Verisign today released the latest issue of the Domain Name Industry Brief, which shows that the first quarter of 2019 closed with 351.8 million domain name registrations across all top-level domains (TLDs), an increase of 3.1 million domain name registrations, or 0.9 percent, compared to the fourth quarter of 2018.
Just when we thought that phishing has run out of its bag of tricks, hackers are changing their tactics. Whereas before the attacks could be generalized and random, this time, they are more targeted, tailored, and personal. What are crooks up to?
Maintaining an online presence isn't as simple as choosing a name, putting it up, and waiting until things turn out well. Once you're out there, you have to keep an eye on your domain and what's happening around because not doing so could put you at a disadvantage or even in danger.
Cybersecurity is pretty much a game of "hide and seek" - cybercriminals hide, cybersecurity teams seek -- and the damage is often based on how long the perpetrators are able to continue their attacks without being found.
The Internet is like a beach - you will most likely leave behind footprints while you are there. And these impressions can be traced back to whoever left them. The same is true with domain ownership. That website name you plan to launch your next venture on? Its domain may have a history of its own.
In a recent interview with Karn Jajoo, Head of Premium Portfolio at Radix, he discusses Radix's impressive growth in 2018, the positive impact of the EU's GDPR has been it's spawned privacy discussions in developing countries with local data privacy laws and more.
A while back, creating malicious software was sort of a hobby for programmers. It was hardly ever used to make money, but more of a way to show off what one can do with a computer.
As scary as it may seem, everyone is a target on the Web. Worse, your susceptibility to cyber attacks, when not promptly addressed, marks you not just as a target but can even lead others to consider you as a threat.
Neustar has released its Q1, 2019 Cyber Threats and Trends report which highlights new areas of growth in Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks over the past year. The report affirms that DDoS attacks continue to be an effective means to distract and confuse security teams while inflicting serious damage to brands.
At the moment, the ecosystem of global interconnection and the worldwide web of subsea cables are experiencing a concurrent and dynamic expansion, making waves across the globe and generating a new era of diversified routes and developing nodes.