Summary:
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ICANN Warning: The Chinese company managing ‘.top’ domain names has until mid-August 2024 to establish systems for handling phishing reports and suspending abusive domains. Failure to comply may result in losing its license to sell domains.
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Phishing Prevalence: A recent study revealed that .top domains are highly used for phishing, second only to ‘.com’. Over the past year, more than 117,000 .top domains were identified as phishing sites, accounting for over 4% of all new .top domains.
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Registry’s Response: The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) criticized the .top registry, operated by Jiangsu Bangning Science & Technology Co. Ltd., for not adequately addressing phishing reports. The registry has yet to respond to these allegations.
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