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Curated Press on Domain and DNS Compromises To help our web audience better understand DNS related security exposures and compliance gaps this curated article page is dedicated to educating business leaders, IT and infrastructure teams. The more we understand the exposures, the better we can prevent them.
Source: GeekWire From Microsoft to BMW, big brands are buying up .news web domains in a hurry

“We really liked it. The very specificness of it, but also the broad uses. It’s easy to connect the dots on the value proposition of this extension. We think it kind of capures the entire universe of information.” The words of Taryn Naidu, Rightside’s CEO, on the launch of their .news TLD.

Source: The Register Larry Page was held back by Google execs from flooding world with new dot-word domains

Great article on Google’s involvement in the new TLDs and how Larry Page, Google’s co-founder was forced to drop many of its new TLD applications, pressured by other Google Executives.

Source: Wired Thanks to Google’s Alphabet, .Xyz Will End .Com Dominance

Wired discusses how Google’s selection of the new TLD domain abc.xyz, for its new umbrella company Alphabet, could further loosen .COM’s grip on the domain industry.

Source: Forbes Domain Already Taken? Do What Google Did And Try A Not-Com Name

Susan Price a contributor to Forbes, Fortune, The Atlantic and FastCompany explains how other enterprises can learn from Google in their selection of a .xyz domain name for Alphabet, their new umbrella company.

Source: ThinkAdvisor Banks Line Up for Dot-Bank Domain Names to Help Prevent Cyberattacks

5,500+ global banks including JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo applied for their “.bank” domain to protect their institutions and customers from cyber breaches.  by Melanie Waddell, Washington Bureau Chief, Investment Advisor Magazine

Source: Google Webmaster Central Blog Google’s handling of new top level domains

Google answers question in a Q&A format on how they will handle the new top level domains (new gTLDs) such as .financial, .food, .tech etc. They answer how they will handle Brand TLDs, IDNs (Internationalized Domain Names such as .みんな), regional TLDs (such as .london) and advise on how to successfully transition to a new domain name.

Source: Domain Name Wire Microsoft registers generics as they come off collision list

Here’s a quick look at some of the new TLDs Microsoft has been registering as they came off the collision list. The collision list consists of domain names, temporarily reserved because of their perceived potential to disrupt the proper functioning of the Internet.

Source: The Domains .News Sets Record With Of Over 400 Registrations on Day 5 of EAP; Now Over 1,000

A look at .news, boasting record numbers, according to The Domains, in the Early Access Program (EAP) stage of this new TLDs launch. It also features a list of the top .news domain names registered by day 5 of the EAP.