Archive.org suffers DDoS attack; 31 million accounts breached
Archive.org sustained two days of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks, bringing the internet archive web site to its knees. To top it off, a security breach actor obtained a registered user database, containing 31 million records. The data included usernames, email addresses, and salted-encrypted passwords. They provided the data to the operators of Have […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Justice Department seized 30+ domains, disrupting Russian-sponsored covert operation
A covert operation sponsored by the Russian government to influence US and US-ally interests has been disrupted by the Justice Department. This Influence Operation relied on influencers, AI-generated content, paid social media advertisements, and social media accounts to drive internet traffic to “cybersquatted” and other domains. At least 30 domain names were used in this […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Homeland Security Investigations breaks down Streameast network, seizes domain names
Homeland Security Investigations has seized multiple domain names associated with Streameast, a popular live sports streaming site in the United States. Streameast was casually pirating content from more than a dozen networks. The seized domains now display a banner accusing the site of illegal activity and warning users of potential prison sentences. Despite these actions, […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.HSI has seized 350 #Glock domain names in latest crime crackdown
Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) has performed a major crackdown on illegal weapon switches associated with the popular Glock handgun. The investigation led to the seizure of at least 350 domain names that were actively promoting or supporting an illegal aftermarket of modification hardware, able to enable automatic fire modes on Glock weapons. These domain names […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Cryptonator.com: Domain was seized after handling $235 million in illegal funds
The domain name Cryptonator.com was taken over by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and its founder, Russian national Roman Pikulev was indicted for processing more than $235 million dollars in illegal funds. Pikulev operated the domain and crypto exchange for more than a decade, participating in numerous acts of money laundering. He was in possession […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Unstoppable Domains issues statement on corporate domain hijacking
Unstoppable Domains, a provider of decentralized registration services for domains that reside on the blockchain, lost access to managing its content for less than a day. The company’s web domain and web site were under the control of hijackers for roughly 17 hours, beginning Thursday, July 11th. In early afternoon the following day, Unstoppable Domains […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.BSLD.com: Domain buyer inexplicably lost control after Sedo sale
The domain BSLD.com has been inexplicably transferred under the possession of an unauthorized seller, months after it was sold at Sedo. In August 2023, the domain BSLD.com was sold at Sedo for the sum of $4,495 dollars. The domain’s buyer was Bo Steiber Lighting Design, a company based in Singapore. They operate from BSLD.com.sg. We […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Fiberlinkcc.com: Reviving a 28-year-old legacy domain for IPv4 hijacking
As IPv4 addresses become increasingly scarce, any older IP block, regardless of its scale, including Autonomous System networks, faces the threat of being controlled and exploited for identity theft or other malicious purposes. Spamhaus is researching Fiberlinkcc.com, a domain first registered 28 years ago and now utilized to facilitate connectivity to seized IP blocks. Fiberlinkcc.com […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Disposable domains: What are they and who uses them
During the early days of the internet, dot .com domain names were free to register. That changed in 1995 and pricing was $100 dollars per domain for two years. Registering a single domain was more or less a manual process and one could even pay the original .com registrar, Network Solutions, by check. When people […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Account credentials: How scammers attempt to steal your domains
The most common method that scammers will attempt to use to steal your domain names is by tricking you into surrendering the account credentials. Your registrar and host login and password can lead to the loss and hijacking of your domain names. The phishing technique relies on a psychological factor: You believe whatever your eyes […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Dot .CN tops the #SpamHaus list of most abused #ccTLDs
SpamHaus is a global keeper of domain and IP violations that maintains a list of abusive behavior originating from a large variety of gTLDs, ccTLDs, and TLDs. Exactly how does SpamHaus measure this type of negative performance among domain extensions? The abusive behavior “score” of domain TLDs is calculated as the ratio of abusive domains […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.eBook crime: Federal agents seized dozens of Z-Library domains
Operating from the domain Zlibrary.org, the eBook repository Z-Library was among the internet’s largest shadow libraries. Last year, federal agents took control of over 200 domains operated by the eBook pirates. It’s an ongoing battle, however, and a second round of investigations led to the capturing of dozens of new domains, with the help of […]
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