Generative AI may strengthen domain names by lowering barriers to online ventures while increasing demand for trusted digital identities, stable endpoints and verifiable sources for both people and AI agents.
A DNS investigation into indicators linked to three Russian threat groups uncovered potentially victim-owned IP addresses and thousands of connected domains, including infrastructure already associated with malicious activity.
IPv4 pricing strengthened again in August as healthy transaction activity met tightening supply, with larger address blocks leading gains and reinforcing a market recovery that has developed steadily since spring.
New TLD applicants now face the harder task of turning delegation into adoption, requiring clear positioning, registrar partnerships, pricing, marketing and sustained community engagement informed by lessons from the previous application round.
DNS analysis of 96 SourTrade domains uncovered hundreds of connected domains and IP addresses, many flagged as malicious, while identifying indicators that appeared months before researchers formally linked them to the malvertising campaign.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.