ICANN Reports DNS Abuse is Trending Downward Globally
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LOS ANGELES, May 18, 2022 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --
- Domain Name System (DNS) Coordinator Publishes a Report Relying on Four
Years of Data
In a recently published report [
], the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) indicated
that the global sum of DNS abuse dropped in "absolute terms and normalized
rates" over the last four years, from October 2017 to January 2022. Globally,
in January 2022, less than one percent of domain names were reported to pose
potential threats to users.
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ICANN's Office of the Chief Technology Officer provides subject-matter
expertise and has developed special projects such as the Domain Name Security
Threat Information Collection and Reporting (DNSTICR) [
https://www.icann.org/en/blogs/details/an-18-month-summary-of-icanns-dnsticr-project-2-9-2021-en
] and the Domain Abuse Activity Reporting System (DAAR) [
https://www.icann.org/octo-ssr/daar ]to monitor and report potential security
threat domains. DAAR produces monthly reports that demonstrate concentrations
of security threat domain names via visuals and aggregated statistics.
ICANN President and CEO Goran Marby commenting on the recent publication of the
report, stated, "Part of our responsibility as a neutral technical operator of
the Internet is to actively share facts and data so that policymakers can make
informed policy decisions. These efforts are in line with our commitment to
ensure that the Internet is safe, stable and resilient." He added that, "This
is the only report of its kind to measure data over a four-year period. Most
reports track rates of DNS abuse over several months. However, despite the
downward trend depicted in the report, there is still much to do. The threats
against Internet users are real and changing fast."
ICANN defines DNS abuse in five broad categories of harmful activity: botnets,
malware, pharming, phishing and spam (as it is used to propagate other DNS
security threats). ICANN's Bylaws and mission do not permit ICANN to regulate
the content of websites.
The report is the latest result of ICANN's broad-ranging efforts to assess,
monitor and mitigate DNS security threats. For instance, ICANN's Contractual
Compliance team enforces the contractual obligations set forth in ICANN's
policies and agreements and publishes notices [
] of breach, suspension, termination and non-renewal in relation to the
registrar's compliance with DNS abuse obligations. They also regularly audit [
] how registrars, the entities that offer domain name registration services,
and registries, the entities that manage registrations in their top-level
domains, are fulfilling their contractual obligations related to DNS abuse.
To learn more about DNS abuse and what ICANN is doing to help understand and
mitigate it, visit the program webpage [
About ICANN
ICANN's mission is to help ensure a stable, secure, and unified global
Internet. To reach another person on the Internet, you need to type an address
– a name or a number – into your computer or other device. That address must be
unique so computers know where to find each other. ICANN helps coordinate and
support these unique identifiers across the world. ICANN was formed in 1998 as
a nonprofit public benefit corporation with a community of participants from
all over the world.
SOURCE ICANN
CONTACT: Media Contact Alexandra Dans, Communications Director, The Americas,
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