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%) - it's also the most popular domain extension. What is a … [Read more...] about APWG Phishing Report Reveals Crimeware Increase
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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 evidence. A letter that was published on the … [Read more...] about ICANN Board Member and Former GAC Chair To Give Evidence in .Africa Case
Governments Send Yet Another Salvo Across ICANN’s Bows
The relationship between ICANN and the governments of the world could be best described as "interesting". Or one could be slightly more explicit and call it "tense". While at an individual level many governments hold different views of how ICANN should be managing the roll out of the new top level domains (new TLDs), when the group as a whole speaks there is often both a … [Read more...] about Governments Send Yet Another Salvo Across ICANN’s Bows
Nomination Period For 2015 ICANN Multistakeholder Ethos Award Closing Soon
ICANN opened nominations for the 2015 ICANN Multistakeholder Ethos Award back in December. Nominations close on March 2nd 2015. It's an interesting idea to provide recognition for people who spend a lot of their days (and nights) working on Internet Governance matters: The Multistakeholder Ethos Award will recognize ICANN participants who have deeply invested in … [Read more...] about Nomination Period For 2015 ICANN Multistakeholder Ethos Award Closing Soon
ICANN’s SSAC Explained (sort of)
One of ICANN's core missions is maintaining "security and stability" and a key way that this happens is via the work of the SSAC. SSAC = the Security and Stability Advisory Committee. Unless you're a bit of an ICANN "insider" however, you may not be familiar with how they work or what they do, so this new video is helpful: http://youtu.be/dlnPWlJM_1U … [Read more...] about ICANN’s SSAC Explained (sort of)
Gene Kearon Joins .Irish
Domain industry veteran, Gene Kearon, has joined .irish. Kearon, who was most recently with Dominion Enterprises, announced last night that he was joining .irish. He will be helping promote the new TLD for the global Irish community at the upcoming ICANN meeting in Singapore. Kearon previously worked at Neustar where he was heavily involved in their new TLD business as … [Read more...] about Gene Kearon Joins .Irish
Community Application For DotGay Wins Reconsideration Request
While there were four applicants for the new TLD string .gay only one of them did so as a "community" application. Under ICANN's established processes for new TLD applications a "community" application is treated differently to a "standard" one and follows a different set of rules. As has been covered in depth elsewhere, the community application for .gay failed to pass the … [Read more...] about Community Application For DotGay Wins Reconsideration Request
IANA Explained [Video]
Unless you've been hiding under for the last few months you'll know that the IANA transition is a hot topic in internet governance circles Of course while there has been numerous meetings, thousands of emails, more meetings, media coverage and plenty of conversations about the topic, there are probably still quite a few people who don't fully understand what IANA is and, … [Read more...] about IANA Explained [Video]
ICANN Releases Official Statement on ICANN 52
There has been some speculation about the upcoming ICANN meeting in Marrakech, Morocco. Yesterday some news sources reported that the meeting was postponed, though there hadn't been any official statement from ICANN. ICANN has now released an official statement on the situation: Statement on ICANN 52 Meeting in Marrakech, Morocco Following Morocco’s recent request to … [Read more...] about ICANN Releases Official Statement on ICANN 52
Olivier Crépin-Leblond Stepping Down As ALAC Chair
Olivier Crépin-Leblond announced earlier today that he would step down as ALAC Chair. He has been Chair of ALAC since 2010. He also nominated Alan Greenberg to take his place. Nominations for the position are open until September 3rd. Whether other candidates will be nominated for the position is unclear, but Greenberg has accepted the nomination. The new Chair would be … [Read more...] about Olivier Crépin-Leblond Stepping Down As ALAC Chair