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Public Interest Registry Announces 5,000,000 .ORG Domains Registered Worldwide

The phenomenal growth reflects the continued increase in awareness, value and use of the .ORG brand, in addition to the success of .ORG registrars internationally. more

WhiteSnake Stealer Serpentines through the DNS

It's not unusual for data stealers to target several browsers simultaneously. Zooming in on multiple platforms at once, including email clients, gaming portals, chat apps, crypto wallets, and even VPN-protected services, however, is quite novel.  more

Radix Launches Startup League at TechCrunch

The Startup League is a unique startup-support program designed to aid early stage startups that use any of Radix's TLDs to launch their idea or company. This initiative will support startups across several key areas like marketing, event sponsorships, and PR. more

Preventing Media Theft with an IP Geolocation Database

Since time immemorial, entertainment companies always had to contend with content theft. Bootleggers are nothing new in the industry, and their ways have evolved much along with technology. more

Directi Group Launches Radix and Appoints ARI Registry Services for New TLD Project

ARI Registry Services has announced it has been appointed as the exclusive registry services provider for Radix, a new entity within the Directi Group, that will be focussed on obtaining and running new generic TLDs. Under the arrangement, Radix will aim to secure Top-Level Domains, under ICANN's program to expand the Internet's addressing system. more

Afilias Announces Sunrise Period Start of .KIM, the First Family of the Web

Global registry services provider Afilias today announced the sunrise launch date for the first "family" generic top-level domain (gTLD): .KIM. "Kim" is an ancient Korean surname, meaning "gold," and is the most common Korean last name: more than 10 million individuals carry the name Kim. more

Cybersecurity During the Busiest Shopping Days of the Year

The holiday season is just around the corner, and with that, shoppers are starting to make their lists. According to an Adobe Report, the 2020 holiday season exceeded $188 billion in online sales in the United States alone, an increase of 32% compared with 2019. more

Consumers Prefer the .ORGANIC Domain for True-Organic Goods

.ORGANIC domain operator Afilias today announced the results of new research that provides important insights regarding U.K. and U.S. Internet users' experience finding organic products and services online. more

New CSC Research Indicates Launch of Threads by Instagram is Already a Growing Target for Fraud and Brand Abuse

On July 5, 2023, Meta's Instagram released "Threads" -- an online social media and social networking service offering users the ability to post and share text, images, and videos, as well as interact with others and join public conversations through posts, replies, reposts, and likes. more

Leading Registrars Supporting DNSSEC

As the world's third largest domain, Internet security takes utmost precedence at .ORG, The Public Interest Registry (PIR). On June 23, we reinforced our commitment by announcing at ICANN Brussels that .ORG is now the first generic top-level domain (TLD) to offer full DNSSEC deployment. more

.ORG Meets the SedoPro Partner Forum

I participated in a discussion panel entitled The DNA of TLDs, where DNA represents the inherent value that the end users can immediately recognize and experience in a TLD, making it more valuable than simply a mere alternative to .com. more

StarHub to Acquire ‘.starhub’ New Top-Level Domain

StarHub has partnered with technical registry provider ARI Registry Services and digital brand management services provider Melbourne IT Digital Brand Services (DBS) to help it apply for and operate its '.brand' domain name. more

Call for Nominations to the Public Interest Registry .ORG Advisory Council

The .ORG Advisory Council has been a valuable global resource for the Public Interest Registry (PIR) management in the areas of policy, outreach, new services and support. ...Seven of the 21 Advisory Council seats are to be filled on May 1, 2006. more

Beefing Up Trademark Monitoring with Domain Brand Monitoring Solutions

Thousands of trademark infringement cases get heard every year -- some of which are more unexpected than others. For instance, let's take a look at one that originates in the world of fiction. Like SpongeBob himself and Patrick, the Krusty Krab has been a centerpiece in the "SpongeBob SquarePants" cartoon series and movies. more

ARI Registry Services Adds World’s First .Brand to the Internet

Monash University has trumped the likes of Google, Amazon, Apple and over 600 other major brands around the world to become the first ever globally recognised organisation to have its own Top-Level Domain added to the Internet. more