Phish-Friendly Domain Registry “.top” Put on Notice

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2024 19:41:51 +0000

The Chinese company in charge of handing out domain names ending in “.top” has been given until mid-August 2024 to show that it has put in place systems for managing phishing reports and suspending abusive domains, or else forfeit its license to sell domains. The warning comes amid the release of new findings that .top was the most common suffix in phishing websites over the past year, second only to domains ending in “.com.”

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ICANN Launches Service to Help With WHOIS Lookups

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 06 Dec 2023 15:51:58 +0000

More than five years after domain name registrars started redacting personal data from all public domain registration records, the non-profit organization overseeing the domain industry has introduced a centralized online service designed to make it easier for researchers, law enforcement and others to request the information directly from registrars.

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Protestors petition equity firm over .org buyout

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2020 11:48:40 +0000

The street outside ICAAN’s offices in Playa Vista, California, is likely a little more crowded than normal.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/zDN1XRuZuFg” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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