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Afilias Thanks Desiree Miloshevic for 12 Years of Service to ISOC

Afilias, the world's second largest domain name registry, today thanks Desiree Z. Miloshevic for her leadership and service to the Board of Trustees of the Internet Society. more

How to Address Blended Threats with Domain Data

Fighting off individual threats is challenging enough, but things get complicated, and the results more damaging when organizations face blended threats. The practice of combining security threats such as malware and attack vectors confounds if not overwhelms victims, making them easy prey. more

Can Website Categorization Support Fraud Monitoring?

Detecting and preventing fraud have become in-demand over the years. As such, expectations from fraud solution providers have gone up as well. more

How Domain Data Can Enrich an MSSP’s Threat Intelligence

Outsourcing security monitoring and management has become a practical option for organizations that lack the budget to take care of their own threat detection and incident response needs. As such, small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are turning to external security providers. more

Using Domain Name Intelligence to Counter E-Commerce Platform Vulnerability Exploit Attacks

In 2018, e-commerce sites proved to be a favored cyberattack target. This trend remains constant this year, as online shops continued to be red-flagged and blacklisted by cybersecurity companies. more

Verisign Q2 2019 Domain Name Industry Brief: Internet Grows to 354.7 Million Domains in Q2 of 2019

Verisign today released the latest issue of the Domain Name Industry Brief, which shows that the second quarter of 2019 closed with 354.7 million domain name registrations across all top-level domains (TLDs), an increase of 2.9 million domain name registrations, or 0.8 percent, compared to the first quarter of 2019. more

Fraud Protection Measures Against Malicious New Domains

Many domain names are registered each day and so become part of the Domain Name System (DNS). In fact, research shows that at least two new registrations are seen per second. Although most of these are done for commercial and other legitimate purposes, not everyone who registers a domain has good intentions. more

Startups on .Tech Domains Raise $2B+ in VC Funding

Radix, one of the world's leading new top-level domains registries, today announced that at least 170 startups on .tech have raised over $2B in VC funding between 2017 to 2019. These startups are spread across industries such as Auto, Crypto, Mobility, Energy, etc. more

A New TLD Update With Radix CEO on DNW Podcast

In the recent episode of Domain Name Wire podcast, hosted by Andrew Allemann, Radix CEO Sandeep Ramchandani discussed the current state of new top-level domain names from his perspective. more

101domain Launches MMX & ICM Registry’s New AdultBlock Service

101domain, the domain registrar known for carrying the largest selection of top-level domains in the industry, is expanding their brand protection offering with a new domain blocking service from MMX's ICM Registry. AdultBlock and AdultBlock+ is a solution to reduce cybersquatting and abuse in the adult digital landscape. more