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Name collisions have been an issue dating back years. Back in 2013 when ICANN introduced several new TLDs they also introduced a Name Collision Occurrence Management Framework to deal with the problem. … One TLD that appears to publish controlled interruption DNS records is .kids. For example...

Name collisions have been an issue dating back years. Back in 2013 when ICANN introduced several new TLDs they also introduced a Name Collision Occurrence Management Framework to deal with the problem. … One TLD that appears to publish controlled interruption DNS records is .kids. For example...

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Next month in San Francisco TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 is happening. This event brings together tech leaders and enthusiasts, startup founders, and early stage investors. It struck me that the conference agenda and speaker list could provide valuable insights for domain investors. So what did I...

Next month in San Francisco TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 is happening. This event brings together tech leaders and enthusiasts, startup founders, and early stage investors. It struck me that the conference agenda and speaker list could provide valuable insights for domain investors. So what did I...

NamePros is observing an increase in credential stuffing attacks targeting domain investors. This is a semi-regular occurrence. It typically works as follows: An arbitrary website in the domaining industry is compromised. Typically, we have no way of knowing which site it was. The username...

NamePros is observing an increase in credential stuffing attacks targeting domain investors. This is a semi-regular occurrence. It typically works as follows: An arbitrary website in the domaining industry is compromised. Typically, we have no way of knowing which site it was. The username...

DNS Belgium and SIDN are working together on software to detect apparently malicious domain name registrations before they go live. A malicious registration involves someone registering a name domain for an abusive or criminal purpose, such as phishing, malware distribution or domain squatting...

DNS Belgium and SIDN are working together on software to detect apparently malicious domain name registrations before they go live. A malicious registration involves someone registering a name domain for an abusive or criminal purpose, such as phishing, malware distribution or domain squatting...

"A group of security researchers exploring how to hack domain registries ended up with the ability to gain “full control over any .ai domain.” Sam Curry, Brett Buerhaus, Rhys Elsmore, and Shubham Shah, in a striking bit of research, also gained the ability to control the DNS zones of 19 other...

"A group of security researchers exploring how to hack domain registries ended up with the ability to gain “full control over any .ai domain.” Sam Curry, Brett Buerhaus, Rhys Elsmore, and Shubham Shah, in a striking bit of research, also gained the ability to control the DNS zones of 19 other...

There are presently 201k people monitoring domains in Have I Been Pwned (HIBP). That's massive! That's 201k people that have searched for a domain, left their email address for future notifications when the domain appears in a new breach and successfully verified that they control the domain...

There are presently 201k people monitoring domains in Have I Been Pwned (HIBP). That's massive! That's 201k people that have searched for a domain, left their email address for future notifications when the domain appears in a new breach and successfully verified that they control the domain...

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The number of phishing websites tied to domain name registrar Freenom dropped precipitously in the months surrounding a recent lawsuit from social networking giant Meta, which alleged the free domain name provider has a long history of ignoring abuse complaints about phishing websites while...

The number of phishing websites tied to domain name registrar Freenom dropped precipitously in the months surrounding a recent lawsuit from social networking giant Meta, which alleged the free domain name provider has a long history of ignoring abuse complaints about phishing websites while...

For management purpose, I think it's better to have all domains at one registrar. However, How safe and security-wise is it to have all domains at just one registrar? What happens if the registrar folds up?

For management purpose, I think it's better to have all domains at one registrar. However, How safe and security-wise is it to have all domains at just one registrar? What happens if the registrar folds up?