Wed 2nd September 2015
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The shadiest characters in the world of top-level domains - CNET A number of top-level domains are used almost entirely to support botnets, spam campaigns and phishing, researchers have revealed.On Wednesday, a team from enterprise security firm Blue Coat unveiled the result of months of research into today's top-level domains (TLDs). Domains are no longer limited to .com, .org and country of origin; instead, website operators ... read more ...
 
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.Online is fastest to 50,000 registrations - New domain name hits 50,000 registration milestone in record time. People continue to register .online domain names in droves. According to .Online registry Radix, .online is the fastest new domain to reach 50,000 registrations (excluding registries that gave away free domains). It took just 7 days to reach the milestone. According to the company, .Club took 13 days to hit this number and .NYC took 24 days. Nearly 1/3 of .Online domain names have been registered to people in Germany, thanks to 11’s ... read more ...
 
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What domains Under Armour and other companies bought final week - Under Armour wants you to Rule Yourself. Under Armour is getting ready to move into its new Austin office. It also has a new domain name in its portfolio. The company was one of many that bought domain names at Sedo this past week, led by Zoff.com at $25,000. Read about these domain name purchases and others in this week’s DNW End User report. Here’s the list: (You can view previous lists like this here. If you’d like to learn how to sell your domain names like these on Sedo, download this ... read more ...
 
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Paypal Launches New Branded Site on Paypal.Me: Get Your Vanity Address Now - According to Gizmodo.co.uk, Paypal wants “Paypal.Me to Become a Catchphrase” Paypal has launched a site on Paypal.me to allows users to set up a vanity address on Paypal.me so instead of giving someone an email address to send you money you can tell them to send money to paypal.me/blogs (which is what I just set up before publishing this post). If you already have a Paypal account it’s all ready to go today. Clicking on the Paypal.me takes you to a signup page where you choose your username ... read more ...
 
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Web.com: Verisign did a "blatant bait-and-switch" - Company doesn’t want to provide accounting information to Verisign. Web.com is fighting back against a Verisign request for more information about how the registrar accounted for .xyz domain name registrations. Verisign is suing .XYZ for false advertising after .XYZ boasted about its registration volume — which Verisign alleges was inflated by a Network Solutions giveaway. Web.com owns Network Solutions, which gave away hundreds of thousands of .xyz domain names to its customers. At issue appears ... read more ...
 
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Here comes .Sex - Trademark holders can now claim domain names ending in .sex. ICM Registry has started the sunrise for its latest adult-themed domain name, .sex. .Sex joins .xxx, .adult and .porn in the company’s stable of top level domain names. As with .adult and .porn, there will be a unique Sunrise B and Domain Matching period. The traditional sunrise is now underway and will end October 1. During this period, brand holders must have a mark registered with the Trademark Clearinghouse in order to claim a corresponding ... read more ...
 
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.SEX is Now Available: .XXX, .Porn & .Sex Premiums Go Tiered-Pricing on Registrars - ICM Registry, the registry operator for the .XXX, .PORN, and .ADULT domain names announced that the new gTLD .SEX opened up yesterday for Trademark holders. .SEX launched on September 1, with three distinct phases. The first phase is the TMCH Sunrise phase for trademark owners (Sept 1-Oct 1). The next is a combined Sunrise B/Domain Matching phase for existing .XXX participants (Oct 5-Oct. 30); and the final phase is general availability (Nov 4th). Names in each phase will be available on a first-come, ... read more ...
 
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Identifican los dominios más peligrosos de internet - La empresa de seguridad empresarial Blue Coat Systems reveló ayer las zonas o dominios de nivel superior (TLD, en inglés) más peligrosos en la web, por tener una mayor relación con sitios web sospechosos. Entre los resultados resaltan los “.zip” y “.review”, en los que 100% de los portales se consideran riesgosos.  Blue Coat analizó cientos de millones de solicitudes web provenientes, de más de 15,000 empresas y 75 millones de usuarios ... read more ...
 
