Q1 2018 DDoS Trends Report: 58 Percent of Attacks Employed Multiple Attack Types

• By • • DDoS Protection, Security

Verisign just released its Q1 2018 DDoS Trends Report, which represents a unique view into the attack trends unfolding online, through observations and insights derived from distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack mitigations enacted on behalf of Verisign DDoS Protection Services, and security research conducted by Verisign Security Services.

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How Strong is Your Startup Name?

• By • • Domain Names

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Guest post from Alexandra Watkins, author, Hello, My Name Is Awesome: How to Create Brand Names That Stick


When you build a house, you want a strong foundation. The same is true when you build your online presence. The website, email address and social media accounts for your business all rest on an enduring foundation – your domain name. That’s why it needs to be rock solid.

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Verisign Q1 2018 Domain Name Industry Brief: Internet Grows to 333.8 Million Domain Name Registrations in the First Quarter of 2018

• By • Domain Names

Today, we released the latest issue of the Domain Name Industry Brief, which showed that the first quarter of 2018 closed with approximately 333.8 million domain name registrations across all top-level domains (TLDs),  an increase of  approximately 1.4 million domain name registrations, or 0.4 percent, compared to the fourth quarter of 2017.1,2 Domain name registrations have grown by approximately 3.2 million, or 1.0 percent, year over year.1,2

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Top 10 Trending Keywords in .Com and .Net Registrations in May

• By • Domain Names

With more than 300 million domain names registered globally, there are numerous examples of trending keywords reflected by domain name registrations. We have shown in the past that there is a correlation between domain name registrations and newsworthy and popular events, as well as anticipated trends.

Keeping in the spirit of the zeitgeist that .com and .net domain name registration trends can represent, Verisign publishes this monthly blog post series identifying the top 10 trending .com and .net keywords registered in English during the preceding month.

May 2018 TRENDING KEYWORDS

Here are the top 10 trending keywords registered in May 2018. Any surprises?

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