KOR Labs

✈️ Our team will be attending ACM CCS 2025 in Taipei, Taiwan! 🗓️ Do not miss our presentation on October 14, where we'll present our paper on driving factors behind #phishing domain registrations. If you’re attending CCS, come say hi — we’d love to talk! You can read the full paper here: https://lnkd.in/dvmAsZsJ #DNSAbuse

📢 𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐃𝐍𝐒 𝐁𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬: 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐬 𝐃𝐍𝐒 𝐀𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐝? KOR Labs, the NetBeacon Institute, URLAbuse & eco's topDNS Initiative invite you to join us for a deep dive into measuring DNS abuse: What are the pros and cons of various methods, and what challenges and limitations need to be addressed? 📅 Date & Time: Wednesday, 08 October 2025 | 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm CEST 📍 Location: Online (eco Webinar) 🔗 Register now: https://lnkd.in/eQmtF4u6 Speakers: ✅ New methods and challenges in URL measurement – Prof. Maciej Korczynski, KOR Labs ✅ Current statistics and phishing detection insights – Sourena Maroofi, Founder of URLAbuse ✅ Abuse measurement and analytics with MAP – Rowena Schoo, Director of Programs & Policy, NetBeacon Institute Host: Lars Steffen, Head of International, Digital Infrastructures & Resilience, eco #DNS #Cybersecurity #ecoAssociation #topDNS #DigitalResilience

Don't miss this opportunity to learn about Extended DNS Errors at the upcoming ICANN Technical Training Europe webinar! 📅 September 10, 2025 | 🕐 12:00–12:45 UTC Register here: https://lnkd.in/dSRzJYrs

🔒 #DNS #encryption is becoming increasingly popular — but how can clients actually discover the encrypted configurations of their DNS resolvers? In our latest blog post, we dive into how the Discovery of Designated Resolvers (DDR) addresses this challenge. Check it out here: https://lnkd.in/dqwe6Eyb

Great to see our colleague, Youssef A., presenting at the Workshop on Traffic Measurements for Cybersecurity (WTMC) during IEEE Euro S&P earlier this week! In his talk, he showcased how to leverage #BIMI to build a validated dataset of brands, domain names, and logos. We’re pleased to have supported this year’s workshop edition. Check out the full program here: https://lnkd.in/dXhWDKaj

🎉 Our paper has been accepted to ACM CCS'25! This work builds on the #INFERMAL report and investigates the preferences of malicious actors when registering domain names for #phishing — an important step towards understanding and mitigating #DNSAbuse. We're looking forward to presenting it in October.

Are you going to use look into how proactive and reactive security policy change can affect maliciousness in your networks? My team and I drafted a couple of points of considerations and cautious around interpreting the results of the Inferential Analysis of Maliciously Registered Domains (INFERMAL) study by KOR Labs, to put things in perspective. This study specifically focuses on domains that are maliciously registered (not compromised hosts) and compares them with attributes with those of benign domains. The scientific paper is accepted at ACM CCS and going to be presented and published in CCS'25. A highly recommend read for registries, registrars, banks, financial payment providers, and policy makers in general: https://lnkd.in/gN8xdmNh

💡 This document clarifies some of the aspects of the INFERMAL project we recently conducted at KOR Labs. Talk to us at #ICANN83 in Prague to learn more about the study.

📢 We’re pleased to share that our Cybersecurity Researcher Yevheniya Nosyk has been selected as a new co-chair of the #RIPE #DNS Working Group. The WG focuses on the operational aspects of DNS, including deployments, measurements, and security. We're pleased to take a more active role in supporting that work. Learn more about the RIPE DNS Working Group: https://lnkd.in/dWpjHrJ3

🗓️ We're attending the #CENTRJamboree2025 in Lyon, where Maciej Korczynski will present the latest findings from INFERMAL—a research project funded by ICANN and conducted by KOR Labs. INFERMAL explores the domain registration preferences of cybercriminals, offering key insights into patterns of #DNSAbuse.