Industry

Drawing the Line Between SYS01 and Ducktail Through DNS Traces

Back in January of this year, we studied the infrastructure of Ducktail, a malware that trailed its sights on Facebook business owners and advertisers. Just this month, Morphisec researchers found a similar threat they've dubbed "SYS01." more

AusRegistry International to Support Internet Expansion in Oman

AusRegistry International, a leading provider of Domain Name Registry Services, was today contracted by the Telecommuniccations Regulatory Authority (TRA) of the Sultanate of Oman to provide Domain Name Registry Software and supporting services for the establishment of a new Domain Name Registry System. more

Continuing Danger for Internet Users – Unavailable Whois Data and DNS Abuse

As we approach our third year of living with ICANN's Temporary Specification, civil and criminal investigators still can't find suspected perpetrators' contact data, nor can they depend upon enlisting the help of registries and registrars to abate abuse consistently and quickly. The result? Unsuspecting internet users remain at risk, and there is no end to this dilemma in sight. more

LogicBoxes Announces Automation Solutions for ccTLD

LogicBoxes to hold an informative webinar to share details on the solution and highlight how ccTLDs can further grow their namespace and increase ARPUs.

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Unveiling Stealthy WailingCrab Aided by DNS Intelligence

The WailingCrab malware has gained notoriety for its stealth. IBM X-Force security researchers recently published an in-depth analysis of the malware, which has been abusing Internet of Things (IoT) messaging protocol MQTT. more

Australia’s .au Internet Domain Celebrates 2 Million Registrations

Australia's Internet community celebrated a significant milestone last night with the registration of the two millionth .au domain name. The milestone follows strong growth in registrations over the past 10 years and places .au in the top 10 largest country codes in the world. more

Radix Year in Review: Radical Marketing Campaigns From 2021

From drawing attention to computer science education (or the lack thereof) in marginalized communities to offering free entrepreneurial education for ideapreneurs and much more, our brands kept raising the bar to raise awareness and adoption of our nTLDs. more

.ORG CEO Honored by The Washington Business Journal

Alexa Raad, CEO of .ORG, The Public Interest Registry, has been chosen as one of the leading women in Washington business by The Washington Business Journal's fifth-annual Women Who Mean Business Awards. more

Searching for Nevada Ransomware Digital Crumbs in the DNS

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Detecting Malware Disguised as OneNote with Threat Intelligence

We've seen threat actors abuse almost all Windows OS applications in their campaigns, disguising malware as macros, Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, and PowerPoint presentations to trick users into opening and executing them. Most recently, they've been spreading malware in the guise of OneNote documents to cause mayhem. more

Welcome .SHIKSHA! General Availability Now Open

Global registry services provider Afilias today announced April 17, 2014, as the general availability launch date of the top-level domain designed specifically for education in India: .SHIKSHA. more

.PRESS Supports Press Freedom Day for 3rd Consecutive Year

.PRESS, a domain extension for journalists and media, has partnered with Reporters Sans Frontieres (RSF), an international non-profit, to support the cause of free journalism on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day, celebrated on 3rd May each year. .PRESS has pledged a portion of its revenue for the month of May 2017 towards RSF's initiatives in defending the freedom of the press. more

The Practicalities of a New Domain Launch

If you weren't able to attend Afilias CMO Roland LaPlante's recent webinar on "The Practicalities of a New Domain Launch," you can watch it here. This webinar was designed to help you by sharing what Afilias learned from the original New gTLD launch (.INFO) and New gTLD launches since then. more

.Store Set to Launch in April

Radix, the portfolio registry behind several new top-level domains including .site, .tech & .online today announced they are gearing up for the launch of the first TLD to focus on the e-commerce market, .store more

Verisign Domain Name Industry Brief: 367.3 Million Domain Name Registrations in Q2 2021

Today, we released the latest issue of The Domain Name Industry Brief, which shows that the second quarter of 2021 closed with 367.3 million domain name registrations across all top-level domains (TLDs), an increase of 3.8 million domain name registrations, or 1.0%, compared to the first quarter of 2021. more