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 […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Phishing domains attempting to hijack Blockchain.com accounts
The price of Bitcoin has taken a leap in recent weeks, sending BTC to around $37,000 dollars. As BTC and other cryptocurrencies gained value, there has been an increase in phishing attempts targeting popular crypto wallet storage domains. One of them is Blockchain.com, that manages wallets for millions of crypto owners for Bitcoin, Ethereum, and […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.CREFinancing.com: Domain has been reported by its owner as stolen
The domain name CREFinancing.com has been reported by its owner, Mr. Abe Brand, as stolen. The perpetrator moved the stolen domain to Google Domains from GoDaddy. The term “CRE financing” is quite valuable, hence the reason it was targeted: Commercial real estate (CRE) lending includes acquisition, development, and construction (ADC) financing and the financing of […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Greek domain registrar Papaki suffers security breach
Greece’s only ICANN-accredited domain registrar, Papaki, has suffered a security breach. The incident was disclosed on July 27th and a notice was sent out to account holders. The Papaki team has detected an unauthorized third-party access to their systems. As a security precaution, they strongly recommend enabling 2FA (two-factor authentication) in the account following simple […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Domain shadowing: An emerging threat used by cybercriminals
To cybersecurity experts, domain shadowing has emerged as a significant threat. Cybercriminals exploit legitimate domain names to carry out malicious activities while staying under the radar. Domain shadowing is a technique that cybercriminals use to secretly create and control subdomains under a legitimate domain, without the owner’s knowledge or consent. This tactic has become a […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.BreachForums and associate #domains were seized by the FBI
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has seized the domain of BreachForums, a cybercrime marketplace. This action comes three months after the alleged administrator of the site, Conor Brian Fitzpatrick, aged 20, was arrested in Peekskill, New York in March. Fitzpatrick, who used the handle “pompompurin,” is charged with conspiracy to commit access device fraud. […]
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