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Namecheap saw 116,000 phishing attacks last year

Kevin Murphy — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 09:24:34 +0000

Bad guys used Namecheap to register domains associated with over 116,000 confirmed phishing attacks in 2025, according to data released by the company this week. Across Namecheap and sister registrar Spaceship there were 432,796 reports of phishing and 116,871 of them were confirmed to be phishing attacks, according to data shared to an ICANN policy […]

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.io safe for now as Trump puts Chagos deal on ice

Kevin Murphy — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 03:48:33 +0000

The uncertainty surrounding the future of .io domains is set to continue after the UK government froze its plans to cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands due to lack of US support. The UK has run out of time to pass legislation approving the treaty that would give Chagos to Mauritius in the current parliamentary […]

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Amazon sells three gTLDs to Identity Digital

Kevin Murphy — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 10:08:07 +0000

Amazon appears to have offloaded three of its dormant gTLDs to Identity Digital, judging by ICANN records. While no formal notices of registry contract reassignment have yet been posted, elsewhere ICANN shows the official registry for .circle, .got, and .jot is now Jolly Host LLC. Jolly Host is a new Identity Digital affiliate that appeared […]

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.radio’s new owners might have a fight on their hands

Kevin Murphy — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 10:50:46 +0000

Should gTLD registries that avoid costly auctions by promising to serve special limited communities be allowed to later change their business models to improve sales? That’s the question being asked of .radio, which recently was taken over by a new owner and might be on track to liberalize its registration policies in the near future. […]

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WIPO doubles the speed of UDRP cases

Kevin Murphy — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 01:51:47 +0000

The World Intellectual Property Organization has introduced a new, more expensive tier of its UDRP service that can effectively halve the time each case takes to about 30 days. WIPO said last month that it now offers an “expedited case processing” option, which reduces the time from filing to decision to one month, under certain […]

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Amazon joining GlobalBlock

Kevin Murphy — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 09:57:31 +0000

Amazon Registry is planning to join the GlobalBlock trademark-blocking system, judging by ICANN records. The company has filed a Registry Services Evaluation Process request asking for 33 of its gTLDs to be able to offer a “Label Blocking Service”. That’s usually code for GlobalBlock, the GoDaddy-led service that allows trademark owners to block their marks […]

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Unstoppable buys 10 new registrars

Kevin Murphy — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 03:19:28 +0000

Unstoppable Domains has got 10 new registrar shell companies accredited by ICANN. According to ICANN records, the companies UnstoppableUS1 LLC through UnstoppableUS10 LLC now have their official accreditations. Starting off as a seller of strictly blockchain-based names, the company became a registrar of regular domains in 2024 and recently said the vast majority of its […]

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ICANN cleaning house, cans four more registrars

Kevin Murphy — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 02:07:09 +0000

ICANN has withdrawn the accreditations of four more long-defunct registrars, bringing this month’s terminations so far to 11. They’re all Chinese, though they do not appear to be under common ownership. They are: Qinghai Yunnet Electronics Technology Co, Shandong Huaimi Network Technology Co, Xiamen Booksir Qiyoutong Technology Co and Xiamen Yuwang Technology Co․ What’s notable […]

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ICANN to throw millions more at cheapo gTLDs

Kevin Murphy — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 00:53:23 +0000

ICANN wants to increase the number of new gTLD applications it will subsidize from its own coffers, as well as the size of the discounts it will provide. The Applicant Support Program was originally budgeted at $10 million, with half coming from application fees and half coming from the proceeds of auctions from the 2012 […]

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Introducing Stringtel, my new free new gTLD tool

Kevin Murphy — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 11:58:32 +0000

I’ve launched Stringtel, a free, industry-first string discovery and risk mitigation tool for new gTLD applicants. Stringtel is designed to help applicants reduce the risk of their chosen gTLD strings being banned or incurring extra costs during the application process, as well as helping them discover potentially valuable undelegated strings. The TL;DR Stringtel gives you […]

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