FBI issues WordPress warning regarding ISIS sympathizers
There’s one more a reason that the FBI sent its representative to NamesCon 2015, aside from participating in the stolen domains debate. The Federal Bureau of Investigation has been monitoring the amount and type of web site defacements, performed by ISIS sympathizers. In particular, it seems that a lot of this type of hacking activity […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.The Chinese Way: Domain Market update, April 11, 2015
Who cares if Google is blocking the Chinese-issued secure (SSL) certificates? Domain economy in China is booming, and most domain investors are serious about spending money on short letter or numeric domains. Last time we reported some big names were moved, and in the 3 days since we have some new domain transfers, acquisitions or […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.It doesn’t have to suck: ICANN allows less expensive dot .BLOWS to launch
After a massive number of complaints were lodged against the allegedly pro-consumer gTLD dot .SUCKS, ICANN, the governing authority of domain names is taking a different approach. “Indeed, paying $2,000 dollars to protect one’s brand amounts to highway robbery, and we’re going to fix that,” said the ICANN CEO, Fadi Chehadé. “Why deal with the […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Still stolen: Domain Name Theft lawsuit pending for 14 LLL .com domains
A stash of 14 stolen domain names – all of them premium LLL .coms – is being challenged in a federal lawsuit filed in October 2014. Wiley Rein, a law firm specializing in IP matters, filed the lawsuit against several John Does in China; the stolen domains were unlawfully moved to the Chinese domain registrar, […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.GoDaddy wins pair of phishing, password-stealing domain names in UDRP
GoDaddy filed and won a UDRP for two domain names that were used as part of an elaborate email phishing scheme. As we pointed out in December of 2014, several domain names bearing the “GoDaddy” keyword and trademark, were registered at eNom. Their Chinese registrant used them in email phishing campaigns, in order to fool […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Forget the Apple watch, spend your domainer money on a great Drone!
In two weeks, the almighty Apple will be rolling out its Apple Watch to hundreds of thousands of ‘early adopters‘, who will – for a change – be able to order the item online only, instead of populating queues outside of Apple stores in embarrassment. Is the technology so groundbreaking in order to justify spending […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Staff changes at Domain Holdings?
There seem to be a few changes at Domain Holdings, the premier domain brokering company headquartered in Florida. Comparing the current Domain Holdings team page, to one cached from March 19, several key players are surprisingly missing. While this might be an internal decision based on restructuring the web site’s contents, we observed the following […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.10 years of deleted, canceled or not-renewed dot .GOV domains
The Freedom of Information Act ensures that the US Government and its officials remain transparent about their activity. Citizens can invoke the act to request information that is made available to the public and that it’s not otherwise classified. A fine fella named Donald Triplett III utilized this method to request a list of 10 […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.WIPO announces ‘Advanced Domain Name Workshop’ classes
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) announced an upcoming ‘Advanced Domain Name Workshop.‘ WIPO’s Advanced Workshop focuses on UDRP case trends covering the most relevant substantive and procedural issues. The Workshop also provides an overview of the various new ICANN Rights Protection Mechanisms (RPMs) available in connection with the launch of new gTLDs. The event […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Chinese Domain Market Update: PK.com, XX.net and others
The Chinese economy is exploding, although a lot of the capital goes towards building “ghost towns” for millions of inhabitants that never move in; check out Ordos. The short letter and numeric domain market in China is doing pretty well, and we cover any sales, acquisitions or other status changes for short domains in China. […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.NAF panelist mentions ‘litany of cases’ in latest Yoyo Email UDRP
A National Arbitration Forum panelist, deciding on the fate of the domains JackInTheBox.email and JackInBox.email, made reference to the Respondent’s illustrious past with UDRPs. Quoting a “litany of adverse cases“, M. Kelly Tillery, Esquire, Panelist decided that Yoyo Email, Ltd. has established a pattern with regards to the domains it registered; trademarks, brand names and […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Can they see my dick? NSA surveillance spawns hilarious domain!
These days, you can’t be certain what the NSA can see, but if we were to believe allegations by Edward Snowden in an interview by John Oliver, they can see your dick. The question is, why would the NSA want to see your dick – provided that you have one – and how much of […]
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