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Public Interest Registry Releases Report Revealing Continued Growth of the .ORG Domain

Public Interest Registry - the not-for-profit operator of the .ORG domain - today released the results of its bi-annual domain name report, "The Dashboard," detailing the increased growth of .ORG from July to December. The report reveals that new .ORG registrations increased by 11.9 percent in the second half of 2012. more

ICANN’s Registry Audits Begin Next Week. Are You Prepared?

New Top-Level Domain (TLD) operators should be on alert next Monday 23 March when ICANN will formally notify the Registries it has selected to form part of this year's contractual compliance audit program. more

Iron Mountain and AusRegistry International Create Program to Support New gTLD Registry Applicants

Iron Mountain Incorporated, the information management company, and AusRegistry International, a leading provider of global Domain Name Registry Services, today announced a co-referral program to benefit applicants for new generic top-level domains (gTLDs). more

3 Key Recommendations to Trust the Cloud More by Trusting It Less

Cloud outages happen all the time, but there has been an observed increase in major outages in recent years. In 2021, the increase was exponential with many notable incidents in the month of June 2021. These outages are affecting a significant number of companies of various sizes. more

Radix Launches .Space for Individuals, Freelancers and Professionals

Radix, Asia's largest portfolio nTLD applicant, launched its latest top-level domain, .space into Sunrise on 17th November 2014. more

When Marketing Vendors Get Attacked, Clients Suffer: Third-Party Risk Discovery in the DNS

Organizations get bombarded with countless attacks from every direction, including via their supply chain. FortifyData's recent record of the top third-party data breaches in 2023 brings to light how multidirectional threat sources can be. In one of the data breaches on the list, AT&T disclosed in March 2023 that threat actors accessed the information of approximately 9 million wireless accounts through the telecommunication company's marketing vendor. more

.green Now in General Availability

After seven years of anticipation, the .green web address is available for the global green economy online and for all to tell their green story, showcase their sustainable products, and easily find products, services and socially responsible companies. more

Thawing IcedID Out Through a DNS Analysis

Evolution isn't only for humans and other living things. Apparently, malware can evolve, too, and IcedID is a good example. First detected as a banking trojan in 2017, IcedID continues to undergo updates that make it even more dangerous. In the past few months, IcedID variants have been observed to deliver ransomware payloads instead of performing its original function -- stealing financial data. more

Verisign Domain Name Industry Brief: 354.0 Million Domain Name Registrations in Q1 2023

Today, Verisign released the latest issue of The Domain Name Industry Brief, which shows that the first quarter of 2023 closed with 354.0 million domain name registrations across all top-level domains (TLDs), an increase of 3.5 million domain name registrations, or 1.0%, compared to the fourth quarter of 2022. more

Unveiling Global Domain Activity Trends in Q4 2023

The new domain name registration volume rose 10.24% from the third to the fourth quarter of 2023. WhoisXML API researchers uncovered this finding, along with other DNS trends, after analyzing more than 31 million newly registered domains (NRDs) added from 1 October to 31 December 2023 as seen in the Newly Registered Domains Data Feed. more

Could the LGBTQ Community Be a Target of Internet Threat Actors?

Pride month is celebrated worldwide. While it's meant to be a time of celebration for members of the LGBTQ community and their families and supporters, its popularity has also made it a possible target of cyber threats. In this post, we look at potentially dangerous Internet properties that have been registered both recently and over the years. more

Perspectives from a Nonprofit Domain Name Registry on Navigating the Social Media Frontier

At .ORG, we are big fans of using and managing multiple social media vehicles to promote engagement and interactivity within our global community. In our experience, there are many advantages to this approach... We're currently using Twitter, Flickr, our Blog, YouTube, and Facebook as the major ways to reach out to and engage our .ORG community on an ongoing basis. more

Brussels and the Month Afterwards: Celebrations, New gTLD and Security and Stability Issues Ahead

.ORG's David Maher provides an overview of the 38th ICANN Conference, held in Brussels last month, including interesting issues and events covered during the meetings. 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

Join Neustar’s Town Hall Meeting and Help Shape the Future Of .US

Neustar is hosting a live town hall forum next month to discuss the United States' country code Top-Level Domain, .US. It's a can't-miss event for anyone interested in the future of .US. more