1+ day, 20+ hour ago   (545+ words) CRN recently named the biggest cyber attacks and breaches the world has seen so far in 2026, and we zoomed in on five of them. We specifically tackled the attacks below. We collated network IoCs comprising subdomains, domains, and IP addresses…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago   (260+ words) RDAP introduced structured JSON formatting, secure transport layers, and standardized query syntax. From an engineering standpoint, it was a triumph. Yet, RDAP hit a hard ceiling when deployed globally, exposing a fundamental limitation of the IETF’s mandate: protocols can dictate…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago   (310+ words) The letter asks the US government and American policymakers to embrace open-weight AI rather than restrict it. The signatories of the letter are convinced that open-weight AI is the guarantee of broader access to AI, increased competition, less dependence on…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (405+ words) The application window for the next round of ICANN’s New Generic Top-Level Domains (gTLD) Program officially closed on August 12 after a 15-week period, with more than 1,600 applications submitted. This is an important milestone for organizations that have applied for a…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (333+ words) Evidence that malicious actors may control a substantial share of new gTLD registrations is testing ICANN’s definitions, safeguards and capacity to curb abuse at scale. Any industry confronted with evidence that a material share of its output may be controlled…...

6+ day, 23+ hour ago   (217+ words) Ookla recently published a research article that documents the implementation of Wi-Fi 7 in the U.S. and around the world. Wi-Fi 7 routers were introduced to the market in early 2024, and Ookla reports that deployment has already reached 7.2% in the country. That’s a…...

6+ day, 22+ hour ago   (122+ words) A week after the application period which ICANN had opened came to an end, the information showing who had applied for what is being put together mostly on the basis of voluntary disclosures, and a rule change hidden in the…...

1+ week, 14+ min ago   (245+ words) The regional registry’s proposed reforms deserve support, but only if they convert litigation, proxy warfare and institutional paralysis into durable checks on every form of capture. Constitutions are most valuable when trust has failed. When institutions are calm, rules can…...

1+ week, 16+ hour ago   (201+ words) In every case, the one surface where the problem was always visible? Ordinary network infrastructure. A firewall caught Alibaba’s crypto mining spree because that kind of misaligned act comes in hot and heavy on a network activity graph. The harms…...

1+ week, 20+ hour ago   (520+ words) Microsoft Threat Intelligence recently uncovered an active multistage intrusion campaign targeting organizations in the hospitality and hotel industry in Europe and Asia, particularly Japan, since April 2026. The researchers identified 78 network IoCs comprising 73 domains and five IP addresses in their report....