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VeriSign says, "not in your.name"

ICANN approves proposal to blow away 25 years' worth of *.*.name domains

https://pub.roddie.digital/3muoycinjp226

#domains #domainNames #TLDs #gTLDs #dotName #VeriSign

Brave not brave enough for .brave as Unstoppable ICANN bid proves stoppable

Unstoppable said Brave decided to not move forward with an ICANN application despite having already sold web3 domains advertised with a web2 future

https://pub.roddie.digital/3munfeqgllc2z

#domains #domainNames #TLDs #newTLDs #newgTLDs #dotBrave

Phishing Landscape 2026 – Summary Findings

In previous years, Interisle published comprehensive annual reports on phishing. This year, we’re taking a different approach and showing just the significant results of our analysis as a series of posts. Our fall study will include additional insights, findings and recommendations.

In this first post in the series, we look at the key results and compare them to those of the previous year.

https://interisle.substack.com/p/phishing-landscape-2026-summary-findings

#phishing #domainnames #cybercrime #dnsabuse

Domain Name Email Verification is Contact Validation, not Authentication

To comply with ICANN and European Union NIS2 requirements, gTLD domain registrars must verify registrant email addresses. This "owner email verification" process was a topic of considerable discussion prior to and during the recent ICANN meeting.

ICANN is caught in a “failing to see the forest for the trees” situation: neither the findings nor the proposals address the real registrant verification issue.

An email address verification is not proof of identity: it’s a confirmation of control of an email inbox.

https://interisle.substack.com/p/domain-name-email-verification-is

#icann #dns #domainnames #domainregistration #authentication

How to Protect Against Phishy Top-level Domains, Part 2

In a previous article, we explained that risk-averse organizations routinely adopt TLD blocking as a defense against cyber-attacks.

We EMPHASIZED why this is a last resort measure and offered examples of TLDs that were persistently associated with major phishing and scam attacks in CY2025. We also describe how to make an informed TLD blocking decision.

In our earlier post, we explained how organizations or individuals could use Cisco’s OpenDNS service to adopt TLD blocking. Today, we’ll be taking a look at how NextDNS could be used to block TLDs.

https://interisle.substack.com/p/how-to-protect-against-phishy-top-b41

#phishing #cybercrime #blocklisting #tld #domainnames #dnsabuse

AV Club: U.S. government registers “aliens.gov” domain, which is pretty good as distractions go. “Shout-out today to whichever (presumably well-stocked) portion of the Trump administration works to distract the American public from the shit all their coworkers get up to on a daily basis, because they’ve worked up a doozy this week: Officially registering—per 404 Media, and sites that track […]

My personal domain name needs renewal. Gandi is charging £27 for this. I'll be moving it to @beasts, which charge £11, and actively reply to my silly questions here on Mastodon.

#DomainNames #DomainRegistration

⚠️ IMPORTANT for domain owners ⚠️

ICANN will have a new policy on domain ownership effective August 21st.

If your domain registration includes a company name, the company owns the domain, not you. Even if you use your first/last name AND a company, the company reigns.

So if your domain is yours and no one else’s, make sure it’s properly registered to you: leave the company name empty.

https://www.icann.org/en/contracted-parties/consensus-policies/registration-data-policy

#ICANN #Domain #DomainNames #DomainRegistration #News #Web #Internet