AI
Meta leads ICANN TLD rush with 21 requests as AI names dominate new applications
Meta submitted 21 new top-level domain applications to ICANN, leading a wave of 1,615 requests focused heavily on artificial intelligence branding and identity.
DNS
Everything Threat Times has reported about DNS: 5 stories, newest first. Part of our Cyber Attacks coverage.
Threat Intelligence
Iranian Infrastructure Generates 40 Billion DNS Observations During Conflict
A surge in suspected Iranian VPN-over-DNS activity produced 40 billion passive DNS observations across 100 domains, according to a report published October 9, 2026.
Cyber Attacks
Malwarebytes Labs: Attackers Hijacked Country-Code Domains to Impersonate Google
Cybercriminals compromised three country-code namespaces to obtain certificates for impersonating trusted services, according to new research from Malwarebytes Labs.
Vulnerabilities
CISA adds ISC BIND TKEY vulnerability to Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
A denial-of-service flaw in ISC BIND affecting versions prior to 9.9.7-P2 and 9.10.2-P3 has been added to the federal KEV catalog.
Cyber Attacks
Attackers hijack .gh, .sl, and .as registries to steal Google certificates
Hackers compromised three country-code top-level domains to obtain unauthorized HTTPS certificates for Google domains, Google said.