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NFTs Aren’t Just For Monkeying Around – They Could Revolutionize The Internet
By Josh Bourne It’s been a rough year for proponents of cryptocurrencies, non-fungible tokens, and other blockchain-based technologies. Cryptocurrency exchange FTX collapsed in November, incinerating billions of dollars of …
NFT Domains – A New Technology That is Here to Stay
View whitepaper or read below. A new digital asset has arrived – NFT domains. The assets exist on blockchains, which operate as decentralized public ledgers with immutable data. Due …
Protect Yourself from Intellectual Property Infringement Online
An increasing proportion of major brands experience trademark infringement year-over-year1. As of 2020, 85% of brands saw infringement1 with a large proportion occurring online through various strategies, including counterfeit …
Grow and Protect Your Internet Presence
The Fundamental Knowledge Needed to Expand Your Business Online How easily can new customers find you online? Is your domain name an exact match to your company? How …
ICANN 71 Held Virtually to Discuss Policy
Held virtually in July 2021, ICANN 71 featured policy-focused presentations and cross-organizational sessions. The policies discussed were particularly community oriented, with an emphasis on the improvement of communications …
Understanding ICANN’s New Domain Abuse Reporting (DAAR)
By Alexandra Zins Throughout the related sessions at the ICANN 64 Public Meeting in Kobe, Japan, it was clear that addressing domain abuse will be a priority for …
Gone Spear Phishing!
By Lauren Tracey Every consumer who buys goods or services online is potentially a target for cybercriminals in search of your personal information. This means that if you …
ICANN 63 Convenes in Barcelona & Focus Shifts to Next Round of New gTLDs
By Emily Johns In October, ICANN and its community convened for their third and final public meeting of the year in Barcelona, Spain. The meeting, typically the largest …
Cyber Monday 2018: Analyzing the DNS to Uncover Threats to Businesses and Consumers
By Josh Bourne In its annual Cyber Monday report, FairWinds reviews the impact of typosquatting on 50 top internet retail brands and their audiences. The most notable insights …
How Cybersquatters Capitalize on Typos and How to Protect Your Brand
By Lauren Tracey When was the last time you typed out a full URL in hopes of navigating to a webpage? With the rise of autofill text and …
ICANN 62 Convenes in Panamá City, Panamá
By Emily Johns During the last week of June, the ICANN community convened in Panamá City, Panamá for the ICANN 62 Policy Forum. While a traditionally shorter and …
Protecting Your Brand in a Post-GDPR World
By Emily Johns On May 25th, the much-anticipated European Union General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) became fully enforceable. In the week before it did, and after months of …