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  <title><![CDATA[CircleID]]></title>
  <link>https://circleid.com/topics/domain_names</link>
  <description>CircleID - Domain Names</description>
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  <dc:rights>Copyright 2026, unless where otherwise noted.</dc:rights>
  <dc:date>2026-09-09T19:55:00+00:00</dc:date>

  
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      <title><![CDATA[DNS Spotlight: 2026&#8217;s 5 Most Notorious Ransomware]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/dns&#45;spotlight&#45;2026s&#45;5&#45;most&#45;notorious&#45;ransomware</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[DNS analysis of 84 network indicators tied to LockBit, Cl0p, Akira, Medusa, and Qilin uncovered thousands of connected domains and IP addresses, including additional artifacts already identified as malicious.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-09-08T07:59:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[15th Registration Operations Workshop, September 29, 2026, 13:00 - 17:00 UTC]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/15th_registration_operations_workshop_september_29_2026</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[The 15th Registration Operations Workshop convenes domain name and DNS professionals September 29 for technical sessions on mTLS, RPKI, DNS resilience, delegations, DNSSEC, registrar concentration, dispute proceedings and alternative naming systems.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-09-07T07:59:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Proposed New DNS Resource Record Types for AI Agent Discovery]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/proposed&#45;new&#45;dns&#45;resource&#45;record&#45;types&#45;for&#45;ai&#45;agent&#45;discovery</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[For more than three decades, domain names have served as a foundational identity layer for internet applications. Initially used to identify early network services such as TELNET, FTP, and email, they later became essential to web browsing and a growing range of online services.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-09-01T09:03:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Thirty-Five Years Later, Moscow Comes Looking for the Soviet Union&#8217;s Domain]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/thirty&#45;five&#45;years&#45;later&#45;moscow&#45;comes&#45;looking&#45;for&#45;the&#45;soviet&#45;unions&#45;domain</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Russia is imposing state identity verification on .su, the Soviet Union's surviving domain, as researchers uncover criminal infrastructure across the namespace and ICANN pursues a retirement process that could eventually remove it from the global root.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-09-01T08:35:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[ICANN Terminates Two Registrars as DNS Abuse and Compliance Failures Escalate]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/icann&#45;terminates&#45;two&#45;registrars&#45;as&#45;dns&#45;abuse&#45;and&#45;compliance&#45;failures&#45;escalate</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[ICANN has terminated two registrar accreditation agreements after unresolved compliance failures, citing Trustname's handling of DNS abuse and IPIP's failures involving RDAP, registration data escrow, accreditation fees, and access to non-public registration data.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-08-29T12:11:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[A DNS Infrastructure Analysis of a Microsoft 365 Device Code Phishing Campaign]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/a&#45;dns&#45;infrastructure&#45;analysis&#45;of&#45;a&#45;microsoft&#45;365&#45;device&#45;code&#45;phishing&#45;campaign</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[A DNS investigation into a Microsoft 365 device code phishing campaign uncovered coordinated, disposable infrastructure, including 290 indicators of compromise, 87 malicious IP addresses and hundreds of connected domains, suggesting the operation remains active.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-08-28T11:59:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[ICANN to Shut Down Open Data Platform and API September 1]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/icann&#45;to&#45;shut&#45;down&#45;open&#45;data&#45;platform&#45;and&#45;api&#45;september&#45;1</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[ICANN will retire its Open Data Platform and API on September 1, shifting datasets to downloadable CSV files and forcing researchers, registries and domain-industry organizations to update automated workflows that rely on programmatic data access.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-08-28T09:19:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Radix Announces Radix Deux: 46 Primary Applications in ICANN&#8217;s Next gTLD Round]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/radix&#45;announces&#45;radix&#45;deux&#45;46&#45;primary&#45;applications&#45;in&#45;icanns&#45;next&#45;gtld&#45;round</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Radix is making its biggest strategic bet yet, filing 46 primary applications for ICANN's next gTLD round after whittling 3.2m possibilities into a portfolio spanning AI, technology, health, finance, business, creators and culture.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-08-27T10:12:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Last gTLD Round Taught Us the Wrong Lessons]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/the&#45;last&#45;gtld&#45;round&#45;taught&#45;us&#45;the&#45;wrong&#45;lessons</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Fourteen years after ICANN's last gTLD expansion, registration figures offer an incomplete verdict. The next round will test whether applicants can build namespaces with enduring relevance, rather than merely generating impressive launch volumes and revenues.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-08-26T12:40:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[5 of the Biggest Cyber Attacks in 2026 So Far: DNS Deep Dive]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/5&#45;of&#45;the&#45;biggest&#45;cyber&#45;attacks&#45;in&#45;2026&#45;so&#45;far&#45;dns&#45;deep&#45;dive</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[A DNS deep dive into five major cyber attacks of 2026 uncovers infrastructure linked to Cisco, Ivanti, Stryker and ShinyHunters incidents, revealing hundreds of connected domains and IP addresses that could sharpen threat detection efforts.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-08-24T11:43:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[DNS Abuse and Criminal Infrastructure: Beyond Definitions and Blocklists]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/dns&#45;abuse&#45;and&#45;criminal&#45;infrastructure&#45;beyond&#45;definitions&#45;and&#45;blocklists</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Research suggests criminals may control a striking share of newly registered gTLD domains, raising questions about whether ICANN's definitions, contractual safeguards and enforcement mechanisms are keeping pace with the industrial scale of technology-facilitated harm.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-08-21T08:35:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[1,600 Applications Later: What&#8217;s Next for the New gTLD Round?]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/1600&#45;applications&#45;later&#45;whats&#45;next&#45;for&#45;the&#45;new&#45;gtld&#45;round</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[ICANN's latest new gTLD round drew more than 1,600 applications, many targeting generic strings. With payments being finalised and potential clashes emerging, October's Reveal Day will show how dramatically the domain-name landscape could expand.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-08-21T08:14:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[After the Close: What the 2026 gTLD Round Has Already Revealed]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/after&#45;the&#45;close&#45;what&#45;the&#45;2026&#45;gtld&#45;round&#45;has&#45;already&#45;revealed</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[ICANN's 2026 gTLD round drew more than 1,600 applications, led by ambitious portfolio investors. But scant brand disclosures and new rules banning private settlements could make contention costlier and reshape the economics of domain ownership.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-08-19T09:35:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[DNSSEC Doesn&#8217;t Need a Better Story - It Needs a Better Tuesday]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/dnssec&#45;doesnt&#45;need&#45;a&#45;better&#45;story&#45;it&#45;needs&#45;a&#45;better&#45;tuesday</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[DNSSEC adoption is stronger than headline figures suggest, yet uneven across industries. New data indicate the bigger obstacle is not reputation but operational friction, especially key rollovers, registrar coordination and automation still missing across major domains.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-08-18T11:39:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Massive Photo ZIP Campaign Targets Booking.com Partner and Other Hotels across Japan and Europe]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/massive&#45;photo&#45;zip&#45;campaign&#45;targets&#45;booking&#45;dot&#45;com&#45;partner&#45;and&#45;other&#45;hotels</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[A sprawling phishing campaign targeting hotels in Japan and Europe used deceptive photo ZIP files and legitimate web services to establish persistent access, while researchers uncovered thousands of potentially connected infrastructure artifacts and victim IP addresses.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-08-18T11:18:00-07:00</dc:date>
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