Domain Research Suite Monitors New Product Development

Posted on August 29, 2018 by admin

The last twenty years have seen the rise of two business developments among others: consumer product development cycle times have decreased and the number of new products companies bring to market in a year have increased. A “flatter” world has also increased global competition in marketplaces that regional players had historically dominated.

 

Keeping up with the competition is no longer an option. Industry analysts and marketing professionals now need every tool that technology has to offer to stay ahead of the pack. One of the richest resources for anticipating when and what brands will be rolling out is the Whatis database.

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5 Powerful Use Cases of Domain Research and Monitoring Tools

Posted on August 28, 2018 by admin

In today’s business landscape, it is almost impossible to be successful without setting up an online presence. What’s more, if you are launching a company or product, thinking about which domain name to use is a priority. In fact, it cannot be randomly picked as you must deeply connect with your target audience. But the domain registration market is highly dynamic, and it is advisable to secure domains of interest before someone else does. How can you do that?

 

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Approaching Security Awareness the Smart Way with Threat Intelligence

Posted on August 20, 2018 by admin

While digitalization has brought many benefits like faster and easier communication, there are also disadvantages that businesses must be ready to face as a side effect — most notably, cybersecurity threats. Whois API Inc. CEO founder Jonathan Zhang has recently appeared as a guest expert on The Security Awareness Company’s website discussing that tension and the synergies existing between threat intelligence and security awareness. Some of the main points covered are summarized below.

 
 

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Domain Histories Reveal Bad Actors

Posted on August 15, 2018 by admin

The European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) places the responsibility for data privacy on organizations and their Boards of Directors. In the event of a data breach, GDPR may fine organizations up to $24 million or 4 percent of its global revenues in the previous year. It’s important to note, however, that GDPR doesn’t only affect Europe-based companies.

 

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Tracking Domains for Cyber Self-Defense

Posted on August 10, 2018 by admin

In 2008, hackers hijacked CheckFree.com, which provided online bill payment services and redirected traffic to a website in Ukraine. The fake CheckFree website downloaded malware on CheckFree customers’ computers. The malware stole usernames and passwords. Even worse, it infected the computers of customers of minor banks that had partnered with CheckFree. The banks’ websites had been directing their users to CheckFree.

 

Neither CheckFree nor the banks had been monitoring changes in the WHOIS registries of their websites. If they had, they would have seen the redirection hackers had placed in domain records.

 

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Make Your Business Work Better With the Right Domain Name

Posted on August 3, 2018 by admin

Nothing enhances your website or app like the ability to offer intrinsic value to your customers or visitors. However your business connects to the domain niche, the ability to integrate domain availability into your offering gives you industry authority and the type of branding that can make you stand out from the competition.

 

Whether you’re hoping to make your next big profit in cryptocurrency (abitofnews.com), parenting (easydiapering.com), vaping (electroniccigarettes.org), or Three’s Company memorabilia (regalbeagle.com), having the best technology available for domain availability checks is an absolute must in your toolkit.

 

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7 Slightly Unexpected Use Cases of Bulk WHOIS

Posted on July 23, 2018 by admin

The Internet has created plenty of opportunities to launch websites and run ventures, yet achieving transparency and accountability online is more complicated than ever in today’s digital landscape. Pretty much anyone anywhere in the world can buy any domain name — leading to situations where identities get blurred and giving scammers plenty of opportunities to plan and execute multiple types of cyber attacks.

 

Fortunately, publicly available information such as WHOIS records includes details of domain owners and registration activities to help businesses and entrepreneurs find out who is actually on the other end of the web.

 

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Discover Which IP Range a Suspicious IP Belongs to by Using IP Netblocks WHOIS Data Feed – and Keep Your Network Safe

Posted on July 20, 2018 by admin

In order to keep your site and network secure from malicious attacks, spam, fraud and hackers, it’s important to identify and then promptly block any suspicious IPs before they can make any real and lasting damage on your network. Cyber attackers, however, are very skilled at masking their IPs (not to mention that they are extremely persistent and do not give up easily) and finding out where they come from can be difficult – but far from impossible.

 

That is why we created this handy tool which will help you discover which IP range a particular IP belongs to.

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