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Malicious Actors Accounted for as much as 20% of New Domain Name Registrations in 2025 A new analysis by Interisle Consulting Group finds that cybercriminals registered a significant share of new domain name registrations in 2025, representing a substantial percentage of the generic Top-Level Domain (gTLD) market. The study establishes that malicious actors purchased at least 10 percent of all new2 views Malicious Actors Accounted for as much as 20% of New Domain Name Registrations in 2025 A new analysis by Interisle Consulting Group finds that cybercriminals registered a significant share of new domain name registrations in 2025, representing a substantial percentage of the generic Top-Level Domain (gTLD) market. The study establishes that malicious actors purchased at least 10 percent of all new

📊 Post engagement

3
Avg engagement / post
0.8%
Engagement vs followers
Nov 2022
On Mastodon since

🔥 Top post: Interisle Study Presented to ICANN Government Advisory Committee · 4 likes + reposts

📊 Activity & format

Posting cadence
1.1 / week
A lower-frequency account — each post lands with more weight.
Content mix
Mostly text
Recent: 8 text · 4 image · 0 video.
Follower / following
4.3×
Follows 90 back. A more reciprocal / networked account.

Recent posts

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🔥 Top post Interisle Study Presented to ICANN Government Advisory Committee On Wednesday, June 10, 2026, Karen Rose presented Interisle’s recently published study, Malicious Registrations in the Domain Name Market: An Analysis of 2025 gTLD Registrations and Cybercriminal Demand, to the ICA… ★ 4
Phishing Landscape 2026 - What Networks (ASNs) Hosted the Most Phishing? In a previous post, Interisle looked at how phishers exploited free web site hosting accounts. In this post, we turn our attention to the hosting networks (by ASN) wh… Cybercrime Reported in June 2026 In this post, Interisle looks at cybercrime activity for the month of June 2026. https://interisle.substack.com/p/cybercrime-reported-in-june-2026 #cybercrime #dnsabuse #hostingabuse #phishing #malware #spam Phishing Landscape 2026 – Summary Findings In previous years, Interisle published comprehensive annual reports on phishing. This year, we’re taking a different approach and showing just the significant results of our analysis as a series o… Domain Name Email Verification is Contact Validation, not Authentication To comply with ICANN and European Union NIS2 requirements, gTLD domain registrars must verify registrant email addresses. This "owner email verification" process was … If you have ever done investigations, traffic analysis, or any form of content assessment, you've no doubt used cURL Daniel Stenberg wrote recently about the challenges the cURL team face with limited budget and increasing vulnerability re… ★ 3 I heard this today on a political substack and loved it... I like my mayor muslim, my bagels Jewish, my Christian Dior. I'm sure that Knicks fans won't mind if I add And my Pope a Wildcat #knicks #nyc #humormustsurvive Cybercrime Reported in May 2026 Interisle's monthly report on cybercrime activity (phishing, malware, spam) for the month of May 2026 revealed a 27% increase in phishing reported compared to April and a 35% increase in spam. While malware … Pig Butchering Part 3: The Psychology of the Scam In today’s article, Matt Piscitello explores the psychology behind romance scams, particularly the ones driven toward pig butchering. We’ll look at tactics commonly used in these schemes - … Malicious Actors Accounted for as much as 20% of New Domain Name Registrations in 2025 A new analysis by Interisle Consulting Group finds that cybercriminals registered a significant share of new domain name registrations in 2025, represen… ★ 2 Phishing Trends: February 2026 – April 2026 We observed decreases in overall phishing attacks reported, unique domain names reported for phishing, and phishing attacks hosted at free or cheap web site services. But not all good news. Other… ★ 1 Allowlisting: Exception Handling for Blocked TLDs In this article, we discuss how to deal with blocklisting exception cases by using selective allowlisting to complement generalized blocklisting as part of an incident response. https://int…

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Home server
infosec.exchange
A cybersecurity & infosec server — its members and audience skew toward that niche, so expect a community-aligned, engaged following.
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Proved ownership of a website linked on their profile — Mastodon's green-check verification, a real identity signal rather than a paid badge.
On Mastodon since
Nov 2022
Joined in the Twitter-exodus wave of late 2022 — part of the migration that made Mastodon a real destination.

💡 Facts

🗓️Joined Mastodon in 2022 — 3 years ago.
👁️Averages 3 views per post.
📤Posts about 1.1× per week.

🛡️ Audience credibility

75/100 Good
  • Est. 92% real, active audience · Low fake-follower risk.
  • Engagement (~0.8% of followers engage each post) is around typical for Mastodon.
  • Verified account.
  • Established account (3+ years old).
Est. authentic audience
92%
Fake-follower risk
Low
Data confidence
High

Heuristic estimate from engagement, follower ratios, account age & growth — a screening signal, not a guarantee.

About

Greybeard cybersec guy who values ethics, trust, friendship, teamwork. I'm a partner at Interisle Consulting Group, board member at CAUCE and APWG, and was named to the team of experts at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy. I'm keenly interested in measuring cybercrimes and the resources criminals use to perpetrate them and currently scratching this itch at the Cybercrime Information Center. I'm a Golden Retriever lover and fantasy novel devotee. I love to cook: Italian, French, Chinese, Thai, Mediterranean and Low Country are staples. Married to the finest and loveliest person I've ever known.

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Cybercrime Reported in June 2026 In this post, Interisle looks at cybercrime activity for the month of June 2026. https://interisle.substack.com/p/cybercrime-reported-in-june-2026 #cybercrime #dnsabuse #hostingabuse #phishing #malware #spam Phishing Landscape 2026 – Summary Findings In previous years, Interisle published comprehensive annual reports on phishing. This year, we’re taking a different approach and showing just the significant results of our analysis as a series of posts. Our fall study will include additional insights, findings and recommendations. In this first post in the series, we look at the key results and compare Domain Name Email Verification is Contact Validation, not Authentication To comply with ICANN and European Union NIS2 requirements, gTLD domain registrars must verify registrant email addresses. This "owner email verification" process was a topic of considerable discussion prior to and during the recent ICANN meeting. ICANN is caught in a “failing to see the forest for the trees” situation: neith Malicious Actors Accounted for as much as 20% of New Domain Name Registrations in 2025 A new analysis by Interisle Consulting Group finds that cybercriminals registered a significant share of new domain name registrations in 2025, representing a substantial percentage of the generic Top-Level Domain (gTLD) market. The study establishes that malicious actors purchased at least 10 percent of all new

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