Stolen #domains: USB.com, Photographs.com snatched from Network Solutions
A group of ultra premium domain names has been reported as stolen and moved away from Network Solutions. The cache of stolen domains include the following: USB.com Photographs.com Australia.net 2227.com Three of these domains were moved from NetSol to Shinjiru MSC Sdn Bhd, an ICANN-accredited registrar based in Malaysia. The practice is familiar: a registrant’s […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Area.com is a stolen domain asset
The aged, premium domain name Area.com has been reported as stolen. Area.com was moved away from its registrant’s possession at Network Solutions, to BizCN in China. The same domain registrar was used in several other recent domain theft incidents that included the high profile case of Perl.com. Thomas E. Dell, founder of Soylent Communications, is […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Perl.com and other #domains moved back to Network Solutions after brazen theft
The domain Perl.com was returned to its legitimate owners late last week, moving back to Network Solutions. Brian D. Foy, operator of Perl.com, confirmed that the domain was returned: “Network Solutions got Perl.com back. Your WHOIS records should show that.” Indeed, Perl.com was returned to Network Solutions on Friday, February 5th. As we reported a […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Stolen domains: BNN.com and Brel.com in the possession of Algerian thief
A persistent domain thief has usurped the domains BNN.com and Brel.com, offering them for sale privately and in public forums. The domain Brel.com was used as the “trojan horse” to access BNN.com, a premium three letter .com domain. Its legitimate owner, Brel Software Pte Ltd, were notified of the theft only recently; the domains were […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Domain crime: List of currently stolen #domains
Domain theft is a crime that relies on two parameters to succeed: keeping the victim unaware of the crime and presenting the stolen assets for sale to unsuspecting buyers. In the case of domain names, domain theft affects the victim’s business and communications, perhaps even their personal identity. Once resold, these domain assets become “laundered” […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Perl.com : A 1994 #domain has been stolen by busy Chinese thief
Aged and active domain name Perl.com has been reported as stolen, after the thief listed it for sale on Afternic. Registered in 1994, Perl.com has served as a resource for the programming language Perl. The theft occurred around September 2020 but the Afternic listing is fresh; changing the DNS to Afternic nameservers disrupted the web […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.XYZ Registry took down malicious #domain names used in phishing campaign
A group of .XYZ domains were used in a months-long phishing attack targeting corporate email accounts. The scammers used Xerox scan layouts to imitate real portals and launched their attack utilizing .XYZ domain names. We reported on this yesterday. It took a very short amount of time for the XYZ Registry abuse department to take […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Bunch of .XYZ #domains used in phishing attack against corporate accounts
A group of random character .XYZ domains was utilized in a phishing attack that lasted for several months. Last August, attackers initiated a phishing campaign with emails that masqueraded as Xerox scan notifications, prompting users to open a malicious HTML attachment. The attack successfully bypassed Microsoft Office 365 Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) filtering and stole […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.#Domain crime: Federal authorities have seized #Modernatx domain name
Federal authorities cutting down on crime facilitated through domain names, have seized the domain name Modernatx.shop. The domain was utilized in an unlawful manner, probably phishing, as it imitates the official domain of Moderna, manufacturers of a popular and highly effective anti-Covid19 vaccine. The web site at Modernatx.shop now displays the following: “This domain name […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Simon the fish: Dropped domain was used to hijack a group of linked #domains
The dropped domain name SimonTheFish.com was used to take over a group of domains linked to the email address sp@simonthefish.com in November. In what is known as the domain hijacking method of orphaned domains, the process involves registering the controlling domain, enabling the admin email address, and attempting to transfer away any domains linked to […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Stolen still, the #domain Piracy.com was moved to the Uni Market
Piracy.com is a stolen domain and the thief has been hopping around domain selling venues. After being blocked from selling Piracy.com on Afternic and Sedo, the domain was added to the Uni Market. The thief wanted $80,000 dollars with a BIN lander at the time. Hours later it was removed by Uniregistry’s administrators, that are […]
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