CSC, an enterprise-class domain registrar and world leader in mitigating domain and domain name system (DNS) threats, has launched its new DomaincastingSM digital blocking network - a complement to its current Enforcement services. more
Google's announcement of the launch of the .zip ngTLD was met by a lot of debate. Many believe threat actors could abuse the ngTLD for phishing and other malicious campaigns, primarily since it could be easily confused with the .zip file extension. more
ARIN warned that the wait time for IPv4 space from its Waitlist is years, not months, at NANOG 88 in Seattle. There were 632 requests on the list at the end of May 2023, and it grew by 429 requests in the last year. more
ReliaQuest named LockBit one of the most effective and undoubtedly most prolific currently active ransomware groups today. In fact, the malware topped their latest ransomware quarterly list for the first three months of 2023, a continuation of their 2022 observation. more
A new initiative led by GoDaddy Registry in partnership with Identity Digital and other industry leaders is launching to develop innovative solutions for enhanced brand protection online. more
Threat actors are quite adept at changing tactics once the cybersecurity community or law enforcement catches up to them. That is evident in the recent resurgence of malvertising though no longer through users' browsers as in the past. more
Today, Verisign released the latest issue of The Domain Name Industry Brief, which shows that the first quarter of 2023 closed with 354.0 million domain name registrations across all top-level domains (TLDs), an increase of 3.5 million domain name registrations, or 1.0%, compared to the fourth quarter of 2022. more
Organizations get bombarded with countless attacks from every direction, including via their supply chain. FortifyData's recent record of the top third-party data breaches in 2023 brings to light how multidirectional threat sources can be. In one of the data breaches on the list, AT&T disclosed in March 2023 that threat actors accessed the information of approximately 9 million wireless accounts through the telecommunication company's marketing vendor. more
Last year, several governments reportedly used the NSO Group's spyware Pegasus to exploit a zero-day vulnerability in WhatsApp to spy on journalists, opposition politicians, and dissidents via their mobile devices. Apple quickly addressed the issue by launching more powerful data protection features. more
The RIPE NCC's members did not approve new charges for transfers or ASNs at its May 2023 General Meeting. The RIPE NCC had proposed a €500 charge for each transfer and a €50 charge for each ASN. more
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