Top TLD Risk and Abuse Trends in 2025-2026
Phishing Domains Surge in 2025
Phishing and domain abuse continue to rise, and recent data...
Q4 2025 Domain Name Industry Insights
Domain Expansion Shows No Signs of Slowing
The latest Q42025 domain name results published by Domain Name Industry Brief...
Influencer Impersonation Scams: How Fake Social Media Accounts Target Creators
The Rise of Influencer Impersonation Scams
Digital impersonation has become one of the...
Scarcity Is Real: Why the Next gTLD Round Isn’t Just “Another Opportunity”
A Decade Between Decisions
When the first round of new generic top-level domains opened in...
A guide to protecting your brand against AI Phishing and impersonation attacks
The rise of AI Phishing Attacks
If you haven’t experienced an AI Phishing attack yet, it’s hard to appreciate just how...
.mobile TLD: General Availability Opens 19 February 2026
.mobile TLD Update
The .mobile top-level domain (TLD) will enter General Availability on 19...
The Role of Domains in Banking Login Scams
The Role of Domains in Banking Login Scams: Lessons for the next new gTLD round
Banks have...
Brand Protection: DIY vs Outsourcing
The First Sign of Brand Abuse
Most organisations have their first encounter with brand...
New gTLDs and Cybersecurity: Risk, Reality and What Comes Next
Why the New gTLD Program Matters for Cybersecurity
For those of us working in cyber security, domain abuse is not an...
Brand gTLD vs Defensive Domain Strategy
As the next ICANN New gTLD Program approaches, many brands are taking stock of how they manage and protect their domain...
The Facts about Round Two of the New gTLD Program
After 13 years, major organisations and stakeholders are positioning to participate in the 2026 new gtld program. For...
Shorter SSL Certificate Validity Is Coming
Shorter SSL Certificate Validity
Over the next few years, the way SSL/TLS certificates are issued and managed is going to...