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The Institute strives to serve as a resource for all interested stakeholders fighting DNS Abuse, whether they are registries, registrars, security researchers, or any other interested party.
The Institute is pleased to provide and maintain a Resource Library on publications related to DNS Abuse. These documents advance the conversation regarding DNS Abuse and help educate registries and registrars as to how to address it. These resources also may prove useful to someone that wants to learn more about DNS Abuse and how to tackle it.
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How Did the Closure of Freenom Impact DNS Abuse Across the TLD Ecosystem?
Introduction Freenom, the domain name registrar and registry operator, received a great deal of attention in March 2023 when published reports noted that it had
Measuring DNS Abuse: Our First Report
The DNS Abuse Institute is proud to announce the launch of our first report and gone live with our measurement initiative: DNSAI Intelligence.
Best Practice: Abuse Reporter Expectation Management
This DNS Abuse Institute Best Practice, an article designed for registrars, explores how the expectations of DNS abuse reporters should be managed.
Resources to help you learn more about DNS Abuse
The Framework to Address Abuse The Framework to Address Abuse is a document developed by registry operators (both “generic” and “country-code”) and registrars that defines
DNS Abuse Institute Launches NetBeacon Reporter: First Ever Centralized DNS Abuse Reporting Service
The new, free service, supported by Public Interest Registry and CleanDNS, provides a simplified, standardized, and streamlined abuse reporting system.
NetBeacon: Providing Registrars with Actionable, High-Quality Abuse Reports
The DNS Abuse Institute is launching a free service, powered by CleanDNS, called NetBeacon to reduce the friction for reporting and mitigating DNS Abuse.
DNS Abuse: If We Can’t Measure It, Does It Exist?
Our purpose for measuring DNS Abuse is to increase our understanding of the problem and bring greater sophistication to community discussions about DNS Abuse.
DNSAI Releases First-Ever Annual Report
The DNS Abuse Institute has published its 2021 Annual Report, which recounts an impressive milestone inaugural year and covers 2/2021 to 3/2022.
DNS Abuse Institute Welcomes Rowena Schoo
The DNS Abuse Institute is excited to welcome Rowena Schoo as the Director of Programs and Policy. Schoo will serve as a critical part of the team whose mission is to combat DNS Abuse.
Phishing Attack Trends
Since collecting and publishing data on the number of unique domains used for phishing attacks and malware distribution as part of our NetBeacon MAP reporting, we’ve been
Introducing the NetBeacon Institute: Empowering a Safer Web
DNS Abuse Institute announces renaming to coincide with an expansion of its offerings in an effort to eliminate DNS Abuse online Reston, VA – The
How Did the Closure of Freenom Impact DNS Abuse Across the TLD Ecosystem?
Introduction Freenom, the domain name registrar and registry operator, received a great deal of attention in March 2023 when published reports noted that it had stopped allowing new registrations for the five country-code top level domains (ccTLDs) that it operated (.CF for the Central African Republic, .GA for Gabon, .GQ
Phishing Attack Trends
Since collecting and publishing data on the number of unique domains used for phishing attacks and malware distribution as part of our NetBeacon MAP reporting, we’ve been on the lookout for any discernible patterns or trends. In our NetBeacon MAP data, we noticed an increase in the February numbers compared to January,
Introducing the NetBeacon Institute: Empowering a Safer Web
DNS Abuse Institute announces renaming to coincide with an expansion of its offerings in an effort to eliminate DNS Abuse online Reston, VA – The DNS Abuse Institute, dedicated to combating online technical abuse and fostering a safer digital environment, announced Monday its transformation into the NetBeacon Institute. This renaming
Measuring DNS Abuse is Difficult
The DNS Abuse Institute launches a new level of reporting that reveals the spectrum of how malicious phishing and malware is distributed across the DNS registration ecosystem.
Measuring the Impact of the ICANN DNS Abuse Amendments
The DNS Abuse Institute launches a new level of reporting that reveals the spectrum of how malicious phishing and malware is distributed across the DNS registration ecosystem.
GAC Communiqués and Community Activity on DNS Abuse
The DNS Abuse Institute launches a new level of reporting that reveals the spectrum of how malicious phishing and malware is distributed across the DNS registration ecosystem.
A Holistic Approach to Tackling DNS Abuse for Registries and Registrars
In September 2023, ICANN hosted the DNS Symposium in Da Nang, Vietnam. This included a ‘Day of DNS Abuse Discussions’ with a comprehensive agenda. This article provides a high level overview for what tackling DNS Abuse looks like from the perspective of a registrar or registry operator. The purpose is
Challenges in Measuring DNS Abuse
From the creation of NetBeacon Measurement and Analytics Platform (MAP), we knew that measuring DNS Abuse* would be difficult and that it would be beneficial to anticipate the challenges we would encounter. With more than a year of published NetBeacon MAP: Monthly Analysis reports, we are sharing insights into one
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