Domain Intelligence for Proactive Threat Defense by Jonathan Zhang

According to the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the volume of cybersquatting cases grew by as much as 12% in 2018, the highest in years. The introduction of more than 1,200 new gTLDs was believed to have widened cybersquatters’ playing field. The implementation of stricter data privacy regulations was also said to have a role in the rise in the number of anonymously registered domain names that potentially allowed cybersquatters to evade trademark owners’ prying eyes. Meanwhile, the number of phishing attacks seen in the second quarter of 2019 eclipsed the volumes seen in the past three quarters. The total number of phishing sites detected by the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) from April to June 2019 reached 182,465. Things turn for the worse when phishing attacks lead to a massive data breach, as we’ve seen happen several times. To date, each data breach incident can cost a company an average....