🟡 The heavy metal case – Slipknot
The heavy metal band Slipknot has filed an inrem lawsuit for cybersquatting against the domain name slipknot.com. As usual the domain name owner has used the domain to profit from the band’s name. 🔗https://domainnamewire.com/
🟡 .xyz and .top domains are on the top
According to the latest 2025 Domain Reputation Report released by Spamhaus Project, the abuse of the two new top-level domains (nTLDs), .xyz and .top, is increasing rapidly as well as the number of newly registered domains exceeded 8 million, approximately 10% higher than the monthly average. 🔗https://dn.com/
🟡 The former CEO of Epik ordered to pay nearly $2 million
Rob Monster, former CEO of the registrar company Epik ordered to pay nearly $2 million to a client. Under Monster’s direction, Epik provided domain services to websites that other registrars had rejected. Epic also introduced Masterbucks, a service that claimed to offer secure escrow for domain transactions, many of those assurances went unmet. 🔗https://cctld.ru/
🟡 Biggest Cyber Crimes in October 2025
Don’t be so relaxed in Autumn: major organizations across industries falling victim with the compromise of Motility Software Solutions and Envoy Air to the Discord data leak and F5’s BIG-IP vulnerability exploit and many more. 🔗https://www.cm-alliance.com/
🟡 The acute ICANN story – NomСom independence
Taking into account all opinions for ICANN community leaders and official selection in balance with independent expertise was the moment of the ICANN84 in Dublin. 🔗https://domainincite.com/
🟡 2012 – 2025 case study – ICANN data breaches
Unfortune repeating the 2012 case?
ICANN identified the root cause of the technical issue, which allowed RST users to view identifiable organizational information of another RST user. ICANN conducted a thorough internal forensic investigation and determined that only the OT&E environment was impacted. The production environment was not affected. No personal data was exposed. 🔗https://www.icann.org/