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.Bottaro wins UDRP for Bottarro.org used for fraudulent invoices
Bottaro is an Italian firm that produces iron wires used internationally. The firm operates from the domain Bottaro.org with is spelled with two “t”s and one “r” letter. Meanwhile, a Chinese cybercriminal registered the domain Bottarro.org and used it to engage in communications with various clients of the Bottaro company. These emails invoiced a number […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Domain crime: FBI raid takes down #cybercrime nest Raid.lol
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 […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.CISA shares list of #domains involved in Conti ransomware attacks
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 […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.#Slilpp domains were seized by the US Federal authorities
The US Federal authorities have seized several Slilpp domains that were used by a criminal group selling stolen credentials of thousands of platforms. The US Department of Justice announced that Slilpp marketplace listings offered more than 80 million user credentials, harvested from more than 1,400 service providers broken into by hackers. By seizing the Slilpp […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Domain crime : Waitsila.com was used in cybercrime, says Wärtsilä Technology
Wärtsilä Technology Oy is a Finnish company, operating from the domain name Wartsila.com. Cybercriminals registered the domain Waitsila.com and impersonated the Finnish company’s officer, seeking the transfer of money from one of its clients. This type of cybercrime is gaining traction recently, as in the case of Barbara Corcoran. Wärtsilä Technology Oy filed a UDRP, […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.#Malware attack hit Heritage Auctions but no client data was compromised
Heritage Auctions, that often handles premium domain auctions, was targeted by a malware attack. The activity has caused extensive downtime to its auction platform system, that has not been fully restored yet. Active auctions have been extended or rescheduled. Heritage Auctions issued a statement, that includes the following: Heritage would like to thank everyone for […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.#Indian outsourcing company, #Wipro, hit with security breach of its email systems
Wipro, an Indian company used by many western corporations as an outsourced services provider, announced a security breach of its IT systems via The Times of India. “We detected a potentially abnormal activity in a few employee accounts on our network due to an advanced phishing campaign” Wipro said in a statement. Investigative reporter, Brian […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Punycode #domains : Chrome AI will identify malicious #domain names
Cybercriminals use punycode to create domain names that look visually like trusted destinations. Quite often, scammers preying on people’s personal and financial information register domain names that look like Google, Gmail, bank and airline domains, popular consumer brands and anything of high traffic volume. Google is working on a version of its Chrome browser that […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Half a million #domains at #GoDaddy were exposed to #DNS vulnerability
A serious vulnerability in the way DNS records are created, left more than 500,000 expired domains at GoDaddy in the hands of cybercriminals. While this was not a GoDaddy-specific issue, the ability to create free DNS records at GoDaddy, literally cost nothing to the perpetrators. Expired domains with nameservers under domaincontrol.com, the domain for GoDaddy’s […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.#Oreux : Your #domain drop might have been used in #cybercrime
When you pick domain names that dropped via snap services, such as DropCatch, SnapNames and the like, make sure you research their past. Quite often, domains are used for nefarious purposes, such as cyberattacks, phishing attacks and other cybercrime. The obvious method is to see past instances of the domain in Google, and past content […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.#Security expert Brian Krebs rips #ICANN in #GDPR report covering #WHOIS
Investigative journalist, Brian Krebs, covers the onslaught of GDPR and how it will complicate his security research, and that of others. In an article, titled “Security Trade-Offs in the New EU Privacy Law,” Mr. Krebs debunks a series of myths and misconceptions about GDPR and in the process, it rips ICANN a new hole. […] […]
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