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What looks like a normal Steam Community profile comment might actually be a malware command and control channel. Our security team found threat actors embedding invisible Unicode characters within Steam profile comments; characters that decode into encrypted URLs pointing to malicious JavaScript. The visible text? Just camouflage. ASCII art, casual comments. The real payload is completely invisible to the human eye. The campaign pairs this with a server-side backdoor that lets attackers remotely rewrite any plugin or theme file using a simple POST request with the right cookie. Even if you remove the injected script, the backdoor can reinstall it. Full research by GoDaddy Security Researcher Krasimir K.: https://lnkd.in/eaQ29CVd

Still managing bookings via emails or calls? That back-and-forth isn’t just time-consuming—it’s costing you conversions. Adding an online booking system lets customers: • Book anytime, from any device • Get instant confirmation • Skip friction and choose you faster With Airo AI Builder, you can plug this into your existing site in minutes. See how it works 👉 https://lnkd.in/ea3BA29x #AiroAIBuilder #GoDaddy #SmallBusiness #DigitalTransformation #WebsiteOptimization #NoCode #AItools #CustomerExperience #GrowthMarketing

Just published: GoDaddy Small Business Research Lab quarterly update on small and microbusiness activity across the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia. What’s new this quarter: • Data Hub refresh: 2026 UK and US survey responses from over 4,000 business owners included, and our microbusiness regional data is updated through March 2026. See where entrepreneurship is growing by geography, and discover which industries rank the highest using our latest ecommerce data. • LinkedIn Live series: Small Businesses and the Future of Work, June 2 at 12pm ET. The next generation of leaders will manage hybrid teams of humans and AI agents—and that shift is already reshaping careers, entrepreneurship, and the economy. Tune in to the conversation with Tarja Stephens, author and founder of Leaders of the Future: https://lnkd.in/gG6ebvNU • April research live session recap: Small businesses are often an early lens on what’s happening in the economy. Alexandra Rosen, global head of GoDaddy Small Business Research Lab, and Victor Hwang, founder & ceo of Right to Start, discussed new small business data, the opportunity unlocked by entrepreneurship, and what it signals for what’s next. Subscribe to the GoDaddy Small Business Research Lab newsletter for more timely insights, trends, and tools that help small businesses start, grow, and thrive.

The simplest way to explain what we're building at GoDaddy: - ANS = game console - Agents = games - Agent Marketplace = the accessories aisle You buy the console once: that's your infrastructure layer. One registration gives your AI agent a cryptographic identity, DNS-anchored trust, and discoverability across every platform. Then you pick the games that match your goals: agents that handle payments, customer support, data pipelines, whatever you need. When you want to level up? You browse the marketplace for add-ons that extend your capabilities without rebuilding from scratch. The alternative is every AI company building their own isolated identity system. We've seen that movie before with social networks, messaging apps, and payment platforms. Fragmentation helps no one. Open standards win. They always do. That's why ANS is vendor-neutral, protocol-agnostic, and built on the same DNS and PKI infrastructure that already runs the internet. godaddy.com/ans

We tested how far you can push Airo AI Builder in a single session. Starting point: a coffee shop business idea. End result: a web app with an online ordering system, a points-based loyalty program with three tiers, a built-in database for customer tracking, and SMTP email integration for signup confirmations. All built through prompts, no code written. Watch the full build: https://lnkd.in/e2KaRaUU Listen on Spotify: https://lnkd.in/eWw-HA4v Try Airo AI Builder: https://lnkd.in/e-ZQjY_K #AiroAIBuilder #NoCode #BuildWithAI #ProductDevelopment #WebApp #AI

The most interesting growth pattern in small businesses isn’t paid acquisition. It’s the domino effect. One partnership leads to a warm introduction. That introduction leads to a customer. That customer tells three friends. And before you know it, you have a referral engine that costs nothing to run. In the latest episode of Inside Airo AI Builder, they break this down brilliantly. The product management lens on this is clear: growth signals are everywhere if you know where to look. The businesses that grow are the ones that test early, listen to what the data says, and double down on what works. Three things that stood out: • Community partnerships are one of the most underused growth channels for small businesses. They deliver qualified leads with built-in trust. • Your web presence doesn’t need to go viral. It needs to be findable and useful. That compounds over time. • Organic growth is slower to start but harder to kill. Paid growth stops when the budget does. ▶️ Watch on YouTube: https://lnkd.in/e_zk2YuM 🎧 Listen on Spotify: https://lnkd.in/eYsYAQBp #ProductLedGrowth #SmallBusiness #OrganicGrowth #GrowthStrategy #AiroAIBuilder #BuildWithAI #CommunityMarketing #Entrepreneurship

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The next generation of leaders will manage hybrid teams of humans and AI agents — and that shift is already reshaping careers, entrepreneurship, and the economy itself. Join us June 2nd at 12pm EST for a live conversation on the future of work, AI, and the rise of portfolio leadership with Alexandra Rosen, head of the GoDaddy Small Business Research Lab, and Tarja Stephens, human-AI workforce strategist and founder of Leaders of the Future. To know about more events about small business data or when GoDaddy Small Business Research Lab updates all of its data sets, subscribe to our newsletter: https://lnkd.in/gWGdSg8i

Building trust on the open web starts with open standards. 🌐 On Tuesday, Jun 2 · 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM CEST, GoDaddy will join the LF Decentralized Trust NYC meetup to support the Agent Name Service (ANS)—an open standard helping bring verifiable identity, discovery, and accountability to AI agents. By backing ANS, we’re helping ensure the agentic web stays open, interoperable, and built on the same infrastructure that powers the internet today. We’ll be joining Keith B. Perry, Principal Software Development Engineer at GoDaddy, and Michael Kantor, President of HOL, for the conversation around building a more verifiable and trusted AI agent ecosystem. If you want to learn more or attend the meetup, you can find all the details on the event page: https://lnkd.in/evnciXRE #GoDaddy #OpenStandards #AgentNameService #ANS #OpenWeb #DecentralizedTrust #AIInfrastructure #LFDT