February 2024 - Middle-East

[Invitation] Middle East DNS Forum 2024
by Fahd Batayneh Feb. 20, 2024

Feb. 20, 2024

Friends and Colleagues, The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is pleased to announce the 2024 Middle East DNS Forum (MEDNSF2024). Organized jointly by ICANN and the National Telecommunications Regulatory Agency (ANRT) of Morocco, the forum is slated to take place from 24 to 25 April 2024 in Rabat, Morocco. This year marks the 10th anniversary of the event, and the first time it will be held in Morocco. Registration for the event is available here. Attendance is open for anyone, whether in-person or online. https://www.icann.org/en/announcements/details/middle-east-dns-forum-2024-s… Thank you, Fahd Batayneh ICANN

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Webinar - Safeguarding End-Users: Best Practices for Managing and Protecting Domain Names
by Amin Hacha Feb. 12, 2024

Feb. 12, 2024

Dear ME Space Members, You are invited to participate as it will strengthen your capacity-building. Kindly register with the link below; everyone is welcome regardless of your region. Regards, Amin Hacha *==* Dear all, Our next webinar for the Central European & Baltic Region will take place on 15 February, 12.00 UTC. The topic will be “Safeguarding End-Users: Best Practices for Managing and Protecting Domain Names”. More information + registration: https://www.icann.org/en/engagement-calendar/details/icann-training-series-… As always – please, help us spread the word about this event! Kind regards, Gabi

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[Paper] Methodology to Classify Unsolicited Email Threats
by Fahd Batayneh Feb. 9, 2024

Feb. 9, 2024

Dear All, ICANN’s Office if the Chief Technology Officer (OCTO) published a new paper entitled “Methodology to Classify Unsolicited Email Threats” https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/octo-038-17jan24-en.pdf Email, a fundamental form of communication, faces increasing threats from unsolicited messages. Differentiating these types of threats is essential to take appropriate mitigation measures and deploy effective security controls. It is also an important part of ICANN’s mission to monitor, understand, and report email-based DNS threats. Being able to correctly classify a report as being a genuine threat or not means that ICANN, and others, can have greater confidence in our conclusions. Spam is typically the largest portion of DNS abuse in the data that is listed by reputation feed providers. Therefore, being able to confidently separate spam as a delivery mechanism of malicious content from other types of content is essential for our work. This research delves into the complexities of this issue, examining the diverse categories, inherent threats, and the role of language in classifying unsolicited emails. To build a dataset of 10.8 million unsolicited emails (spam), which cover a period of four and a half years, this study constructed a robust email processing pipeline and methodology for categorizing unsolicited emails into spam, scam, phishing, and adult content. Thank you, Fahd Batayneh ICANN

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