Forgetting to renew a domain name can cause headaches. But when you happen to be a vocal anti-gay hate group then your domain name could end up causing you way more than just a small headache. The domain name Warningsofwrath.com was being used by homophobic Pastor Randy Bryson of the Open Door Baptist Church in Easley, S.C.… Continue reading Anti-Gay Hate Group Forgets To Renew Domain
Month: May 2015
APWG Publish Global Phishing Survey H2 2014
The APWG is meeting this week in Barcelona. The event, which is being attended by security professionals, researchers, law enforcement and others will be hearing this afternoon about the APWG’s Global Phishing Survey for the second half of 2014. The report (PDF) was produced by Greg Aaron and Rod Rasmussen is well worth reading if… Continue reading APWG Publish Global Phishing Survey H2 2014
Fadi Chehadé To Step Down From ICANN Role
ICANN’s current CEO and President Fadi Chehadé has announced today that he will be departing the organisation in March 2016. He will be moving back to industry, though it will be outside the domain / DNS industry. On a call this afternoon with members of the ICANN community Chehadé reassured people that he was going to be… Continue reading Fadi Chehadé To Step Down From ICANN Role
Suspension of Kids.us Open To Comment
Neustar, which has the contract with the US government to run the .us ccTLD, has opened a public comment on the kids.us namespace. The usTLD Stakeholder Council, of which I am a member, has recommended that the current suspension of the kids.us namespace be maintained indefinitely. The rationale behind this is pretty simple. While the underlying… Continue reading Suspension of Kids.us Open To Comment
DomainFest Heads To Bulgaria
DomainFest is joining forces with Bulgarian Internet Week to organise a series of events across Bulgaria during the first week of June. DomainFest was acquired by NamesCon last year and will be running several events over the course of 2015 in a number of locations across the globe, according to show organiser Jothan Frakes. The… Continue reading DomainFest Heads To Bulgaria
Lufthansa & WeightWatchers Win URS
The URS (Uniform Rapid Suspension System) is a new rights protection mechanism that was introduced as part of ICANN’s New TLD rollout. Unlike the UDRP (Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy), if a complainant prevails in a URS they do not get the domain. All a URS can do is result in the domain being suspended for… Continue reading Lufthansa & WeightWatchers Win URS
Convention Centre Dublin Extends Warm Welcome To ICANN 54
When Dublin was announced as the venue of the ICANN 54 meeting this October I posted some details about the venue and the meeting itself. Last week ICANN’s meeting team were in town for some advance preparatory work so I dropped over to say “hi”. The venue is a fantastic building: You can also find… Continue reading Convention Centre Dublin Extends Warm Welcome To ICANN 54
Nominet Non-Exec Elections
This year there are two seats up for election as non-executive directors of Nominet, the .uk registry. Nora Nanyakara is stepping down, as is Clive Grace. So of the existing roster of non-executive directors the only one standing for re-election is Dickie Armour There are several other candidates running, so at least Nominet’s members will… Continue reading Nominet Non-Exec Elections
APWG Phishing Report Reveals Crimeware Increase
The APWG (Anti-Phishing Working Group) has released their report for Q4 of 2014. It makes for fairly depressing ready, as you’d expect, but it’s worth taking the time to have a look over it. So which TLDs are most (ab)used in phishing and malware attacks? It’s hardly surprising that .com is the most (ab)used (46%)… Continue reading APWG Phishing Report Reveals Crimeware Increase
ICANN Board Member and Former GAC Chair To Give Evidence in .Africa Case
The controversy over the competing .africa TLD applications has been going on for some time. A recent decision by the International Centre For Dispute Resolution (ICDR) said that ICANN had breached its own by-laws and has questioned why ICANN won’t allow a current board member and the former GAC Chair to speak to them and provide… Continue reading ICANN Board Member and Former GAC Chair To Give Evidence in .Africa Case