Election Domain Names Kacey C at DigitalShadows.com wrote a very ind depth article on domain names and the upcoming election. Delving into which names are being used for malicious purposes and which are just bad for a candidates brand. She looked at domain names in three different categories: Misconfigured or illegitimate sites: Typosquats that were…
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.LU to open up 1 and 2 character domain registrations
The registry for .LU the country code of Luxembourg announced they will be opening up registrations for 1 and 2 character .LU domain names. The end of 20 years of non-availability. From the release: From 31 August to 15 December 2020, through its DNS-LU service operating the national registry for .lu, the Restena Foundation is…
Broker.xxx launching a dedicated adult domain marketplace
So there is a post on AVN.com (NSFW, the ads on the site, not the article) The service is operated by adult industry veterans JuicyAds Founder “Juicy Jay” and Jimmy “Wizzo” with more than 42 years combined experience. Broker.xxx has launched a dedicated adult domain marketplace loaded with a portfolio it says is worth more…
Jerrick.media changing name to Creatd. The .com sold on Brandpa
Jerrick.media is rebranding to Creatd. The company looks to have purchased the domain name Creatd.com from Brandpa. The name was listed at BrandBucket for $2,395 as seen here on DNBolt.com. Jerrick is the owner of Vocal.media “650,000 creators who have published over 150 million words, which has been attributed to over 400 million minutes of…
Verisign 2020 Q2 DNIB shows an increases of 3.3 million domain names
Verisign VRSN (NASDAQ) released their second quarter Domain Name Industry Brief. Domain Name Industry Brief, which shows that the second quarter of 2020 closed with 370.1 million domain name registrations across all top-level domains (TLDs), an increase of 3.3 million domain name registrations, or 0.9 percent, compared to the first quarter of 2020. Domain name…