Canada at higher risk from Russian cyberattackers: report
In the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the sanctions launched by Canada in response to the attack, cybersecurity experts are warning businesses…
Author: The DNN.CA Team
Friend… or scam?
The Canadian Securities Association is warning its users that online scammers are turning to social media applications, particularly dating and relationship apps, to try to…
Facebook bought Meta domain from a Finnish legislator
When Facebook rebranded to Meta, it had to begin acquiring all of the “meta” domain names for its new internet presence. However, when the time…
What is Canada doing about the dark side of social media?
As part of their ongoing investigation into the role of social media in Canadian society, Global News is reporting on both the actions an inactions…
Is there a new Dot-Com boom?
Domain investors have noticed a surge in new domain registrations, largely fueled by cryptocurrency, that harkens back to the days of the early 2000s Dot-Com…
Which TLDs to scammers like most?
Palo Alto Networks has recently released a report indicating that of all of the TLDs available today, threatening actors such as phishers, scammers and hackers…
ICANN72 Has Concluded
ICANN has recently completed its latest general meeting and has released its policy outcomes. Among these were their updated GAC (Governmental Advisory Committee) Communique, which…
EU rule changes might unmask anonymous registrants
Online security magazine Info Security is reporting that proposed changes to domain rules in the European Union might force anonymous registrants to publish their data…
Recent Slack and Facebook outages
The Verge has broken down the widespread outages reported on Facebook, Instagram and the Facebook VR sections of their business. Facebook issued an explanation for…
Epik warned of critical vulnerability weeks before hack
In the wake of the recent hack of domain registrar and hosting company Epik, Tech Crunch is reporting that a critical flaw in its software…