Tag: Icann
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ICANN Org’s Multifaceted Response to DNS Abuse
While the March report from ICANN’s Domain Abuse Activity Reporting system show a general reduction in second-level gTLD domain …
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ICANN asks registrars to crack down on scam coronavirus websites
When is ICANN going to do something about the explosion of scammy domains spawned by the COVID-19 pandemic? We can’t, the overseers of …
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ICANN67 Round-Up
This past meeting of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), ICANN67, was intended to be held in person in Cancun, …
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When Proxy Services Enable Abuse
People are growing increasingly alarmed by recent examples of bad actors abusing proxy services offered by registrars. While proxy services …
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Unpacking the Framework to Address DNS Abuse
As the Internet has grown, so too have the abuses that go along with one of the world’s most transformative technologies. For all of the …
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Cybercriminals Benefitting from Stalled Privacy/Proxy Policy
We’ve seen alarmingly BIG increases in multiple abusive behaviors — like phishing, hacking and malware — that often leverage the domain …
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Cybercriminals Weaponize Bulk-Registered Domain Names
Domain names that can be rapidly acquired, used in an attack, and abandoned before they can be traced are a critical resource for …
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Leading Domain Registries and Registrars Release Joint Document on Addressing ‘DNS Abuse’
A group of leading domain name registries and registrars have joined forces in the fight against abuse in the Domain Name System (DNS), by …
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A new state-backed hacker group is hijacking government domains at a phenomenal pace
A few months ago, researchers at Cisco’s Talos cybersecurity unit sounded the alarm after discovering a previously undiscovered hacker …
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WHOIS after GDPR: A quick recap for CISOs
2018 was a big year for data protection with the implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) last May — forcing CISOs …
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ICANN demands DNSSEC to combat DNS hijacking
The Domain Name System (DNS), without which the web would be a mass of network numbers with no friendly server names such as or , is under …
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ICANN calls for wholesale DNSSEC deployment
In light of the recent DNS hijacking attacks, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is urging domain owners and …
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