Sino-Russian conspiracy : Domains used to steal bank account credentials
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. […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Domain crime : 14491.com is no longer a stolen domain asset
It took nearly four months for the owner of the domain 14491.com to get it back, after Chinese cybercriminals stole it. In November 2015, we covered the domain theft incident that involved seven valuable numeric and short domains. With the assistance of the losing registrar, GoDaddy, six of the seven domains were returned in a […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Domain crime : Chase Bank was targeted with phishing domain updateaccountonline.com
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 […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Phishing domain takes advantage of Wells Fargo subdomain structure
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 […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Gobble gobble! Group of stolen domain names has been recovered
Happy Thanksgiving! A domain owner has more reasons to celebrate today, with extra wine, as the majority of his domains that were stolen, have been returned to his GoDaddy account. GoDaddy acted quickly, recovering almost all of the domain names reported as stolen yesterday. The only one remaining in stolen status, is 14491.com which has […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Domain crime : Valuable numeric and LLLL .com domains stolen from GoDaddy account
When a certain genre of domains increases in value, cybercriminals target it. With short domains – letters or numbers – becoming valuable for buyers in China, it’s not surprising that more domain thefts are reported daily. The owner of a cache of domains at GoDaddy recently discovered that the following domain names were stolen from […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Hacking update : All is well with Ali Zandi’s domains
A persistent hacker gained access to domain power-seller Ali Zandi’s accounts, attempting to sell his premium domains. Far from being simply annoying, the criminal acts of the individual(s) involved caused monetary loss, and generated frustration, stress and plenty of wasted time. After more than 24 hours, Zandi reported that he has regained full control of […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Domain crime : Hacker targeted domain power-broker, Ali Zandi
The email account of domain power-broker, Ali Zandi, was repeatedly hacked; Zandi himself reported the incident in a NamePros thread. What is more disturbing, is the fact that the cybercriminal involved in this brazen hacking attack, attempted to sell Zandi’s domain assets: “They tried to sell my domain names. I have multiple security features, so […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Cybercrime report : Four LLLL .com domains reported as stolen
The ever-rising prices of four letter .com domains (LLLL) motivate cybercriminals to pursue the unlawful transfer of these digital assets. A typical domain theft occurred a few days ago, when the owner of several domain names had his GoDaddy account compromised. The thief managed to access the holding account, most likely via a phishing email, […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.X3.com : Formerly stolen domain has been recovered
In April of this year, we reported that the premium, aged domain X3.com was stolen from its legitimate owner. At the time, Mr. AJ Alfieri-Crispin, shared the agony of witnessing the domain disappear from his registrar account in the course of 25 minutes. The owner’s Odyssey ended about a month ago, when the 3rd District […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Domain security : Lessons learned from yesterday’s phishing emails
Domain security is a priority process of an investor’s business, and yesterday’s phishing email barrage reinforced that. Cybercriminals took advantage of an actual domain status, that of suspension by the Registrar. By customizing the notices to make them appear to be from the respective Registrar of every domain they emailed, they obtained an element of […]
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