Alex Stamos on #domain WHOIS and Michael Cohen : European push for #GDPR enables criminal activity

Posted by DomainGang on February 27, 2019, at 5:26 pm

Security expert, Alex Stamos, worked for Yahoo! and Facebook at managerial positions; he’s currently at Stanford as an Adjunct Professor at Stanford’s Freeman-Spogli Institute. Under the light of Michael Cohen’s testimony at the Congress, Mr. Stamos pointed out that the domain ShouldTrumpRun.com was under the control of a “Michael Cohen” with a NYC address in […]

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#DomainTools : Small change in #brand alerts makes a big difference

Posted by DomainGang on August 10, 2018, at 1:01 pm

DomainTools is the quintessential domain research tool, for domain investors and industry professionals. It’s often used by security experts, attorneys and representatives of the law, to identify and track down cybercriminals. Despite the onslaught of the GDPR that took away many features of the WHOIS data, DomainTools maintains the biggest historic WHOIS database on the […]

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Free reverse domain #WHOIS service from #DomainTools reverses #GDPR damage

Posted by DomainGang on July 18, 2018, at 6:18 pm

DomainTools announced its free reverse domain WHOIS today, called Iris Mirror. ™ The service is available to everyone, even those without a credit card, and it’s quite revolutionary, according to those of us who beta-tested it for the past six and a half weeks. “Iris Mirror ™ is the next step in digital data digestion, […]

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Krebs on Security uses #DomainTools to identify #domains on spamming network #Bitcanal

Posted by DomainGang on July 13, 2018, at 5:43 pm

Brian Krebs, investigative journalist and publisher of the infosec blog Krebs On Security, uses DomainTools to research rogue domain owners. In a recent article, Krebs shared news of how Bitcanal – a Portuguese network – has been aiding spammers by hijacking millions of IP addresses. According to Krebs, security researchers have tracked the suspected theft […]

Filed under Domain Crime · Tagged with Bitcanal, Brian Krebs, DomainTools, Domains, GDPR, IP addresses, domain scams

#DomainTools planned downtime causes uproar among #domain investors

Posted by DomainGang on March 27, 2018, at 1:48 pm

A scheduled downtime by DomainTools, is causing some major uproar among domain investors, who often use the popular WHOIS service 24/7. DomainTools will be going offline in late March, per their announcement: “Upcoming maintenance window: 3/29/2018 11pm PT to 3/30/2018 1am PT” Commentary from frustrated domainers flooded social media, using the hashtag #DontTakeDomainToolsDown. The two […]

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#DomainTools and #security : Introducing #Domain Risk Score

Posted by DomainGang on February 23, 2018, at 4:56 pm

DomainTools has rolled out Domain Risk Score, available as an intelligent API add-on to the award-winning Iris, as well as a separate data feed. The DomainTools data science team has applied machine learning capabilities atop DomainTools’ vast databases of DNS and domain profile information, in order to identify malicious domains as they are being created. […]

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#WHOIS wars : Withheld by #GoDaddy is a new #DomainTools warning tag

Posted by DomainGang on January 28, 2018, at 1:30 pm

The war of WHOIS information is escalating, and DomainTools is on the offensive. GoDaddy is now keeping part of the publicly available WHOIS information private, for domains that are queried via third party tools. At first, we thought that DomainTools had a special agreement with the largest domain registrar in the world, to display the […]

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#NORDU .net : Oldest #domain is 12071 days old per #DomainTools

Posted by DomainGang on January 19, 2018, at 9:10 am

NORDU.net, the oldest domain name with a registration date of January 1, 1985 is now 33 years old. But wait, isn’t Symbolics.com the oldest domain, you might say. Not so fast, domain ranger. While Symbolics.com is indeed the oldest registered domain name, and the oldest .com, it’s not the oldest. On the other hand, NORDU.net, […]

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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 […]

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Raytheon : The domains of a multi-billion dollar corporation

Posted by DomainGang on July 30, 2017, at 5:22 pm

The Raytheon Company is a major U.S. defense contractor, and industrial corporation, with core manufacturing concentrations in weapons and military and commercial electronics. Raytheon employs a personnel of 61,000 and posted net sales of $24.069 billion dollars in 2016. With all that in mind, Raytheon corporation is in possession of the 2nd oldest registered .com […]

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Domain security : DomainTools rolls out Threat Profile in beta

Posted by DomainGang on July 26, 2017, at 6:44 pm

DomainTools is rolling out Threat Profile, a new security tool that identifies domains that can be used for phishing, malware or spam campaigns – before that happens! This type of “Minority Report” utilizes heuristic algorithms that can efficiently crunch through data, and allocate probability of malicious use to domain names, quite accurately. Sounds a lot […]

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DomainTools : Industry giant expanding into real life power tools

Posted by DomainGang on June 19, 2017, at 10:24 am

Domain industry data analysis behemoth, DomainTools, is expanding into the real world of power tools. “Data analysis from Father’s Day sales, shows that domain investors’ families spend an average of $1200 dollars annually on power tools,” said VP of Client Services, Susan Prosser. “We will be combining the best of both worlds, offering quality white […]

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