Domain spammer claims ICANN gives out investor licenses

Posted by DomainGang on July 20, 2022, at 12:54 pm

An ongoing spam campaign is using the domain name HannahBenson.com, alongside the alias “Hannah Benson.” The spammer targets domain registrants with “similar domains” to the ones being peddled. So far, nothing new about using a faux female name to sell domains, but what sets this spam aside is the included claim that they are an […]

Filed under Domain Crime · Tagged with Domain scammer, Epik, HannahBenson.com, Spam, domain spammer, icann, scam, scammer

Sonoma Valley Hospital: SVH.com is still a stolen #domain name

Posted by DomainGang on July 2, 2022, at 2:32 pm

On August 6, 2019, the Sonoma Valley Hospital went into red alert. Celia Kruse de la Rosa, the hospital’s communications director, noted at the time that SVH.com, their prestigious three letter .com domain and hospital acronym, had been “maliciously acquired.” It was yet another case of domain hijacking, with a highly valuable LLL .com getting […]

Filed under Domain Crime · Tagged with Domainers, Domains, SVH.com, Sonoma Valley Hospital, domain crime, stolen domains

TulipBulbs.com: Stolen, dropped & auctioned—a cautionary domain tale

Posted by DomainGang on June 30, 2022, at 7:29 pm

Since 1998, the domain name TulipBulbs.com was used by the Messelaar Bulb Company in Ipswich, Massachusetts. The specialty flower grower of the “finest quality topsize flower bulbs, imported from Holland” was founded in 1969 and operated its business from a great domain name for 20 years—until one day the domain was stolen. In the words […]

Filed under Domain Crime · Tagged with Domain theft, Domains, Escrow.com, Messelaar Bulb Company, Pieter Messelaar, TulipBulbs.com, domain names, tulip bulbs

Homeland Security seized Simp3.com among other pirate domains

Posted by DomainGang on June 23, 2022, at 9:45 am

The Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) has seized Simp3.com, a domain used to pirate music at a grand scale. Registered in 2015, Simp3.com provided downloads of mp3 music as seen in this capture from 2019: The domain was seized along with the associate domains, CoroUrbano.com, CoroUrbanos.com and Pautamp3.com. The latter was used to provide download links […]

Filed under Domain Crime · Tagged with CoroUrbano.com, CoroUrbanos.com, Domainers, Domains, HSI, Homeland Security Investigations, Pautamp3.com, Seized domains, Simp3.com, domain crime

The FBI shut down SSNDOB Marketplace criminal platform, seized domains

Posted by DomainGang on June 8, 2022, at 11:48 am

The FBI has shut down the SNNDOB Marketplace and seized its associated domain names. The illicit marketplace made an estimated $19 million dollars by selling the personal data of about 24 million US citizens, according to the Justice Department. The acronym SSNDOB stands for Social Security Number and Date Of Birth; it operated through a […]

Filed under Featured, Domain Crime · Tagged with DOJ, FBI, SNNDOB Marketplace, SSNDOB, SSNDOB Marketplace, domain crime

Bored Apes worth $1 million stolen using a dot .land #domain name

Posted by DomainGang on April 26, 2022, at 5:47 pm

Some unfortunate owners of the highly valuable Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs lost their assets yesterday. The cybercriminals took advantage of a security lapse at the BAYC Instagram page, substituting the official link with one they controlled. Using the domain YugaLabs.land, the criminals set up a page mimicking Yuga Labs, operators of the BAYC franchise. […]

Filed under Domain Crime · Tagged with BAYC, Domains, NFT, Yuga Labs, YugaLabs.land, domain crime

FreeDesignResources.net: High traffic #domain name stolen at #GoDaddy

Posted by DomainGang on April 25, 2022, at 11:10 am

The high traffic domain FreeDesignResources.net was reported as stolen at GoDaddy yesterday. The domain has been a popular repository of graphic resources, with a high followship on Adobe Behance and Facebook. The brazen thief is seeking to extort $5,000 dollars from the victim, in exchange for the stolen domain. Offering an “alternate plan,” the cybercriminal […]

Filed under Domain Crime · Tagged with Domain theft, Domains, FreeDesignResources.net, GoDaddy, stolen domains

Domain crime: FBI raid takes down #cybercrime nest Raid.lol

Posted by DomainGang on April 12, 2022, at 2:38 pm

An FBI raid has taken down a trio of domains pointing to a cybercrime nest, RaidForums. According to the report, the seizure of the RaidForums website, a popular marketplace for cybercriminals to buy and sell hacked data, brought unsealed criminal charges against RaidForums’ founder and chief administrator, Diogo Santos Coelho, aged 21, of Portugal. Coelho […]

Filed under Domain Crime · Tagged with Cloudflare, Department of Justice, Diogo Santos Coelho, Domains, RF.ws, Raid.lol, RaidForums, RaidForums.com, cybercrime, domain crime

Phishing attempt targets domain investors using law firm as the bait

Posted by DomainGang on March 23, 2022, at 9:25 am

A phishing attempt targeting domain investors used the name of a law firm as the main bait. As reported by domain investor, George Kirikos, the phishing email consisted of a link to open an “encrypted file” using the Evernote platform. At the destination, the HTML file prompted users to run it in the web browser […]

Filed under Domain Crime · Tagged with Emails, Evernote, criminals, domain crime, domain fraud, domain phishing, phishing

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

Illegal streaming services domains suspended

Posted by DomainGang on February 14, 2022, at 11:08 am

During the past few days a number of pirate IPTV-related domains began redirecting to the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) website, an indication that these domains’ services were suspended by their registrars. ACE and MPA are on a mission to eliminate online streaming of pirated movies and TV shows, from providers such as Disney, […]

Filed under Domain Crime · Tagged with ACE, Cloudflare, Domains, Illegal streaming services, MPA, MarkMonitor, pirate domains

Instagram phishers using .ORG #domains to steal passwords

Posted by DomainGang on February 10, 2022, at 8:55 am

An Instagram message chain about supposed “copyright infringement” takes advantage of newly registered .ORG domains to steal account passwords. The messages originate from compromised Instagram accounts that in turn message their contact lists, spreading the odds of the phishing campaign in a viral manner. The .ORG domains were registered this week or in late January […]

Filed under Domain Crime · Tagged with Domains, Registrar.eu, domain crime, fake copyright infringement, instagram phishers, stolen passwords

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