.TK Cements Position As Largest ccTLD Passing 25 Million Registrations
The number of “active” .tk domains has passed the 25 million mark to cement its position as the largest ccTLD, and second largest TLD.
According to the nic.tk website, the number of domains under management is currently more than 25,089,000. The growth has been phenomenal for the island ccTLD that passed the seven millionth DUM in late 2011 and the largest ccTLD in late 2012.
The island nation located north east of New Zealand and Australia in the South Pacific is a New Zealand territory with a population of 1,337 according to the CIA Factbook.
The exponential growth of Dot TK continues because of its free domain name registration process, which has been somewhat controversial due to the amount of phishing activity linked to .tk domains. But the registry has worked hard to improve the problem.
Dot TK, the registry, introduced an anti-abuse API to allow trusted partners to shut down sites that use .tk. Netcraft noted in September 2013 that “this dramatically reduced the average uptime of phishing sites which used .tk domains, making it a less attractive platform for fraudsters. Indeed, .tk does not even appear within the top 50 phishiest TLDs today; however, considering .tk and .ml share the same owner, this makes it somewhat surprising to see .ml being so heavily abused already.”
The largest TLD is .com with 113.7 million DUM followed by .tk, then .de (Germany) with 15.8m. Following is .net (15.1m), .uk (United Kingdom) with “over 10.5 million”, .cn (China – 10.6m), .org (10.4m), .info (5.7m), .nl (Netherlands (5.5m) and .ru (Russia – 4.9m). The largest of the new gTLDs, .xyz, has over 348,000 DUM.
The above statistics were sourced from ccTLD registry websites, RegistrarStats.com, nTLDstats.com and domain-recht.de.
Heritage Auction’s Third Live Auction Starts in Two Days
Heritage Auction will be holding its third domain name event these days. Online bidding starts Wednesday, July 23,2014, while the live auction starts Thursday, July 24,2014.
The auction will be held in Dalls, Texas.However, you will be able to bid online from all over the world.
The auction features some valuable domain names,including :
SEM.com
Bitcoin.club
Bitcoins.com
Digital.com
DEC.com
Cute.com
Cain.com
Downline.com
Digital.com
Rides.com
Plank.com
DWI.org
MintCondition.com
Lithograph.com
Bristol.com
OklahomeCity.com
FRR.com
SFD.com
The auction also offer some extremely valuable .CLUB domain names, in addition to Bitcoin.club, such as:
Luxury.club
Baby.club
CoinCollecting.club
ComicBooks.club
MakeSomeNoise.com Domain Name Sells for $40,000
Mike Mann just announced that his company sold the domain name MakeSomeNoise.com for $40,000.His profit is huge, consiering he paid uner $1,000 for the domain name a couple of years ago.
Mike Mann acquired the domain name in 2012 for $844.
According to whois records, the buyer is Luke Darby and the domain name was first registered in 2000.
The domain name is still listed for sale at Afternic for $80,000.
Congratulations to both the seller and the buyer.
Group-IB Disrupt Phising in the .RU and .РФ Domain Names
The Anti-Phishing Working Group announced recently that phishing attacks in Russia declines in the first quarter of 2014.
You can read the announcement after the jump :
” The Anti-Phishing Working Group has reported a decline in phishing attacks in Russia in the first quarter of 2014. The share of fraudulent IP-addresses located in Russia has fallen to 1.6 percent in the first quarter of 2014, compared to 15.3 percent in the same quarter of 2013. Phishing has clearly migrated to other geographical locations after meeting strong resistance in Russia. Currently, most attacks target the United States, Turkey and China. However, Group-IB believes this a temporary lull, and cybercriminals are getting ready to strike again soon.
CERT-GIB’s work in the first six months of 2013 and 2014 confirms that Group-IB has dealt a heavy blow to cybercriminals. Thus, in the first half of 2014, CERT-GIB experts received 52 percent fewer applications, falling from 1,537 in 2013 to the current 800. Phishing incidents have been reduced by 70 percent: 235 cases in the first half of 2013 compared to 762 in the same period in 2014. Thus, the connection between the number of applications received and the number of phishing incidents is clear.
Group-IB points out that the decline is temporary. Russia’s financial sector remains a lure for cybercriminals. The funds available in the country’s payment systems are gradually increasing. Banks are constantly improving online services, thereby attracting more users and their personal data, which hackers hunt. The company warns against losing vigilance on matters of information security. There is no doubt that cybercriminals are getting ready to strike again.
Credit for the win in this round of the fight against cybercrime goes to the joint efforts of Group-IB and the Coordination Center for TLD RU/РФ, which have taken on phishing, malware and botnet controllers.
“The Coordination Center has been paying a great deal of attention to the safety of Russian Internet users, so our cooperation with Group-IB against illegal sites, malware and phishing sites is a good way to clean up the Internet,” Andrei Kolesnikov, Director of the Coordination Center for TLD RU/РФ, said. “Fortunately, this work is paying off, and Internet users can join the effort. The decline in phishing sites means that we are on the right track. Last fall, combatting phishing was declared a top priority. I believe the only way to make progress is for everyone who cares about Internet security to work together.”
Check out EuroDNS here to register your .RU domain name and .РФ domain name.
Highest Reported Non .COM gTLD Sales in The First Half of 2014
Sex.xxx was the highest selling non .COM gTLD sale in the first half of 2014.The domain name changed hands for $3 million through ICM Registry.
Here are the top 20 biggest non .COM gTLD sales in the first half of 2014:
1. Sex.xxx $3,000,000
2. Mobile.net $500,000
3.tie Luxury.estate $50,000
3.tie Offer.net $50,000
5. Uber.org $36,000
6. NM.org $35,000
7. Mailbox.org $25,000
8. Movie.info $24,626
9. LLC.biz $23,520
10.Radiant.org $23,000
11. Smart.org $20,125
12.tie Eat.club $20,000
12.tie Diamonds.info $20,000
12.tie Reklam.net $20,000
15. Trees.org $18,500
16. FIA.org $18,000
17. English.club $17,500
18. Scroogle.org $17,100
19. AffiliateMarketing.net $16,500
20. Kilroy.net $16,471
