#Cybercriminals used .US, .COM #domain names in #IRS refund scam

Posted by DomainGang on February 20, 2018, at 11:29 am

An elaborate scam used the domain DebtCredit.US to generate thousands of dollars in unlawful IRS refunds, then used a phony debt collection agency to seek their “return.” According to Krebs On Security, the method that these cybercriminals use, works like this: Identity thieves who specialize in tax refund fraud have been busy of late hacking […]

Filed under Domain Crime · Tagged with DebtCredit.us, JCdebt.com, Krebs on Security, cybercrime, scammers, tax refund scam

#Domain investors need to watch for port-out scams

Posted by DomainGang on January 31, 2018, at 2:33 pm

Port-out scams involve the malicious transfer of a phone number, away from its current telephone company to another. By using social engineering and other methods, cybercriminals gain access to mobile phone numbers, subsequently taking over the digital assets of the person it belongs to. Shocking as it may seem, many phone company representatives require very […]

Filed under Domain Crime · Tagged with Domainers, Domains, T-Mobile, T-Mobile port-out scam protection, cybercrime, domain crime, domain hijackers, port-out scams

HyphBot : Ad scam used 34,000 domains to reap $500,000 dollars daily

Posted by DomainGang on November 21, 2017, at 5:36 pm

A sophisticated scam involving 34,000 domains reaped up to $500,000 dollars in advertiser’s traffic, a day! Bot traffic driven by cybercriminals created more than a million URLs, in an attempt to fool advertisers into buying ad traffic that supposedly originated from big publishers. This technique is called “domain spoofing,” and the bot traffic was then […]

Filed under Domain Crime · Tagged with Adform, Adform HyphBot, Domainers, Domaining, Domains, HyphBot, HyphBot scam, cybercrime, domain spoofing, scam

DomainTools on Cyber Monday scams : Consumer awareness and phishing emails

Posted by DomainGang on November 8, 2017, at 12:18 pm

We’ve been getting a bunch of emails lately, that pretend to originate from major online retailers, such as Amazon, Target, Kohl’s and even Wal-Mart. These are, in fact, phishing emails that pretend to offer discounts, gift cards, and other benefits; some in reference to the oncoming Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals. Consumers should be […]

Filed under Domain News · Tagged with Cyber Monday scams, DomainTools, Domainers, Domains, consumer protection, cybercrime, phishing emails

Following domain account leaks, registrant publishes own personal info

Posted by DomainGang on September 18, 2017, at 11:32 am

Following the massive leak of a registrar database with more than 600 billion domain names, a domain registrant took the matter in his own hands. Simon Dalfur wants to show the world that there is no privacy left in this digital world we live in: “Names, passwords, secret words and pins were all compromised, along […]

Filed under Domain News · Tagged with Domainers, Domains, Parody, cybercrime, domain privacy

New serial domain spammer : Registrationdomainsite.com registered at eNom

Posted by DomainGang on September 16, 2017, at 12:23 pm

Another phuckstick spammer that mass-emails owners of newly registered domain names is Registrationdomainsite.com. The unscrupulous spammer scans the domain zone files, and emails the registrants with the following cookie cutter message: Congratulations on your domain [*].com ! The next step you can do for [*].com is to make sure it is listed in the search […]

Filed under Domain Crime · Tagged with Registrationdomainsite, Registrationdomainsite.com, Spam, cybercrime, domain crime, domain spammers, domains@domainservices.org

Equifax data breach affects millions; dot .com gets snapped pronto

Posted by DomainGang on September 7, 2017, at 8:15 pm

A massive data breach at Equifax means that as many as 143 million profiles are in the hands of cybercriminals. Ironically, Equifax is one of the three US credit bureaus, and they issue credit scores related to the credit-worthiness of Americans. Today, Equifax said in a press release that the so-called unauthorized access was discovered […]

Filed under Domain News · Tagged with Domainers, Domains, EquifaxSecurity2017.com, cybercrime, equifax, equifax data breach, equifaxdatabreach.com

Caution : Domain owner impersonation might cost you

Posted by DomainGang on September 1, 2017, at 9:37 am

Domain cybercriminals attempt to steal domain names using a variety of cunning methods. Other than direct hacking of accounts, or spear-phishing techniques, social engineering is a common method. Calling up a domain registrar’s support department pretending they are the owner, or calling the domain owner pretending to be the domain registrar, is one such example. […]

Filed under Domain Crime · Tagged with Domain theft, Domainers, Domains, cybercrime, cybercriminals, domain crime

Domain crime : Get your domains away from AOL, Yahoo and Hotmail accounts fast!

Posted by DomainGang on July 6, 2017, at 6:33 pm

Global alert : Domain hackers are attempting to steal domains, where the registrant uses AOL, Yahoo or Hotmail accounts. There have been numerous instances of such attempts and even successful domain theft incidents that we’re aware of. Changing one’s managing accounts to secure free email providers such as Gmail or ProtonMail is the first step […]

Filed under Domain Crime · Tagged with AOL, Domain theft, Domainers, Domains, Gmail, Hotmail, ProtonMail, Yahoo, cybercrime, domain crime, stolen domains

Avvo.com lawsuit : $2 million dollar judgement against Chinese phishing domain names

Posted by DomainGang on May 24, 2017, at 4:51 pm

Avvo.com has won a lawsuit it filed against the Chinese operators of an elaborate phishing scheme. A Federal Court in Arizona delivered a $2 million dollar judgement against hackers who created a spoofed web site, that copied the well-known legal review web site. Randazza Legal Group, PLLC represented Avvo in this successful lawsuit. In Avvo, […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with Avvo, Avvo lawsuit, Avvo.com spoof site, Chinese phishers, Chinese scammers, Domainers, Domains, Marc Randazza, Randazza, Randazza Group, cybercrime, phishing, t6t7.net, wyhes.com

Chinese domain investors : 1 billion accounts leaked on the Dark Web

Posted by DomainGang on January 26, 2017, at 1:12 am

Domain investors from China should perform a thorough change of passwords across their social media accounts without delay. Details of more than 1 billion accounts from large Chinese service providers have been packaged and are being resold on the so-called “Dark Web,” an underground group of sites operating on the Tor network. According to a […]

Filed under Domain Crime · Tagged with China, Chinese database, Chinese domain investors, Domainers, Domaining, Domains, cybercrime, dark web

NameCheap promo for .US domains seeded spammer’s domain portfolio

Posted by DomainGang on January 3, 2017, at 10:58 am

An unscrupulous spammer, blasting millions of emails daily, is using cheap .US registrations at NameCheap for his mass spamming. When domain registrars offer domain registrations below the $1 dollar threshold, spammers reap the benefits. Hiding behind a Cloudflare proxy DNS, the cybercriminals are using hosts in Russia, Estonia and elsewhere. Just like in the case […]

Filed under Domain Crime · Tagged with Domainers, Domains, cheap domains, cybercrime, cybercriminals, domain news, namecheap

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