Last week Facebook announced it had filed a lawsuit in Arizona against domain name registrar Namecheap as well as its proxy service, Whoisguard, for registering domain names that aim to deceive people by pretending to be affiliated with Facebook apps. These domain names from [...] Continue reading →

Since January 2020, based on an updated Check Point Threat Intelligence report, “there have been over 4,000 coronavirus-related domains registered globally. Out of these websites, 3% were found to be malicious and an additional 5% are suspicious. Coronavirus- related domains are 50% more likely to be malicious than other domains [...] Continue reading →

Earlier this week we wrote how .nz was one of several TLDs facing challenges in finding new growth. This declining growth and often declining registrations have led to budgetary pressures increasing due to registries being required to do more, such as combatting internet-related harm, privacy, cybersecurity, compliance checks, [...] Continue reading →

Radix, operator of 10 new gTLDs with 5.8 million domains under management, the second largest DUM of all new gTLD registries, grossed over $21 million in revenue in 2019, which was up by a quarter (26%) on 2018, while net profit grew by over half (54%) with the fourth quarter [...] Continue reading →

.eu “continues to function in an effective way, facilitating access to the Digital Single Market in a secure and trustworthy way and allowing Europeans to display their European identity online,” according to a report by the European Commission into the “implementation, functioning and effectiveness” of .eu from April 2017 to [...] Continue reading →

Donuts Inc., the largest manager of new gTLDs by far with 238 new gTLDs, and the third largest by total domains with 4.3 million domains under management, has appointed Mina Neuberg as its Chief Marketing Officer, effective 24 February. In this role, Ms. Neuberg will be responsible for [...] Continue reading →

The ccNSO Council has nominated Patricio Poblete as an ICANN Director to replace Chris Disspain to take Board Seat 11. Disspain will complete his maximum possible 9-year term (3 three-year terms is the maximum for each director) at ICANN69 scheduled for Hamburg in October. There were 3 candidates for [...] Continue reading →