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 […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.China : Are domain cybercriminals targeting publicly listed portfolios?
Domain theft has become the so-called “hot potato” since early 2014; the proliferation of domain crime originating in China can be attributed to the high demand in short domains. With the Chinese stock market bubble finally bursting, we’re witnessing both a drop in domain crime from China, and a drop in domain prices for so-called […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Alert: X3.com is currently a stolen domain; moved from eNom to Ename
The owner of the domain name X3.com shared with us that the domain is currently in the hands of a domain thief. On April 5th, 2015, X3.com changed ownership “withing a window of 25 minutes” and was transferred from an eNom reseller – DreamHost – to the Chinese domain registrar, Ename. The latter, has been […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Breakthrough in stolen domain case revealed
The owner of a domain name that has been stolen relayed us the good news: the domain’s fate has been sealed, pending the Registrar’s compliance with a court decision. Although at this point the domain is still showing the contact info of the domain thief, it has been ‘frozen‘ at the Registry. Considering the time […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Ismail Kurcu – Confessions of a Domain Criminal
When Ismail Kurcu goes online, it’s always someone else’s expense. The 22 year old student from Ankara, Turkey uses a credit card generator as the means for paying for a brand new Internet connection every month. It takes 45 days for the Internet provider to shut down his connection; by then, he has moved onto […]
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