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DNS CLUES EXPOSE CYBER CAMPAIGN TARGETING EAST ASIA’S ELITE — A cyber campaign targeting East Asian elites leveraged fake web services. DNS forensics uncovered suspicious domains, IP links, and signs of future infrastructure repurposing. Learn more: circleid.com/posts/thumbing…

HOW THE GROWTH OF AI MAY DRIVE A FUNDAMENTAL STEP-CHANGE IN THE DOMAIN NAME LANDSCAPE — AI-driven growth in online activity may fuel demand for domain names, prompting a radical expansion in digital identifiers and reshaping the internet’s addressable infrastructure. Co-authored…

BUILDING A TRUSTED INTERNET STARTS WITH HOSTING PROVIDERS — A new certification by the Secure Hosting Alliance offers hosting providers a structured path to demonstrate security, transparency, and reliability in an increasingly scrutinised digital landscape. by David Snead /…

FCC TO REVIEW STATE AI REGULATION — The FCC is considering whether it can preempt state-level AI regulations using telecommunications law. Legal precedent and jurisdictional ambiguity, however, make such a maneuver uncertain and likely to face significant industry and judicial…

GAZA OFFLINE: THE SYSTEMATIC DESTRUCTION OF A DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE — Israel's assault on Gaza has dismantled its ICT systems, severing digital lifelines, deepening isolation, and undermining recovery in what critics call a systematic strategy of technological erasure. by Katim…

LAZARUS RESURFACES: DNS FORENSICS UNMASK A STEALTHY CYBER CAMPAIGN TARGETING FINANCE AND CRYPTO — Researchers tracked three Lazarus-linked RATs to a vast DNS network, uncovering dormant domains, geolocated IPs, and artifacts tied to financial and cryptocurrency sector intrusions.…

HOW BRANDS CAN PREPARE FOR THE NEW GTLD PROGRAM — ICANN is reopening the gates to new top-level domains for the first time in over a decade. Brands that move quickly can secure exclusive digital real estate with greater control, security, and credibility. DigiCert explains:…

TURNING DNS DATA INTO STRATEGIC INTELLIGENCE — Consolidate your DNS logs into a private data lake to enhance security, meet compliance demands, and unlock valuable network insights across your digital infrastructure. Enrique Somoza / DigiCert circleid.com/posts/centrali…

THE INTERNET, RENTED: HOW SUBSCRIPTION MODELS ARE RESHAPING DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE — The digital era is embracing subscriptions over ownership. Infrastructure, once fixed, is becoming fluid -- rented, orchestrated and provisioned on demand, with speed and flexibility taking…

NEW PAPER PROPOSES ‘ATTESTED DNS’ TO SECURE DOMAIN NAMES WITH TRUSTED HARDWARE — Attested DNS embeds confidential computing into domain names, enabling users to verify services on trusted hardware and software while remaining compatible with today's web infrastructure. Learn…

BIG TECH AI COMPANIES SHOULD INVEST IN ENERGY AND AI INFRASTRUCTURE IN AFRICA — Africa's untapped energy potential could power the next wave of artificial intelligence growth if Big Tech firms embrace strategic infrastructure investment on the continent. by Katim Seringe Touray…

LOST IN SPACE: THE LIMITS OF GEOLOCATION IN A SATELLITE-CONNECTED WORLD — Starlink's global footprint is undermining IP geolocation, challenging assumptions about national borders and complicating efforts to measure internet usage and market share with precision. by Geoff Huston…

CLOUDFLARE CHALLENGES GOOGLE’S AI DOMINANCE WITH NEW WEB CONTENT POLICY — Cloudflare's new policy challenges Google's AI practices, giving website owners legal tools to control how their content is scraped, used, and monetised by AI systems. Learn more: circleid.com/posts/cloudfla…

U.S. SENATORS PUSH FOR FEDERAL OVERSIGHT OF ADVANCED AI SYSTEMS — Senators Hawley and Blumenthal propose a bipartisan bill requiring federal evaluation of advanced AI systems, aiming to prevent misuse while balancing national security, civil liberties, and technological…

HYPER-VOLUMETRIC DDOS ATTACK SETS NEW BENCHMARK AT 22.2 TBPS — A record-shattering DDoS attack, peaking at 22.2 Tbps, signals a new era of cyber aggression, driven by weaponized IoT botnets and raising urgent questions about global internet resilience. Learn more:…

IPV4.GLOBAL RELAUNCHES PROVISION PLATFORM BACKED BY HILCO GLOBAL'S PROVEN EXPERTISE — The relaunched ProVision platform aims to streamline IP address management and network automation, offering support for IPv4 and IPv6 workflows, BGP peering, and cross-cloud…

STARGATE EXPANDS: OPENAI AND PARTNERS UNVEIL MASSIVE AI INFRASTRUCTURE PUSH ACROSS THE U.S. — OpenAI, Oracle, and SoftBank accelerate U.S. AI infrastructure with five new data centers, pushing Stargate toward 10 gigawatts and $500 billion ahead of schedule. Learn more:…

A SCHOOL WITHOUT WIFI: LEARNING IN AMERICA’S QUIET ZONE — In a remote West Virginia town, one school’s decades-long digital drought, enforced by radio silence, offers a glimpse into the unintended consequences of protecting science at the expense of education. Doug Dawson / Read…

COM LAUDE ACQUIRES MARKMONITOR IN $450M DEAL — London-based Com Laude, owned by PX3 Partners, will acquire MarkMonitor from Newfold Digital for $450 million, merging two long-established firms in the corporate domain management sector. Learn more: circleid.com/posts/com-laud…