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2021 has been a pretty incredible year in domain name investing. From big returns in ETH and meta names, to new marketplaces and landers. The .xyz extension was stronger than almost anyone predicted. There have been more million dollar .com sales than in recent years. Below I summarize some of...

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A Microsoft report raises alarm about a new kind of domain name that it says is ripe for abuse by cybercriminals. The Digital Defense Report that Microsoft recently issued includes a typical rogue’s gallery of cyberthreats, including phishing, ransomware, and supply-chain attacks. But it adds...

A Microsoft report raises alarm about a new kind of domain name that it says is ripe for abuse by cybercriminals. The Digital Defense Report that Microsoft recently issued includes a typical rogue’s gallery of cyberthreats, including phishing, ransomware, and supply-chain attacks. But it adds...

Out of over a thousand top-level domain choices, cyber-criminals and threat actors prefer a small set of 25, which accounts for 90% of all malicious sites. Six out of the top 10 of these 25 top-level domains (TLD) are handled by authorities in developing countries, hosting a disproportionately...

Out of over a thousand top-level domain choices, cyber-criminals and threat actors prefer a small set of 25, which accounts for 90% of all malicious sites. Six out of the top 10 of these 25 top-level domains (TLD) are handled by authorities in developing countries, hosting a disproportionately...

Face Recognition Technology: Commonly Used Terms As face recognition technology evolves at a dizzying speed, new uses and terminologies seem to develop daily. On this page, we attempt to define and disambiguate some of the most commonly used terms. Read more...

Face Recognition Technology: Commonly Used Terms As face recognition technology evolves at a dizzying speed, new uses and terminologies seem to develop daily. On this page, we attempt to define and disambiguate some of the most commonly used terms. Read more...

Bugs in our Pockets: The Risks of Client-Side Scanning H. Abelson, R. Anderson, S. M. Bellovin, J. Benaloh, M. Blaze, J. Callas, W. Diffie, S. Landau, P. G. Neumann, R. L. Rivest, J. I. Schiller, B. Schneier, V. Teague, C. Troncoso October 15, 2021 Our increasing reliance on digital...

Bugs in our Pockets: The Risks of Client-Side Scanning H. Abelson, R. Anderson, S. M. Bellovin, J. Benaloh, M. Blaze, J. Callas, W. Diffie, S. Landau, P. G. Neumann, R. L. Rivest, J. I. Schiller, B. Schneier, V. Teague, C. Troncoso October 15, 2021 Our increasing reliance on digital...

Map of US ransomware attacks from 2018 to present Each dot represents the location of a ransomware attack, with the size of the dot depicting the number of records impacted. This map updates weekly and pinpoints the locations of each ransomware attack in the US, from 2018 to present day...

Map of US ransomware attacks from 2018 to present Each dot represents the location of a ransomware attack, with the size of the dot depicting the number of records impacted. This map updates weekly and pinpoints the locations of each ransomware attack in the US, from 2018 to present day...

This report encompasses learnings from security experts, practitioners, and defenders at Microsoft to empower people everywhere to defend against cyberthreats. read more

This report encompasses learnings from security experts, practitioners, and defenders at Microsoft to empower people everywhere to defend against cyberthreats. read more

Who emailed who? Institutional privacy risks in the DNS https://blog.apnic.net/2021/10/04/who-emailed-who-institutional-privacy-risks-in-the-dns/

Who emailed who? Institutional privacy risks in the DNS https://blog.apnic.net/2021/10/04/who-emailed-who-institutional-privacy-risks-in-the-dns/

Domain registrar MarkMonitor had left more than 60,000 parked domains vulnerable to domain hijacking. MarkMonitor, now part of Clarivate, is a domain management company that "helps establish and protect the online presence of the world's leading brands - and the billions who use them." The...

Domain registrar MarkMonitor had left more than 60,000 parked domains vulnerable to domain hijacking. MarkMonitor, now part of Clarivate, is a domain management company that "helps establish and protect the online presence of the world's leading brands - and the billions who use them." The...

Black Hat 2021: DNS loophole makes nation-state level spying as easy as registering a domain August 4, 2021 https://www.wiz.io/blog/black-hat-2021-dns-loophole-makes-nation-state-level-spying-as-easy-as-registering-a-domain...