Industry

Following the VexTrio DNS Trail

VexTrio, a traffic distribution system (TDS) provider believed to be an affiliate of ClearFake and SocGholish, among other threat actors, has been active since 2017. more

Brand Registry Group Is Seeking an Executive Director to Join the Organization

The Brand Registry Group (BRG) is the global association supporting the needs of dotBrand Top-Level Domain (TLD) operators and promoting the benefits of dotBrand TLDs across the world. more

Radix Releases 2022 Domain Renewals Data

Radix, one of the world's largest portfolio registries, has released a report on domain renewals based on Radix's internal analysis of nTLD renewals in 2022. more

2022 CSC Domain Security Report Finds Nearly Three-Quarters of Global 2000 Companies are at Alarmingly High Risk of Exposure to Security Threats

We have just released our third annual Domain Security Report that found three out of four Forbes Global 2000 companies have not adopted key domain security measures - exposing them to high risk of security threats. These companies have implemented less than half of all domain security measures. more

Tracing Ivanti Zero-Day Exploitation IoCs in the DNS

Among the latest to suffer from zero-day exploitation is Ivanti, a software company providing endpoint management and remote access solutions to various organizations, including U.S. federal agencies. more

Verisign Q3 2019 Domain Name Industry Brief: Internet Grows to 359.8 Million Domains in Q3 of 2019

Verisign today released the latest issue of the Domain Name Industry Brief, which shows that the third quarter of 2019 closed with 359.8 million domain name registrations across all top-level domains (TLDs), an increase of 5.1 million domain name registrations, or 1.4 percent, compared to the second quarter of 2019. more

A Record Year for .ORG at the Webby Awards

The Webby Awards "celebrates sites that pave important paths to the Internet's next phase," according to the Wall Street Journal. If so, .ORG sites are doing their part by winning 14 of 69 categories, beating last year's number by 3. This means that 20% of Webby Award winners are .ORG sites. more

Public Interest Registry Offers New Internationalized Domain Names to General Public

Public Interest Registry today announced the general availability of three new Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs) which translate to "organisation" or "institution" in non-Latin-based scripts -- one in Devanagari, one in Cyrillic, and one in simplified Chinese. more

Global Domain Activity Trends Seen in Q3 2024

WhoisXML API analyzed close to 22 million domains registered in Q3 2024 to uncover global domain activity trends. more

.nxt Conference Taps CentralNic for Insight on Succeeding with New Top-Level Domains

ICANN's new top-level domain (TLD) policy took center stage at last week's inaugural .nxt conference in San Francisco, attracting representatives from across the domain name industry. Leading global domain registry CentralNic was well-represented at the conference, with a delegation led by CEO Ben Crawford and CTO Gavin Brown. more

Case Study: How PowerMTA Transparent Deliverability Metrics Paves Way for Email Service Provider

Communicator Corporation is an ESP with a different approach to email delivery. Unlike other ESPs, they allow each client to take ownership of their deliverability, which helps clients understand and appreciate that delivery is not just something for which their ESP is responsible. more

IPv4 Address Market Stabilizes: Insights and Trends for 2024

In December 2024, IPv4.Global reported a continued stabilization of IPv4 prices after a year of significant change. The monthly averages per IP address among blocks identified by CIDR notations /17-/24 remained fairly stable, fluctuating between $32 and $36 per address. more

Top 10 Trending Keywords in .com and .net Registrations in May

With more than 300 million domain names registered globally, there are numerous examples of trending keywords reflected by domain name registrations. We have shown in the past that there is a correlation between domain name registrations and newsworthy and popular events, as well as anticipated trends. more

Cloud and IaaS DLP Woes: Is Additional Threat Intelligence a Solution?

Cloud-based technologies are effective means to gain visibility into the IT challenges faced by organizations. Adopting them enabled infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) providers to increase client uptime, security, and compliance, all the while giving more flexibility to scale up or down to respond to opportunities and challenges on time. more

New Domain For Japan, .JP.NET, Releases Cream of Domain Names for Registration by March 16, 2012

Unlike other heavily restricted Japanese domain extensions, domain names ending .JP.NET are available to anyone in unrestricted quantities, giving businesses and individuals everywhere the chance to secure presence in the rapidly growing Japanese internet landscape and gain access to the Japanese market. more