Rogue WHOIS server gives researcher superpowers no one should ever have .mobi top-level-domain managers changed the location of its WHOIS server. No one got the memo.

The whois and jwhois command can retrieve extensive details on domain registrations including domain registrants, domain status, responsible organizations and their locations.

Google moves to bring WHOIS domain ownership verification to an end.

Certificate authorities and browser makers are planning to end the use of WHOIS data verifying domain ownership following a report that demonstrated how threat actors could abuse the process to ...

New privacy regulations - the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - require substantial changes to the collection and storage of data and will affect multiple disciplines, including the ...

Registering the domain of .mobi’s former WHOIS server for $20, researchers discovered that Certificate Authorities could be tricked into running domain validation through rogue email addresses ...

This is more secure than WHOIS and simpler to implement in some ways, with a consistent verification system of domain ownership records.

ICANN's WhoIs tool is a useful way to learn about the people or companies behind a website. This guide should make understanding its results a bit easier.

Does WhoIs information – or using domain privacy – have any SEO implications? Learn what the experts say about WhoIs as a ranking factor.

A Google Apps bug leaked hidden WHOIS registrant information in the clear, putting close to 300,000 domain owners at risk for identity theft, phishing scams and more.