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alphaMountain Now Classifies 92 Web Filtering Categories

alphaMountain Now Classifies 92 Web Filtering Categories

Your DNS filter sees every query your network generates. But seeing a query and understanding it are two different things. Most URL classification systems were built around a specific assumption: the host being queried is a website, and the website has content worth...

The Ultimate Web Classification Guide (2026)

The Ultimate Web Classification Guide (2026)

**Updated for 2026 to include new categories: DNS Over HTTPS, Local/Non-Routable, Network Access/Captive Portal. If you manage a firewall rule-set, write secure-web-gateway policies, wrangle CASB shadow-IT reports, or simply lose sleep over which URLs your workforce...

The 10 Riskiest TLDs on the Internet

The 10 Riskiest TLDs on the Internet

Not all domain extensions carry equal risk. Some TLDs are dominated by legitimate commerce and communication. Others have become reliable infrastructure for phishing campaigns, malware distribution, and scam operations — so reliably that blocking them by namespace is...