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Afilias Releases 160,000+ Names Across 8 New TLDs

Previously reserved "ICANN collision" names now available to public. Couldn't register for great names like caribbean.blue, bake.organic, or planet.red? Now you can! more

Afilias’ Project Safeguard to Boost Global DNSSEC Deployment by 50 Percent

Afilias, a global provider of Internet infrastructure services, today announced that it will deploy Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC) across its registry platforms, signing 13 more top-level domains (TLDs) and increasing DNSSEC deployment among domain registries by 50 percent. more

.ORG Celebrates 25th Anniversary of Very First Registration - MITRE.org

As one of the original top-level domains, .ORG, The Public Interest Registry (PIR) today congratulates The MITRE Corporation for being the first registrant 25 years ago with the .ORG domain. Purchased on July 10, 1985, MITRE.org jumpstarted over 8 million subsequent registrations by becoming the very first .ORG domain holder. more

Best Attack Surface Monitoring Tools

A whopping 600 million cyberattacks every single day - that's what organizations face nowadays, according to the Microsoft Digital Defense Report. The sheer volume of threats, coupled with the expanding attack surfaces resulting from digital transformation, scaling, and other factors, has made attack surface monitoring a must even for organizations that were previously happy with a more traditional vulnerability management approach. more

Hybrid Cloud Proves Clouds Are Worthy of Email Infrastructure

With the cloud, senders no longer need to plan for and procure MTAs and other IT infrastructure weeks or months in advance. Instead, they can instantly access hundreds or thousands of servers in minutes and deploy massive amounts of emails faster than ever. more

Introducing the Verisign Quarterly DDoS Trends Report

Today, I am very pleased to announce that Verisign is making its inaugural quarterly distributed denial of service (DDoS) trends report available. As the registry for .com and .net and a leading DDoS protection services provider, we have a unique view into online attack trends that enables us to collect attack statistics and behavioral trends that help inform the future outlook for Internet cyber security. more

Neustar Releases UltraDNS Report Center

Neustar, Inc. today announced the debut of its UltraDNS Report Center. The new reporting tool identifies configuration issues, assesses the impact of changes, monitors resolution performance and isolates traffic problems across an entire DNS infrastructure. more

How Threat Intelligence Software Can Help Prevent Breaches Caused by Server Misconfigurations

Early this month, the Gekko Group, an AccorHotels subsidiary erroneously uploaded more than 1TB of confidential information on a publicly accessible cloud-based server. This error led to the exposure of tons of data owned by its partner hotels' clients, travel agencies, and customers. more

Verisign Domain Name Industry Brief: 350.5 Million Domain Name Registrations in Q1 2022

Today, we released the latest issue of The Domain Name Industry Brief, which shows that the first quarter of 2022 closed with 350.5 million domain name registrations across all top-level domains, an increase of 8.8 million domain name registrations, or 2.6%, compared to the fourth quarter of 2021. more

Under the Hood of 3M- and 3M Mask-Themed Recently Registered Domains

The rapid spread of COVID-19 had people scrambling to protect themselves. Among different means of protection, besides imposed community quarantines and social-distancing measures, it has been widely recommended to purchase reliable surgical masks and respirators. Mass demand for such products quickly led to a shortage in different parts of the world. more

Celebrity Marketing Guru Jeffrey Hayzlett to Promote New TLDs for AusRegistry International

Mr Hayzlett will be tasked with generating greater awareness of the new Top-Level Domain (TLD) program within the most elite circles of the world's leading corporations, while also providing AusRegistry International's clients with strategic marketing services to complement its industry leading new TLD technology and consulting offering. more

Australian Government Steps In

Like in many countries, Australia has been experiencing an increase in cybersecurity incidents. The Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) received over 76,000 cybercrime reports during the 2021 -- 2022 financial year, an increase of nearly 13% from the previous year. more

Investigating Domain Abuse Complaints with Brand Monitoring Software

Cybersquatters can pose severe risks for brands, so it's good news when a company wins against them. Home Box Office, Inc. (HBO) recently won its case in a domain dispute for TrueDetective.com. The titular show has a huge cult following, which explains why someone may want to leverage a domain name around it. more

Neustar Unveils Its Intelligent Cloud Service

Neustar, Inc. unveiled the Neustar Intelligent Cloud service that will provide a single, secure, and simplified connection point between content providers, application developers, solution providers, and mobile operators. The new service is designed to streamline the communications, network features, and billing across operators. more

Upward Trend Seen in “All Lives Matter,” “BLM,” and “Protest” Domain Registrations

George Floyd passing away while being arrested in Minneapolis, Minnesota, sparked several Black Lives Matter (BLM) protests worldwide. The protests started on 26 May, a day after Floyd's death, spanning states and even countries within a few days. more