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Phish-Friendly Domain Registry “.top” Put on Notice

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The Chinese company in charge of handing out domain names ending in “.top ” has been given until mid-August 2024 to show that it has put in place systems for managing phishing reports and suspending abusive domains, or else forfeit its license to sell domains. The warning comes amid the …

ICANN Launches Service to Help With WHOIS Lookups

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More than five years after domain name registrars started redacting personal data from all public domain registration records, the non-profit organization overseeing the domain industry has introduced a centralized online service designed to make it easier for researchers, law enforcement and others to request the information directly from registrars …