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Conoce los dominios más peligrosos - Compartir250En los últimos dos años, ha habido una explosión de nuevos dominios en la web, muchos de ellos no son ni seguros, ni mucho menos amables. Ciudad de México.- Muchos usuarios de Internet no ponen mucha atención a las letras que se encuentran entre comillas, las cuales aparecen en una dirección del sitio web al hacer clic en un enlace. Lo que no se dan cuenta es que esas letras representan un Dominio de Nivel Superior (TLD) – que representa un segmento de alguna parte ... read more ...
Tue 1st September 2015
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TLD Podcast #19: Leo Santa Cruz-Abner Mares & more - Leo Santa Cruz and Abner Mares take center stage on this week’s podcast. Diego and I recap what turned out to be a tremendous fight, and speculate where both Leo Santa Cruz and Abner Mares go from here. We also talk Shane Mosley-Ricardo Mayorga, and preview this weekend’s Premier Boxing Champions action. Here’s a more detailed breakdown of this week’s podcast: Leo Santa Cruz-Abner Mares was a fight both boxing fans and pundits had been clamouring for since Santa Cruz joined Mares at ... read more ...
 
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ICM Registry steps up awareness campaign as new adult string launches - Trevor Little ICM Registry’s ‘.sex’ string has opened for sunrise, with the company stepping up its outreach to trademark counsel and the Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH) predicting an uptick in trademark submissions. Earlier this year, with the launch of the ‘.adult’ and ‘.porn’ TLDs imminent, we reported on ICM Registry’s plans to ... read more ...
 
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¿Cuáles son las zonas más turbias de internet? - La empresa Blue Coat Systems Inc. reveló este martes la nueva investigación para consumidores y empresas que muestra las zonas o dominios de nivel superior (TLD) que tienen mayor relación con sitios web sospechosos. Uno de los hallazgos clave que presenta el informe “Las zonas más turbias de la Web”es que más del 95% de los sitios web del listado de 10 TLD diferentes se clasifican como sospechosos y que ese porcentaje llega al 100% para los TLD de los 2 primeros puestos: .zip y .review. Blue ... read more ...
 
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Los dominios más peligrosos en Internet - México, DF .- Alrededor de 95 por ciento de los sitios de Internet de nivel superior (TLD) son clasificados como sospechosos, de acuerdo con Blue Coat Systems.   En un comunicado, la firma de seguridad empresarial explica que el análisis se realizó a 10 dominios, siendo .zip y .review "zonas" ciento por ciento turbias, mientras que .country y .kim son 99.97 y 99.74 por ciento peligrosas, respectivamente.   Además mantiene rangos de riesgo ... read more ...
 
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London Makes Top 10 for Safe Web ‘Hoods - Top-level domains (TLDs), aka internet neighborhoods, are similar to real-world addresses in the sense that some are shadier than others. A new look at which addresses offer the most rarified air found that the safest TLD out there is the military-related .mil suffix. And the .London suffix, set up in 2014, is the ninth safest web neighborhood in the world, ranked alongside Japan, Gibraltar and Kuwait in the top 10. The report, from Blue Coat, found that in contrast, some TLDs are used for the sole ... read more ...
 
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Sedo Weekly Transactions Total $1Million led by Zoff.com - There were 480 transactions on Sedo’s marketplace and SedoMLS, totaling $1m. 55% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: Top .com: zoff.com at 25,000 USD Top ccTLD:  easy.eu at 6,500 EUR Top “other” TLD: anzeigen.info at 6,000 EUR It was a slow week for other gtlds, no new gtld sales this week. Mike’s Bargain of the week is MedicalOffice.com which someone picked up for a whopping $700. ... read more ...
 
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Hit the dot - Hit the dotThe introduction of new gTLDs has brought with it novel questions about how to decide whether a domain name is identical or confusingly similar to another’s trademark. Nathalie Dreyfus of Dreyfus reportsThe new gTLD .paris has been available to everyone since 2 December 2014, making it the first gTLD in France to be specifically dedicated to a city. While it has become difficult to stand out on the web with now classic domain names such as .fr or .com, .paris represents a great ... read more ...
 
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Die gefährlichsten Top-Level-Domains im Internet - Blue Coat Systems, einer der führenden Anbieter von Enterprise Security, benennt in einem neuen Report für Endanwender und Unternehmen die Top-Level Domains (TLDs) mit dem höchsten Anteil verdächtiger Webseiten. Zu den wichtigsten Ergebnissen des Reports gehört es, dass in zehn verschiedenen TLDs über 95 Prozent der Webseiten als verdächtig gelten. Bei den topplatzierten TLDs .zip und .review erreicht der Anteil sogar 100 Prozent. Für den Report „Die gefährlichsten Top-Level Domains im ... read more ...
 
