WhoisXML API's Q3 2025 analysis found global new domain registrations dipped 1.2% from Q2, with gTLDs rising and ccTLDs falling sharply. The .cc ccTLD remained an anomaly, and .com led malicious domain activity.
The Domain Name Industry Brief reports 378.5 million total domain name registrations in Q3 2025, marking a 16.2 million increase year over year and offering detailed insights into top TLD, ccTLD, and gTLD trends.
IPv4 address prices continued to decline through Q3 2025, yet steady demand and strong supply are keeping the market active. Smaller blocks remain more resilient as larger allocations face sharper pricing pressure.
A Chinese-language SEO poisoning campaign has been uncovered, leading users to fake software sites. Investigators linked the scheme to malware variants and uncovered thousands of malicious domains, subdomains, and IP addresses through DNS and WHOIS analysis.
DNS Security Extensions (DNSSEC) offer cryptographic safeguards to validate DNS responses, countering spoofing and cache poisoning. While implementation is complex, best practices and third-party services help firms navigate the operational demands of deployment.
WhoisXML API has halved the false positive rate of its malicious domain feed, enhancing detection precision. The update refines machine learning models, promising leaner cybersecurity operations and fewer interruptions from erroneous threat alerts.
A cyber campaign targeting East Asian elites leveraged fake web services. DNS forensics uncovered suspicious domains, IP links, and signs of future infrastructure repurposing.
Researchers tracked three Lazarus-linked RATs to a vast DNS network, uncovering dormant domains, geolocated IPs, and artifacts tied to financial and cryptocurrency sector intrusions.
For the first time in over a decade, the internet is opening its gates to a new wave of generic top-level domains (gTLDs). This is not just an opportunity to register a domain name, but the entire top-level domain itself.
Guardio reported about the ClickFix stealer that is considered an evolved version of fake browser updates. Instead of relying on a file download, it used fake CAPTCHA pages that allowed it to evade detection more effectively.