Domains & UDRP: Lawyers should use the tools of the trade

Posted by DomainGang on June 2, 2023, at 12:01 pm

Professionals of every trade should utilize the best tools to deliver services to clients. In the case of a law firm, using information databases such as LexisNexis is a given, as they are an indispensable tool that does require paid subscriptions. Not every law firm is willing to fork out money for such tools, apparently. […]

Filed under Domain News · Tagged with DomainTools, Domains, Forum, John Berryhill, NAF, UDRP lawyers, WIPO

Silicon Valley Bank crash triggered onslaught of domain registrations

Posted by DomainGang on March 13, 2023, at 6:48 pm

The failure of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB,) a commercial bank headquartered in Santa Clara, California, has caused plenty of market instability. SVB was the 16th-largest bank in the United States when it collapsed on March 10th, ending 40 years of banking activities. On March 13, 2023, the FDIC transferred all deposits—both insured and uninsured—and substantially […]

Filed under Domain News, Domain Crime · Tagged with DomainTools, Domains, SVB, SVB domains, SVB.com, Silicon Valley Bank, domain crime, phishing, security

CISA shares list of #domains involved in Conti ransomware attacks

Posted by DomainGang on March 10, 2022, at 2:09 pm

CISA, the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency, has been tracking the spreading and attacks of Conti ransomware. Along with the FBI, CISA have observed the increased use of Conti ransomware in more than 400 attacks on U.S. and international organizations. In typical Conti ransomware attacks, malicious cyber actors steal files, encrypt servers and workstations, and […]

Filed under Domain Crime · Tagged with CISA, Conti, Conti ransomware, DomainTools, Domains, cybercrime, domain crime, domain security, malware

Ukraine-related domains: Daily list by #DomainTools

Posted by DomainGang on March 3, 2022, at 4:29 pm

DomainTools has made available a new tool in an attempt to monitor threats related to domains about Ukraine. As the conflict in Ukraine continues, DomainTools has recorded an increase in the number of Ukraine-related domain registrations that include the keywords “Ukraine” or “Ukrainian.” DomainTools is assisting cybersecurity organizations monitor potential threats and is releasing a […]

Filed under Domain News · Tagged with Cybersecurity, DomainTools, Ukraine domains, Ukrainian, ukraine

DomainTools scheduled maintenance next week

Posted by DomainGang on April 23, 2021, at 11:08 am

Using DomainTools, the quintessential domain WHOIS and research tool, is a must for domain investors. Sometimes they are required to make improvements and adjustments to the code, and that part requires some minimal downtime. DomainTools will be working on a scheduled system maintenance next Friday, April 30th. The time frame is from 1:00am to 4:30am […]

Filed under Domain News · Tagged with DomainTools, Domainers, Domains

SmartContract.com and #BTC : Sergey Nazarov is NOT Satoshi Nakamoto

Posted by DomainGang on February 19, 2021, at 10:59 am

Bitcoin is on its course “to the moon” as its current price trajectory shows. Each BTC is worth $53,800 dollars as of this moment and while its price fluctuates BTC is being adopted by mainstream financial entities, including PayPal. The quest for Satoshi Nakamoto, the Bitcoin creator, is ongoing and a recent article at Bitcoin.com […]

Filed under Domain News · Tagged with BTC, Bitcoin, DomainTools, Satoshi Nakamoto, Sergey Nazarov, SmartContract.com, WHOIS, historic WHOIS

Domainers in California get a different #WHOIS for their #domain names

Posted by DomainGang on December 16, 2020, at 1:15 pm

If you are a domain investor living in California, your domain WHOIS mileage might vary. As far as DomainTools goes, that is. The California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) took effect on January 1, 2020 changing the field of what type of personal information is disclosed for Californians. DomainTools masks the WHOIS information for such domains, […]

Filed under Domain News · Tagged with CPRA, California, California Privacy Rights Act, DomainTools, Domainers, GDPR, WHOIS

#DomainTools rolls out “Domain Hotlist” to combat #domain threats

Posted by DomainGang on April 30, 2020, at 6:14 pm

DomainTools announced today the availability of Domain Hotlist, a new domain-centric analysis tool, to combat threats as they emerge. Following the release of Domain Score in 2018, DomainTools delivers Domain Hotlist as “a predictive, prioritized, and easily consumable block list that identifies active, high-risk domains—empowering organizations to proactively guard against relevant, emerging threats.” Says the […]

Filed under Domain News · Tagged with Domain Hotlist, DomainTools, domain security

Back to the future: Has the Symbolics.com #domain registration date changed?

Posted by DomainGang on April 30, 2020, at 3:24 pm

Savvy domain investors know that Symbolics.com, the first hand-registered .com domain, was marked with a registration date of March 15th, 1985. It was a Friday, and during that same week people in US were listening to “Can’t Fight This Feeling” by REO Speedwagon, all while in the UK the Dead Or Alive had sent “You […]

Filed under Domain News · Tagged with DomainTools, First domain registered, Symbolics, WHOIS, first domain, symbolics.com

#DomainTools on scheduled maintenance

Posted by DomainGang on February 29, 2020, at 10:57 am

DomainTools, the quintessential domain research tool, has scheduled maintenance for the first week in March. During this event, various DomainTools resources, including www.domaintools.com, research.domaintools.com, and api.domaintools.com may be unavailable or occasionally slow to respond, multiple times throughout the window. The anticipated downtime schedule is as follows: Start Time: 03/05/2020 22:00 PST End Time: 03/06/2020 02:00 […]

Filed under Domain News · Tagged with DomainTools, Domainers, Domains, WHOIS

#DomainTools CEO, Timothy Chen, on a decade at the company’s helm

Posted by DomainGang on August 14, 2019, at 10:45 am

It’s official: Timothy Chen has been the CEO of DomainTools for a full decade – that’s 10 years! During his tenure, the company grew from a 15 person WHOIS data membership company to a SaaS security company with 600 enterprise customers and over 100 employees. Not only that; there is zero outside funding, and the […]

Filed under Domain News · Tagged with CEO, DomainTools, DomainTools.com, Domainers, Domains, Timothy Chen