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BlueCoat Study: Top 10 Shady Sites in New gTLD’s Is Flawed as Unlaunched .Zip … - Blue Coat Systems, Inc, an enterprise security company, issued a report today of the 10 new gTLD’s that have the most “Shady Sites” (pdf) concluding that “more than 95% of websites in 10 new Top Level Domains (TLDs) are suspicious” The report is already getting a lot of coverage in the mainstream media but there is a huge issue with the report that hasn’t been covered. The new gTLD topping the list is .Zip which hasn’t even launched yet. .Zip which is delegated to the root is owned ... read more ...
 
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BlueCoat Publishes Report 95% of Websites in 10 New gTLD’s Are “Suspicious … - Blue Coat Systems, Inc, an enterprise security company, issued a report today of the 10 new gTLD’s that have the most “Shady Sites” (pdf) concluding that “more than 95% of websites in 10 new Top Level Domains (TLDs) are suspicious” The report is already getting a lot of coverage in the mainstream media but there is a huge issue with the report that hasn’t been covered. The new gTLD topping the list is .Zip which hasn’t even launched yet. .Zip which is delegated to the root is owned ... read more ...
 
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FireHost Rebrands As Armor.com After Purchasing The Domain Name - On August 23, 2015 I had detected that the domain names Armor.com and Armour.com had likely sold and questioned if Under Armour may have purchased the domains from the past owner, Chris Poor who had owned them since they were created back in 1995. Well, a company by the brand name of FireHost sent out a  press release yesterday, August 31, 2015 announcing a rebrand to Armor and revealed they were the buyers of Armor.com. I spoke to Chris Poor today on the phone and he was unable to provide comment ... read more ...
 
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Kylie Jenner & Kendall Jenner Both Get Their Matching .Com Domains - Kylie Jenner, and Kendall Jenner just got control of their matching .Com domain names from a UDRP panel, kyliejenner.com and kendalljenner.com respectively Although the UDRP’s were filed separately for each domain and the owner of both domain names are different the UDRP panel of Tony Willoughby consolidated the cases at the Complainants request which is pretty unusual and there is a good discussion about the requirements for consolidating two separately filed UDRP’s The domain owners are both ... read more ...
 
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Hot in August: Top 5 Stories on Domain Name Wire - A look back at the past month in the domain name biz. It’s back to school, cooler weather and domain name conference season… But before that, August was a news-making month for the domain name industry, in particular the .xyz domain name. I wrote multiple stories on some of the hotter topics, so I’ve grouped these together on the list. 1. Google is now part of Alphabet, uses ABC.xyz. This surprise announcement lifted awareness of all new top level domains. 2. Verisign v. XYZ – It was a busy ... read more ...
 
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4.CN/RightoftheDot Auction Gets A 7 Figure Bid & 7 More Domains Have Bids Over $100K - The RightoftheDot.com domain name auction that is running on 4.CN that is part of the DOMAINfest.asia conference has gotten a seven figure bid and seven more domain names have bids in the 6 figures. You can see all the domain names in the auction here The domain name 73.com has a currently high bid of $1,260,315 with 11 bidders. The domain names with 6 figure bids are: YJ.com    $629,922 with 12 bidders 922.com  $362,363 with 8 bidders 735.com  $260,158 with 7 bidders 639.com  $220,630 with ... read more ...
 
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BlueCoat Study: Top 10 Shady Sites in New gTLD's Is Flawed as Unlaunched .Zip is #1 - Blue Coat Systems, Inc, an enterprise security company, issued a report today of the 10 new gTLD’s that have the most “Shady Sites” (pdf) concluding that “more than 95% of websites in 10 new Top Level Domains (TLDs) are suspicious” The report is already getting a lot of coverage in the mainstream media but there is a huge issue with the report that hasn’t been covered. The new gTLD topping the list is .Zip which hasn’t even launched yet. .Zip which is delegated to the root is owned ... read more ...
 
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6 domain name association bonds are adult so distant this year - A good year for domain name stocks, especially compared to the broader market. Down market? Not for many domain name companies that have seen their stock prices jump quite a bit so far this year. As of the close of trading yesterday, six of the domain stocks I track are up. Just three are down, and two of these are down just a couple percent. That means all but one domain name stock are beating the DOW this year. Here’s a look at how domain name stocks are doing so far this year: Up Centralnic ... read more ...