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Man tries to reverse hijack lotto domain name  23
Complaint filed against the generic name of a lotto-style game. An Indian man tried to reverse-hijack the domain name sattamatkajico .c...
Domain Name Wire - 58 min ago
Report: cheap domains, bulk registrations, subdomains favored among cybercriminals  32
Latest Interisle report continues on themes from previous years. Security firm Interisle released its annual Cybercrime Supply Chain 20...
Domain Name Wire - 1 hr 46 min ago
Geo TLD applications plummet in 2026 round  41
The number of geo domain name applications was down significantly from the previous new TLD round. In 2012, new top level domain applic...
Domain Name Wire - 2 hr 43 min ago
Escrow.com sees summer slowdown for domain sales  52
Company expects a bounceback in Q4. Escrow.com’s parent company, Freelancer Limited (ASX: FLN; OTCQX: FRLCY), released a Q3 busin...
Domain Name Wire - 4 hr 33 min ago
Meta (Facebook) needs Colombian department’s permission to get .meta TLD  117
Meta is a geographic name under ICANN’s new top level domain rules. Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META) applied for the .meta top level...
Domain Name Wire - Monday, October 19, 2026 - 13:27
I went to Japan to relax, but ICANN had other plans  123
A 3 a.m. wake-up call, 1,616 TLD applications, and Japan’s weird web. One thing I love about what I do for a living is that I can...
Domain Name Wire - Monday, October 19, 2026 - 12:1
Behind the scenes at the .si registry – DNW Podcast #608  112
How Donald Trump’s proclamation led to an overnight transformation for Slovenia’s .si country code domain. For Barbara Povše and her te...

Domain Name Wire - Monday, October 19, 2026 - 11:30
Woman faces changing 211 accounts after .name domain termination  117
Woman says termination of third-level .name domains has created a full-time job. Earlier this week, I wrote that I think ICANN and Veri...
Domain Name Wire - Friday, October 16, 2026 - 14:23
Abion acquires Brandsec, expanding its IP protection business  116
IP protection company makes inroads in Australia and New Zealand with acquisition. Intellectual property and domain management company ...
Domain Name Wire - Friday, October 16, 2026 - 10:34
Citizen journalist turns to courts to stop game of domain whac-a-mole  83
After winning UDRP, respondent registered more domains related to the complainant. A citizen journalist who won a UDRP against a porn s...
Domain Name Wire - Friday, October 16, 2026 - 9:22
Domain registrars push back on Australian domain name changes  146
Ten registrars ask auDA board to reverse course on change that could impact majority of .com.au and .net.au domain registrations. A gro...
Domain Name Wire - Thursday, October 15, 2026 - 11:38
End user sales: here comes .si  134
End users are buying .si domains, but so far it seems mostly for defensive purposes. Domain investors have been piling into .si domains...
Domain Name Wire - Thursday, October 15, 2026 - 9:2
PIR (.org) names .Org Impact Awards winnners  121
Latin American organization TECHO wins .Org of the Year. Public Interest Registry (PIR), the organization behind .org domains, held its...
Domain Name Wire - Wednesday, October 14, 2026 - 15:5
Verisign and ICANN should reverse course on third-level .name domains  147
The reputational damage will hurt both organizations. Over the past week, two more registrants of third-level .name domains have filed ...
Domain Name Wire - Wednesday, October 14, 2026 - 12:27
The ease of building web apps seems to be driving aftermarket sales in 2026  183
Four out of five domains I’ve sold this year have already been developed. One explanation for an increase in aftermarket domain s...
Domain Name Wire - Tuesday, October 13, 2026 - 11:11

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