AUDA Cyber Incident Summary
21 August 2023 Late last week, the Australian Domain Name Governing Body, auDA, was notified of a claimed security breach by cybercriminals. Upon receiving evidence of the alleged breach, auDA [...]
Registrars Responsibility to Address Phishing Domains
Phishing domain names A phishing domain name is a domain name that is registered to look like a legitimate domain name. Phishing domain names are used in phishing attacks, which [...]
Abuse of AU Policy: Registrant Impersonation
16 May 2023 In Australia, the .com.au domain name is the preferred choice for businesses. It is trusted by brands and consumers alike and is well-regulated by Australia’s governing body, [...]
AU General Availability – Have a Plan
7 September 2022 With AU due to enter General Availability (GA) within a few weeks, we would like to communicate key dates and our analysis of what GA means for [...]
.AU SWOT Analysis
3 September 2022 What is .AU? .au direct refers to domain names registered directly before the .au (e.g. getyour.au). This is also referred to as a “second level name” or [...]
Brands have 4 weeks to register their .au domains
20 August 2022 Brands have four weeks to claim their matching second level domain .au before they become available for anyone to register. The six-month priority period that gives owners [...]
Domain Name Transfers – Policy Review
Thursday 30 June 2022 ICANN's Transfer Working Group has created an Initial Report about recommended changes to how domain transfers work. The Transfer Policy governs the procedure and requirements for [...]
Do you need a domain name policy?
The purpose of a domain name policy is to give guidance and support to the various stakeholders within a business for the management of the organisations' domain name portfolio. A [...]
.au contested domains
There will be cases where some of our Clients apply for a domain name that other eligible parties have also applied for. This is referred to as a contested name. [...]
.au domain spoofing: brandcom.au
Domain spoofing is a common form of phishing when a bad actor uses a domain to impersonate a company. They register a domain name that is confusingly similar to the [...]
the new .au domain space: what we know
From 24 March 2022, you can apply: to register new .au direct names that are not already registered in the .au registry (i.e. names are not registered in any existing [...]
New .AU domain name space
Today AuDA announce the launch of a new .au domain name space, on 24 March 2022. They are calling the project .au direct. What is .au direct? .au direct refers [...]