against Layer 7 DDoS Attacks

Layer 7 attacks are some of the most difficult attacks to mitigate because they mimic normal user behavior and are harder to identify. Verisign's recent trends show that DDoS attacks are becoming more sophisticated and complex, including an increase in application layer attacks. more

Verisign Named to the OTA’s 2014 Online Trust Honor Roll

The Online Trust Alliance (OTA), a nonprofit organization that works collaboratively with industry leaders to enhance online trust, completed comprehensive evaluations of more than 800 sites and mobile applications by analyzing companies' data protection, security and privacy practices, including over two-dozen criteria. more

A&E Television Networks Chooses NeuStar’s UltraDNS Services to Support its Growing Media Portfolio

A&E Television Networks (AETN), an award-winning international media company, has chosen NeuStar's UltraDNS Managed DNS Service to bolster the scalability and reliability of its DNS infrastructure. more

On the Frontlines of the Syrian Electronic Army’s Digital Arsenal

The Syrian Electronic Army (SEA) is a group of threat actors that have been around since 2011. Some of their possible victims are PayPal, eBay, Twitter, media outlets, and some U.S. government websites. more

Faster DDoS Mitigation - Introducing Verisign OpenHybrid Customer Activated Mitigation

In the recently published Forrester WAVE: DDoS Service Providers, Q3 2015 report, Forrester notes the importance of a hybrid approach to distributed denial of service (DDoS) protection. more

Afilias Secures .GI, .MN, and .SC Domains with DNSSEC

Afilias, a global provider of Internet infrastructure services, today announced that it has enabled Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC) for .GI, the country code Top Level Domain (ccTLD) for Gibraltar, .MN for Mongolia, and .SC for the Seychelles. more

DDoS Attacks in the United Kingdom: 2012 Annual Trends and Impact Survey

In both 2011 and 2012, Neustar reported on the DDoS attack landscape in North America. This year, it also surveyed IT pros in the United Kingdom on the growth of attacks and their impact in 2012, as well as the types of DDoS protection organizations use. more

NeuStar Announces Completion of Acquisition of UltraDNS

NeuStar, Inc., a leading provider of essential communications services to the global communications and Internet industry, announced today the completion of its acquisition of UltraDNS Corporation. more

Tracing BlackNet RAT’s History through a DNS Deep Dive

BlackNet RAT, first discovered during the COVID -- 19 pandemic and being distributed via spam messages offering an effective cure for the virus, seems to have outlived the global crisis. more

5 Steps to Prepare for a DDOS Attack

As more people are realizing that in today's cyber climate Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks are a matter of when, not if, the most common question I get asked is "What can I do to prepare?" I like to break it down into 5 key steps enterprises can take now to be prepared for a future attack... It would take a book to cover all of these topics in depth. Hopefully this will at least give you, some things to think about and plan for with your DDoS mitigation strategy. more

.nyc Goes Public to Brand the Big Apple

On October 8th, New York City gave its residents their own web address, opening public access to .nyc. The new top-level domain is open to any business, organization or person with a physical address in the Big Apple. more

A Fake ID Marketplace under the DNS Lens

The concept of internationalization extends from the virtual to the physical realm. Many people wish to travel or even migrate to other countries at some point in their lives. Unfortunately, that's sometimes easier said than done given the many legal documents, including valid IDs, passports, and others required. more

IPv6 Usage in the U.S. Surpasses 50%, but Lags Behind Global Leaders

The transition to IPv6 has reached a significant milestone in the United States. As of February 9, 2025, more than half of all traffic to Google's services from U.S. users is now conducted over IPv6. This marks a step forward for a country with deep historical ties to the Internet but one that still lags behind several others in adoption rates. more

Protect Your Privacy - Opt Out of Public DNS Data Collection

We've all seen the check boxes. They're hidden at the bottom of webpages. You can't ignore them, but sometimes you forget they are there. They offer to send you deals and coupons. Some even offer to connect you with their partners for similar benefits. Do you check the box? more

dotStrategy Selects Neustar’s Registry Threat Mitigation Services for .BUZZ Registry

dotStrategy, Co. the operator of the new Top Level Domain .BUZZ, announced today it has selected Neustar's Registry Threat Mitigation Services to support and protect the .BUZZ registry. more