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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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White Paper: Proposal for PDPs on DNS Abuse
The NetBeacon Institute is pleased to publish our White Paper: Proposal for PDPs on DNS Abuse. We created this paper to support and advance ICANN
DNSAI Releases 2022 Annual Report
The 2022 DNSAI Annual Report is available! Read about the important progress we have made to report DNS Abuse and share helpful information with our community.
DNSAI Bulletin 2023-04: Account Take-Overs
This DNSAI Bulletin is intended to help identify and prevent a recent increase in account take-overs at retail registrars across the industry.
DNSAI Compass: Six Months of Measuring Phishing and Malware
The DNS Abuse Institute recently published our sixth monthly report for DNSAI Compass, an initiative to measure the use of the DNS for phishing and malware.
Best Practice: Making Phishing Reports Useful
This DNS Abuse Institute Best Practice shows abuse reporters and report recipients how to create high-quality, actionable reports.
Best Practice: Anti-Fraud Tools and Registration Flows for Registrars
This article demonstrates the opportunities for retail domain registrars to prevent abusive registrations while reducing potential impacts to registrants and anti-abuse teams.
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
How have the gTLD contractual amendments impacted DNS Abuse?
Overview In this context, DNS Abuse is defined as malware, botnets, phishing, pharming, and spam (when spam serves as a delivery mechanism for the
NetBeacon Reporter introduces new features as it reaches 50,000 DNS Abuse Reports
NetBeacon Reporter introduces new features as it reaches 50,000 DNS Abuse Reports Since launching NetBeacon Reporter in 2022, we’ve engaged with registrars and DNS Abuse
White Paper: Proposal for PDPs on DNS Abuse
The NetBeacon Institute is pleased to publish our White Paper: Proposal for PDPs on DNS Abuse. We created this paper to support and advance ICANN Community discussions on potential policy development related to DNS Abuse. From our unique perspective, we believe there are a number of issues that are constrained enough to
How have the gTLD contractual amendments impacted DNS Abuse?
Overview In this context, DNS Abuse is defined as malware, botnets, phishing, pharming, and spam (when spam serves as a delivery mechanism for the other forms of DNS Abuse). This was a tremendous achievement. ICANN, the participating registries and registrars, and the ICANN community all deserve recognition for this work. These
NetBeacon Reporter introduces new features as it reaches 50,000 DNS Abuse Reports
NetBeacon Reporter introduces new features as it reaches 50,000 DNS Abuse Reports Since launching NetBeacon Reporter in 2022, we’ve engaged with registrars and DNS Abuse reporters to onboard users, increase reports, and collect ideas for improvements. Today we’re pleased to share that we’ve sent over 50,000 reports of DNS Abuse. This achievement
Update on GAC Communiqués and Community Activity on DNS Abuse
This blog and the associated report aim to provide an overview of DNS Abuse-related issues raised by the Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC), a key part of ICANN’s multistakeholder model. We summarize relevant community activity that addresses these areas and highlight remaining gaps where further work is needed. This report is an updated
Reflections on a Year of Publishing Registrar and TLD Abuse Rates
In June 2023, after ten months of publishing general DNS Abuse trends at the aggregate level, we published our first report listing high and low abuse rates per Domains Under Management (DUM) and new registrations for registrars and TLDs, which we refer to as Specific Reporting. Our DNS Abuse reporting methodology focuses
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 reported 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 for Equatorial
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, with unique
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 reflects the
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