Promotional banner for an ICANN Webinar Series for EMEA session. The design features a dark blue background with a red header bar reading “ICANN Webinar Series for EMEA.” The main title reads “Phishing and DNS Abuse – Operational Blindspots.” The date “29 April 2026” appears in the lower left, and “Archived by ISOC.LIVE” is shown in the lower right. A faint background image suggests a virtual meeting or control room setting.
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RECAP 29 APR 2026 – ICANN EMEA: Phishing and DNS Abuse – Operational Blindspots

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Promotional banner for an ICANN Webinar Series for EMEA session. The design features a dark blue background with a red header bar reading “ICANN Webinar Series for EMEA.” The main title reads “Phishing and DNS Abuse – Operational Blindspots.” The date “29 April 2026” appears in the lower left, and “Archived by ISOC.LIVE” is shown in the lower right. A faint background image suggests a virtual meeting or control room setting.
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On 29 April 2026  the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) hosted a technical webinar ‘EMEA: Phishing and DNS Abuse – Operational Blindspots‘.

This presentation examined phishing and DNS abuse through real-world attack cases — tracing how actors exploit registration patterns, subdomain infrastructure, and DNS monitoring blind spots to extend the operational life of phishing campaigns. It draws on attacks targeting both legacy TLDs and emerging namespaces, with practical implications for registrars, DNS operators, and combatting threat actors.

SPEAKER
Alexander Urbelis – General Counsel & CISO, ENS Labs, Ltd.

FACILITATOR
Gabriella Schittek – Global Stakeholder Engagement Director – Nordic and Central Europe, ICANN

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