KnujOn.com, LLC is an independent, non-sponsored abuse handler and Internet security research company based in Boston, Massachusetts and Wilmington, Vermont. KnujOn accepts abuse data in the form of spam and other security threats to develop a clear picture of conditions facing the Internet. KnujOn builds profiles of online criminal groups, evaluates the quality of Registrars and Internet Service Providers, issues WHOIS challenges, documents policy failures, tests compliance mechanisms, issues r

This independent audit of ICANN Registrar adherence and compliance to the Registrar Accreditation Agreement has revealed that162 Registrars may be in breach of their contracts for various reasons. The reasons are not trivial, they range from blocking and manipulating WHOIS access to falsifying applications to knowingly facilitating criminal traffic. This report takes a deep look at the relationships between registration fraud, DNS manipulation, spam, compliance failure and the growing trade in illicit drugs online. We also offer recommendations to correct these problems.