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
A joint blog: Mayuresh Walke, Nominet, and Rowena Schoo, NetBeacon Institute Nominet sits on the NetBeacon Institute Advisory Council – working together to reduce DNS
Summary In August 2025, NetBeacon MAP identified 2,227 unique domain names that appear to be part of a coordinated phishing campaign. The registrations are primarily
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
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
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
DNS Abuse Institute announces renaming to coincide with an expansion of its offerings in an effort to eliminate DNS Abuse online Reston, VA – The
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.
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
The NetBeacon Institute is pleased to announce the general availability of NetBeacon Measurement and Analytics (MAP): Dashboards to help domain registrars and registries to better
The Institute launches a new level of reporting that reveals the spectrum of how malicious phishing and malware is distributed across the DNS registration ecosystem.
