Man tries to reverse hijack lotto domain name

Complaint filed against the generic name of a lotto-style game. An Indian man tried to reverse-hijack the domain name sattamatkajico .com, a World Intellectual Property Organization panelist ruled. Rikshiram Aghria filed the dispute (pdf), citing Indian trademark registrations for the marks SATTA and SATTA MATKA in stylized form. Satta matka is a numbers-based gambling game [...]

By |October 20th, 2026|Uncategorized|

Report: cheap domains, bulk registrations, subdomains favored among cybercriminals

Latest Interisle report continues on themes from previous years. Security firm Interisle released its annual Cybercrime Supply Chain 2026 report (pdf) today, outlining how different internet layers contribute to cybercrime. The report echoes previous ones, pointing to cheap domains, bulk registrations, and free subdomains as being correlated with increased crime activity. Interisle calculates that new [...]

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Geo TLD applications plummet in 2026 round

The number of geo domain name applications was down significantly from the previous new TLD round. In 2012, new top level domain applicants applied for some of the largest city names: .london, .nyc, .miami, and more. Sixty-six applications were filed for geographic top level domains 14 years ago. This year, just 15 self-identified as geographic: [...]

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Escrow.com sees summer slowdown for domain sales

Company expects a bounceback in Q4. Escrow.com’s parent company, Freelancer Limited (ASX: FLN; OTCQX: FRLCY), released a Q3 business update (pdf) today. Overall, Escrow.com’s Gross Marketplace Value (GMV) rose 28.0% year over year to $153.1 million in U.S. dollars. The Australian company reports in Australian dollars, so it showed only 18.6% growth due to currency [...]

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