With the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) set to go into effect on May 25, 2018, many questions remain as to what entities that control and process data from EU citizens ...

In fighting spam and other forms of Internet and e-mail abuse, many defenders of the ‘Net have noticed that the worst offenders often include obviously false information in their WHOIS database ...

Summary: WhoisFreaks has achieved the rank of industry leader by achieving 625 million+ domains that are tracked in their extensive WHOIS database. Lahore, Pakistan--(Newsfile Corp. - April 2, 2024) - ...

The EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is resulting in internet domain registrars hiding domain registration information to avoid fines for non-compliance. Domain registration information ...

A flaw in Google's Apps domain renewal system has resulted in the exposure of over 280,000 hidden WHOIS records. On Thursday, Cisco security researchers reported that a problem in the Google Apps ...

If the headline seems like a typographical error, it's not. The verb "to pwn" is Internet-speak for "to own by cyberattack." Fifteen-year-old hackers use it.-- And who might get “pawned” (pronounced ...

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Regional internet registry APNIC has suffered an embarrassing privacy incident after being alerted by a third party that it accidentally leaked details from its WHOIS database, including hashed ...