Ethos Acquires Donuts Domains
DomainNameWire is reporting that venture capital firm Ethos has completed the takeover of Abry Partners’ share of registrar Donuts. The move comes after more than…
Category: Consumer Reports
Whatsapp Lays Down The Gauntlet — Share with Facebook or Lose Access!
TrustedReviews.com is reporting that the latest Terms of Service update for Whatsapp contains a remarkable new demand — allow the app to share data with…
Beware Building Businesses on Social Media
With social media taking centre-stage in so many of our lives, it’s the perfect place to build a business, right? Well, not really. CIRA recently…
ICANN69 Concludes General Meeting
ICANN69, ICANN’s regular general meeting, concluded earlier this month. Among the list of topics for the meeting were governance of the ccNSO (country-code names supporting…
XYZ acquires 5 new domain names
As reported by Domain Name Wire, new top level domain name registry XYZ has acquired Dominion Domains’ portfolio of five top level domain names, including…
Election Trends in domains as November nears
WhoisID reports on several trends in domain name registration as the November 3rd US election date nears. Some of the trends include: Increase in domain…
Surge in George Floyd and BLM domains draws attention to “typosquatting”
No more than three days after the widely-publicized death of George Floyd–which sparked waves of protests under the banner of Black Lives Matter–a large number…
Canada Not Prepared For Cyberthreats, says CIRA Head
Testifying before Canada’s Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology (INDU), CIRA Director Byron Holland reported that the country has not adequately prepared itself for…
Coronavirus sees increase in scammers
ZDNet is reporting that the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic has resulted in a substantial increase in the number of scammers and cybercriminals attempting to trick users…
CIRA Cybersecurity Survey results released
The Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA), has just released the results of their survey analyzing the online security experiences of IT personnel at both private…