Seven domains linked to The Pirate Bay have been suspended. The problems, which are related to ICANN’s verification system including ThePirateBay.com. The website of anti-censorship tool Pirate Browser is also affected. Taken for granted by hundreds of millions of Internet users on a daily basis, domain names are part of the crucial glue holding the …
CentralNic (LON:CNIC) which is a back-end registry provider for several new gTLD applicants including DCA Trust is acquiring the privately-owned domain name registrar, Instra Group, in a deal worth A$33 million. According to the press release “the purchase will extend CentralNic’s capabilities and “significantly increase” its retail offering.” Instra Group supplies companies in Australia, New …
First National Bank plans to change its online domain name from a dot-com to a dot-bank. The Hutchinson-based bank made the announcement this week about the switch, which will be done in phases beginning early next year. “There are a couple of reasons behind this change,” said Kris Doswell, vice president of marketing for First …
The domain name space is getting larger with the addition of hundreds of new generic top-level domains like .club, .xyz and .guru, and security firm Raytheon says they are a boon for hackers, cyber thieves and online scam artists. ICANN, which is tasked with the management of the domain name root and which is behind …
IID, the source for clear cyberthreat intelligence, today announced its predictions for 2017 and beyond. the firm predicts that by the end of 2017, botnet operators seeking new frontiers will execute a full-scale invasion of compromised Internet of Things (IoT) devices such as wearables and connected home products. A botnet is a collective of …
According to an article by Jonathan Owen on the independent, Britons wanting to register web addresses face a price hike as a result of a controversial decision by the UK’s internet registry to charge 50 per cent more than it does at present. The move by Nominet, the not-for-profit company which controls and manages British …
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has concluded its investigation into a data exposure issue in the New gTLD Applicant and Global Domains Division (GDD) portals blamed on several misconfigurations in the portals. The breach was first announced on 1 March 2015 where over 60 searches occurred, resulting in the unauthorized access …
The ICANN CEO committee searching for a replacement for Fadi Chehadé has been active since it was chartered by the Board in June in Buenos Aires. Three vectors of competence have emerged as significant dimensions guiding the search: (1) managerial and operational competence; (2) ability to relate to and work with our community; and (3) …
ICANN has finally announced that it has opened its own blogs for comments. This is after a long and unusual manner in which any blog by ICANN staffers could not be commented upon as a form of reply, addition, suggestions or criticism. One of the notable stakeholders who have in the past commented on the …
Britain has unveiled plans for major new surveillance powers that would include the right to analyse which Web sites users visit. These measures ministers say are vital to keep the country safe but which critics denounce as an assault on freedoms. BBC.com delved down the details of the bill to be passed in the U.K. …