Domain Abuse Counter-Measures
What is Domain Abuse
Domain abuse is the infringement of your intellectual property that is used for illegal, improper, fraudulent or malicious purposes. Cyber-criminals use domain name abuse to steal data, scam the target brand and/or their customers and suppliers or trick...
Brand Protection: The Most Abused TLDs
With the launch of various new TLDs over the last few years, it has become a near-impossible task for Brand owners to protect their brand across new TLDS. Brand owners are faced with huge risks of cyber squatters registering their key brands across various TLDs, and more...
.xxx Sunrise B block expiring in 2021
ICM Registry, which was acquired by MMX in 2018, launched the highly successful dotXXX Sunrise B blocking service for .xxx in 2011. These blocks will expire in 2021.
As a successor to this popular blocking product, MMX is offering AdultBlock/AdultBlock+ service a service,...
Which brand sucks? Australian brands affected by a global domain squatter
WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization) has recently ruled in favour of Sanofi, a global pharmaceuticals manufacturer involved in producing COVID vaccines, in an important UDRP case.
The 3 member UDRP panel ruled that sanofi.sucks a domain name registered by a third...
The importance of centralised domain management
This blog looks at the important of centralised domain management and the benefits of a coordinated organisational approach. We often come across companies that discover they have domain names they are not aware of but are registered to their company. Or we hear and read...
ADULT Block – is it worth it?
Several years ago the ICM Registry launched XXX, .SEX, .ADULT and .PORN. In order to protect TM owners, they also introduced a special blocking phase called Sunrise B, which prevented 3rd party registrations.
In 2021, Sunrise B expires and is being replaced by AdultBlock and...
Ensure that your domain name details are up to date
Domain Name Information Management
It is very important to make sure that your registrant contact details are up to date. Keeping registrant data up to date ensures that you can effectively manage your domain names. Out of date contact information can result in renewal...
Strategies to consider as part of your domain registration policy
When launching a new brand name or campaign, as a business it sometimes can be difficult to determine which TLDs are important for that specific brand or campaign. Here are a few recommendations we believe every business should consider when registering domains in order to...
au domain name abuse less than global average
Late last year auDA, the administrator of Australia’s .au top level domain, reported that the au domain name space only had 0.04 percent of its domain names that was involved in a security threat, compared to the global average of other ccTLD that represented 0.25...
Don’t abandon your subdomain either
Subdomain Hijacking
In our last blog we wrote about the risks of culling or abandoning domain names, but what about subdomains? Arguably, abandoned subdomains pose as much a risk as culled domains. This article looks at the risks of not properly administering...
The Risks of Culling Domain Names
Culling domain names needs to be discussed. It is not an activity that should be taken lightly and requires a lot of due diligence and careful planning. This blog discusses the risks of culling domains and outlines the steps brands can take to protect themselves.
Corporate...
AuDA Issue rare scam alert
AuDA issued an alert, via Twitter, of an email impersonation scam targeting .au registrants requesting for scan of personal documents. Note, AuDA notified customers that they would never go directly to Registrants for requests of information.
SCAM ALERT from AUDA:...