Security News

RDRS: ICANN’s new service for easier access to nonpublic domain data
2023-12-04 14:30

The RDRS is a new service that introduces a more consistent and standardized format to handle requests for access to nonpublic registration data related to generic top-level domains. The RDRS is a free, global, one-stop shop ticketing system that handles nonpublic gTLD registration data requests.

ICANN asks registrars to crack down on scam coronavirus websites
2020-04-14 09:04

When is ICANN going to do something about the explosion of scammy domains spawned by the COVID-19 pandemic? We can't, the overseers of the internet said last Tuesday, throwing its hands in the air and telling domain registrars that they can - and should.

You're going to pay more for .org and .info domains following ICANN's lifting of price caps
2019-07-01 18:06

Despite near-universal condemnation of the proposed lifting of price caps during a public comment period, ICANN will allow the operators of .org and .info to raise prices.

ICANN demands DNSSEC to combat DNS hijacking
2019-02-26 12:40

DNS security is under serious threat from cyberattackers and domain overseer ICANN wants internet companies to do something about it.

ICANN calls for wholesale DNSSEC deployment
2019-02-25 10:45

In light of the recent DNS hijacking attacks, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is urging domain owners and DNS services to implement DNSSEC post-haste. “Although...

ICANN Launches GDPR Lawsuit to Clarify the Future of WHOIS
2018-05-31 21:36

WHOIS, the searchable "phonebook" of contact data for internet domains, may violate GDPR -- or it may not. A lawsuit seeks to find out which it is.

ICANN Postpones Scheduled DNS Crypto Key Rollover
2017-09-29 15:00

ICANN, the overseer of the Internet’s namespace, announced this week that it was postponing a scheduled change to the cryptographic key that protects the Domain Name System.