Interisle's annual report dives into registries and registrars that provide domains to phishers. Internet security and cybercrime research company Interisle has released its Phishing Landscape 2025 report, an annual study of phishing. The study, ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
New report examines which top level domains are popular with cyber criminals
· Policy & LawInterisle report analyzes which top level domains are used for spam, spreading malware, and phishing. Interisle has released its annual Cybercrime Supply Chain 2024 report, which discusses which top level domain names are used for malware, ... Continue Reading7 Comments
Which domains phishers use – DNW Podcast #495
· PodcastsA new report sheds light on which domains phishers use to steal information. These days, it seems like a never goes by without someone trying to phish me, either via an email saying a bank account is about to be suspended or a text message trying ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
New phishing report names and shames TLDs, registrars
· Policy & LawPhishers continue to like cheap domains. Interisle published its Phishing Landscape 2024 report today, naming top level domains and registrars commonly used in phishing attacks. The company analyzed 1.9 million phishing attacks that took place ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Oops. Twitter’s latest x.com transition is another fumble
· UncategorizedX.com marks the spot...or does it? Let's face it: Many of the changes X (Twitter) has made under Elon Musk's ownership haven't been well thought out. The company is certainly following the "move fast and break things" business method. Security ... Continue Reading1 Comment
.Ai, cybercriminals and domain pricing
· Policy & LawNetcraft published a report showing that criminals will use expensive domains for sophisticated schemes. Netcraft published an analysis of cybercrime in the .ai namespace today. .Ai is the country code for Anguilla and is popular because of ... Continue Reading1 Comment
IBM narrowly avoids reverse domain name hijacking ruling
· Policy & LawIBM's case was "ill conceived and poorly executed," but panelist stopped short of finding reverse domain name hijacking. IBM has lost a cybersquatting claim it made against IBMS.com, and the panelist found that IBM's "prosecution of the Complaint ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
DomainTools names and shames bad TLDs
· Policy & LawThe "bad" domains have something in common. Update: DomainTools has taken the report down to verify/update some calculations. Its website states: We are investigating a possible error in one of the data inputs we use for this seasonal Domain ... Continue Reading2 Comments
The innocent victims of DNS abuse complaints
· Policy & LawIt's easy to advocate for fast takedowns, but that can hurt legitimate businesses. On February 20, 2020, Domain Name Wire was down. Anyone who operates a website knows that horrible feeling of finding out your site is down and not being able to ... Continue Reading6 Comments
Law firm Debevoise & Plimpton files lawsuit against domains used in phishing
· Policy & LawLarge law firm tries to capture infringing domains. Debevoise & Plimpton, an international law firm with over $1 billion in annual revenue, has filed an in rem lawsuit (pdf) against two domains it says were used for nefarious purposes. The ... Continue Reading2 Comments
