A Connecticut nonprofit that helps veterans and vulnerable families is now fighting to regain control of its own digital identity.
The Make a Home Foundation has launched a GoFundMe campaign to recover domain names it says were taken without permission during a website project. The situation has triggered a legal process through ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers), the global authority that oversees domain name disputes. [Read more…]
The domain name industry has always operated on relationships, timing, and access to information. While large conferences serve a purpose, many of the most valuable conversations happen in smaller, informal settings. The upcoming South Florida Domainers Meetup is one of those settings, and more importantly, it is part of a much longer-running community effort that has quietly connected professionals for over a decade. [Read more…]
Unstoppable Domains is changing the way expired domain names are handled. The company announced that its Grace Period is now 29 days instead of 40 days. The update is tied directly to the launch of Expired Auctions, which begin on Monday, 3/23.
Netcraft has introduced a new capability that targets cybercrime at its earliest stage. The company announced its AI-powered Preemptive Domain Disruption system, a method that identifies and removes malicious domains before attackers ever use them. This is a shift in how domain-based threats are handled. It moves action from reaction to prevention. [Read more…]
A new proposal from VPN.com is drawing attention across the internet governance community. The company’s CEO, Michael Gargiulo, argues that global internet infrastructure could act as a diplomatic pressure tool. His message is blunt. Governments that weaponize the internet against citizens should face consequences within the systems that allow their national domains to operate.
I’ve been warning people for years about letting a domain name expire. Most people treat it like cleanup. “I don’t use it anymore, so why renew it?” I get the logic. I also know the risk, and it’s bigger than most people think.