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Afilias Seeks New TLD Partners

Afilias, a global provider of Internet infrastructure services and domain name registry technology, today announced that it is seeking to partner with a select number of organizations that wish to apply to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) for a new top-level domain (TLD). more

New .vote TLD Used for Arizona Voters

Arizona Secretary of State Michele Reagan and the .VOTE registry announced today that two new and simple web addresses have been launched for Arizona voters -- www.arizona.vote and www.arizona.voto. more

Getting Rid of Bad Hosts with WHOIS and Reverse IP Lookups

As stewards of the Web, Internet infrastructure providers are often held accountable for ensuring the safety of users. Sadly, the recent spate of high-profile security incidents shows that this is not an easy task. more

Is Aurora as Stealthy as Its Operators Believe?

Stealth is a typical goal for most threat actors when launching malware and other attacks. The better hidden a malware is, the more effective an attack becomes. And that is what fast-rising data stealer Aurora is gaining notoriety for. more

Domain & IP Intelligence: An Advantage to Managed Detection and Response

Outsourcing may not always have had the best connotation. In the context of cybersecurity, however, the activity is a vital one and often even the only real alternative for many small- and medium-sized organizations. more

Q2 2018 DDoS Trends Report: 52 Percent of Attacks Employed Multiple Attack Types

Verisign just released its Q2 2018 DDoS Trends Report, which represents a unique view into the attack trends unfolding online, through observations and insights derived from distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack mitigations enacted on behalf of customers of Verisign DDoS Protection Services. more

Fraud Protection Measures Against Malicious New Domains

Many domain names are registered each day and so become part of the Domain Name System (DNS). In fact, research shows that at least two new registrations are seen per second. Although most of these are done for commercial and other legitimate purposes, not everyone who registers a domain has good intentions. more

ARI Registry Asks ICANN to Delay Digital Archery and Batching Processes

ARI Registry has submitted a letter to ICANN today requesting its Board and staff to delay the launch of the digital archery batching mechanism and review of the new gTLD program for further review. "Batching was included in ICANN’s thinking because there were an unknown number of applications for new gTLDs... We suggest that, given the data that is publically available, these two objectives can be met without batching and without a significant or unreasonable impact on timelines." more

Afilias’ Ram Mohan Named to IDG’s InfoWorld CTO 25 Awards for DNSSEC Leadership

Afilias announces its Chief Technology Officer, Ram Mohan, has been named to IDG's InfoWorld CTO 25 Awards for his work and innovation in deploying Domain Name Security Extensions (DNSSEC) in the Internet's domain name system (DNS). more

Neustar Launches First Site Under ‘.Neustar’ - Its Own Branded TLD

Starting this year, however, thousands of branded and generic top level domains (TLDs) like .Citibank, .kpmg, .nyc, .club, .buzz and .uno will change the online landscape. To lead the way, we launched .neustar this week, kicking off our own branded TLD with a new webpage at nic.neustar. more

How Reverse WHOIS Search Can Help Protect Against MegaCortex and Other Ransomware

Earlier this week, a new variant of MegaCortex ransomware was found encrypting files and changing victims' passwords on Windows-based computers. Victims who fail to pay the ransom were as usual threatened that their personal data would be released. How does the attack work? more

NSW Government Launches .sydney Domain

The New South Wales Government, ARI Registry Services and a selection of Sydney's most recognised businesses today joined forces to officially launch .sydney web addresses as the city's new home online. more

Radix Announces .Website Launch Timeline

Radix, .website's registry, has released a complete launch timeline for .website today, outlining a Landrush start date of Aug. 26, 2014 and a General Availability start date of Sept. 17, 2014. more

Can Security Analytics Combat Digital Fraud with IP and Domain Name Monitoring?

For several years, digital security relied on a simple strategy – gain insight from past events, learn from them, and base security protection accordingly. more

DNS Traffic Services: Protecting Against Downtime

How would a managed DNS service limit exposure and help provide notification and failover capabilities? What should you even be looking for in these types of services? more