DNS stories
More than 65% of enterprise customers showed residential proxy-related DNS activity, exposing firms to reputational and operational risks.
Customers can now access advice on branded web domains as phishing and impersonation risks push more firms to tighten online controls.
Most internet users should see no change, but validators must update systems by October 2026 or risk DNS resolution failures.
It aims to cut alert fatigue and speed investigations by using network data to prioritise issues and automate routine remediation for IT teams.
Developers could get a clearer AI roadmap at WWDC, after a newly registered subdomain fuelled speculation about Apple's next software pitch.
Greater scrutiny of autonomous software is pushing firms towards open web standards that let users verify AI agents and trust their connections.
Brands, cities and communities now have until 12 August 2026 to seek their own web suffixes, as ICANN widens the application round to 27 scripts.
Many firms cannot see where their AI agents are, leaving identity, policy and supply-chain risks to grow as deployments scale.
With no further application window guaranteed, companies are being urged to move quickly if they want a branded web suffix to curb spoofing and phishing.
Small website owners will gain new tools to block, allow or charge AI crawlers as Cloudflare and GoDaddy back identity standards.
Security teams risk missed attacks and slower investigations unless AI can see network traffic in motion across hybrid cloud environments.
Cybercriminals exploit Keitaro ad tracker to cloak AI trading scams and malware, tying some 15,500 malicious domains into a hidden network.
Netcraft unveils Preemptive Domain Disruption to knock out attacker domains in their dormant phase before phishing and BEC scams launch.
Indonesia's top local cloud player Biznet Gio boosts AI-ready performance, efficiency and scale by standardising on AMD EPYC CPUs.
AI-driven botnets fuel eight million DDoS attacks in late 2025, as multi-vector assaults hit 30 Tbps and strain global critical services.
DMARCeye debuts worldwide with AI-guided DMARC enforcement tools, aiming to help non-specialist teams turn monitoring into full protection.
Phishing gangs exploit obscure .arpa DNS space and IPv6 tunnels to sneak past reputation-based web filters and lure users to fake sites.
Counterfeit pharmacies were already selling the obesity treatment online before approval, exposing Eli Lilly to brand theft and patient safety risks.
Cheap, newly released web addresses are likely to give phishing gangs fresh cover as ICANN’s 2026 expansion rolls out over the coming months.
A single managed platform has eased pressure on Dubber's lean engineering team as it scales observability across more than one million daily calls.
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