Domain spammer using .TOP domains registered at Alpnames

Posted by DomainGang on December 28, 2016, at 6:30 pm

A domain spammer is taking advantage of a current promo at Alpnames, registering dozens of .TOP domains and using them to send out spam. The unscrupulous cybercriminal is using Cloudflare to hide its current location. Dot .TOP ranked as the #3 most abused TLD by SpamHaus in early December; the current ranking raises it to […]

Filed under Domain Crime · Tagged with AlpNames, Domainers, Domains, Spam, cybercrime, domain spam, domain spammer, dot .TOP, phuckers, top domains

Russian Methbot : Largest ad fraud operation earns $5 million daily targeting premium domains

Posted by DomainGang on December 20, 2016, at 11:37 am

Russian cybercriminals are making between $3 to $5 million dollars daily, by faking clicks on video ads. Operation Methbot was uncovered by cybersecurity firm White Ops. More than 6,000 premium domains were targeted and spoofed, and a huge network of bots fired clicks from US-based IP addresses that were obtained using fraudulent means. Released today, […]

Filed under Domain Crime · Tagged with Domainers, Domains, Methbot.com, Russian cybercriminals, ad bots, bot farms, cybercrime, domain ad fraud, methbot, operation methbot, white ops

Operation Avalanche : Europol seizes 800,000 domain names in massive cybercrime bust

Posted by DomainGang on December 3, 2016, at 4:51 pm

Europol, the European Union’s law enforcement agency, has helped dismantle a huge cybercrime network, during Operation Avalanche. After more than four years of investigation, the German police along with Europol, the US Department of Justice and the FBI have crushed the malware and ransomware network (botnet.) More than 800,000 domain names have been seized, blocked […]

Filed under Domain Crime · Tagged with Domainers, Domains, Europol, FBI, Operation Avalanche, botnet domains, cybercrime, malware domains, ransomware domains

DomainTools rolls out Domain Pre-Crime software add-on

Posted by DomainGang on August 4, 2016, at 11:48 am

DomainTools, the quintessential tool for domain research, is participating at Black Hat 2016, the security expo event – at booth #472. Today, second and final day of the infosec event, DomainTools is rolling out new research software addressing the issues of domain theft and cybercrime. “A lot of domain investors are familiar with Iris, our […]

Filed under Domain News · Tagged with Domain theft, DomainTools, DomainTools Iris, DomainTools Pre-Crime, DomainTools.com, Domains, Douglas Whosier, Parody news, WHOIS, cybercrime, domain crime, domain news, precrime

Chinese domain sales report : Hacker sentenced to 4 years in US prison

Posted by DomainGang on July 17, 2016, at 2:16 pm

Cybercrime originating from China often accounts for the majority of current attacks against the US military cyberspace. According to an announcement by the US Justice Department: “A Chinese national who admitted to participating in a years-long conspiracy that involved Chinese military officers hacking into the computer networks of major U.S. defense contractors in order to […]

Filed under Domain News · Tagged with China, Chinese domain sales report, Domainers, Domaining, Domains, cybercrime, cybercriminals, domain hacking, domain news

Domain crime : Omed.com is a stolen domain name

Posted by DomainGang on June 20, 2016, at 12:34 pm

For years, cybercriminals have been targeting domain owners to take over valuable domains. The number of domain theft incidents has skyrocketed since 2014, after an ICANN-mandated account verification led to the creation of spoofed, “phishing” email campaigns mimicking legitimate registrar requests. In the case of Omed.com, a domain registered in 2000 with development in mind, […]

Filed under Domain Crime · Tagged with Domain theft, Domainers, Domains, GoDaddy, Omed.com, cybercrime, domain crime, domain criminals, domain news

Sino-Russian conspiracy : Domains used to steal bank account credentials

Posted by DomainGang on March 12, 2016, at 12:59 pm

Russian cybercriminals hiding behind fake Chinese WHOIS have launched sophisticated phishing attacks. Targeting owners of major US bank accounts, the attacks involve the registration of domains resembling those of financial institutions; most of these domains are registered with Chinese domain registrars. Chase Bank is one such example we covered; Wells Fargo is another such incident. […]

Filed under Domain Crime · Tagged with American Express, Chinese domain registrar, Domainers, Domains, cybercrime, cybercriminals, domain security, security

Domain crime : Chase Bank was targeted with phishing domain updateaccountonline.com

Posted by DomainGang on January 31, 2016, at 11:25 am

Last week we revealed how the account structure of Wells Fargo was used by cybercriminals who registered a similar domain. Now it’s the time of Chase Bank; cybercriminals registered the domain updateaccountonline.com and are using it in phishing emails. Falsifying the email so as to appear to arrive from Chase Bank, the registrant of the […]

Filed under Domain Crime · Tagged with Chase, Chase Bank, Crime, Domainers, Domains, UpdateAccountOnline.com, cybercrime, cybercriminals, domain phishing, phishing

Phishing domain takes advantage of Wells Fargo subdomain structure

Posted by DomainGang on January 26, 2016, at 2:54 pm

Domain phishing is one of the primary techniques cybercriminals use, in order to steal personal and financial information. Posing as legitimate web sites such as banks, phishing emails direct their unsuspecting victims to a portal that resembles that of a major, reputable institution. To make things more believable, cybercriminals study and often replicate the full […]

Filed under Domain Crime · Tagged with ConnectSecureWellsFargo.com, Domainers, Domains, Wells Fargo, cybercrime, cybercriminals

Domain crime : Anticyber- squatting Consumer Protection Act used to recover 256.com

Posted by DomainGang on January 2, 2016, at 8:04 am

For the second year in a row, the number of domain theft incidents continued to present a serious challenge to domain owners. Since early 2014, the requirement by ICANN for registrars to present registrants with contact verification methods, generated a huge increase in mass email phishing. Domain theft, the unlawful change in ownership of domain […]

Filed under Domain Crime · Tagged with 256.com, David Weslow, Domain theft, Domainers, Domaining, Domains, Wiley Rein, cybercrime

Domain crime : 1371.com is a stolen domain name

Posted by DomainGang on December 24, 2015, at 12:04 am

The domain name 1371.com has been declared as stolen by its legitimate owner, who lost control over it sometime in August. Since then, 1371.com was moved away from GoDaddy and is currently at Name.com. Many domain owners who do not actively keep track of their domain assets, become aware of a domain theft incident when […]

Filed under Domain Crime · Tagged with 1371.com, 1371.com is stolen, Crime, Domainers, Domains, cybercrime, domain crime, my domain got stolen, stolen domains, two facgtor authentication, two-step verification

Domain crime : Stolen domain APG.com has been recovered via UDRP

Posted by DomainGang on December 7, 2015, at 12:02 pm

It took a lengthy UDRP to recover the premium, three letter domain, APG.com, which had been stolen by a cyberthief. In July 2015, APG Technologies, LLC acquired the 20 year old domain APG.com from its previous owner, for the sum of $30,000 dollars. The domain, at the time, was registered with Network Solutions; in September […]

Filed under Domain Crime · Tagged with APG Technologies, APG.com, Domain theft, Domainers, Domains, John Berryhill, cybercrime, domain crime, domain names, ename, stolen domain

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