SnapNames: Add some salt to your account passwords ASAP
Moniker and SnapNames, both former companies of Oversee, don’t seem to get a break these days. After a recent security alert that led to the forceful resetting of every Moniker account password, the focus is now SnapNames, also owned by Luxemburg based KeyDrive. Apparently, when one forgets their password, they can request it via email. […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Domain safety: Which domain Registrar is the most secure?
Today’s both a Friday *and* the first day of summer; with .net and .org prices pinching at the end of the month. What a better time to take a poll about domain registrar security. Moniker had a rough day yesterday, rushing to reset thousands of account passwords ‘pro-actively’. While there was no indication that any […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Need extra Domain Security? Chain your domains
These days, domain thefts are rampant; just the other day a domain portfolio valued in the thousands of dollars was stolen from its legitimate owner. What can domain investors do to protect themselves from unscrupulous domain thieves? A domain registrar in Delaware, Bolted Down Domains, might have the right answer: chain your domains down. “We […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Two years later: Hank Alvarez reaches out to the Domain Community
A few days ago, we wrote how the infamous Hank Alvarez – known as “halvarez” at his heydays as a sniping domain auction participant – appeared to have fallen off the face of the earth. His professional web site, HankAlvarez.com disappeared. Some speculated that Hank Alvarez died or that he finally went to jail for […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Are you nuts? Domain Registrar Hover.com stores Account Passwords in plain text!
This is just incredible; and it doesn’t come from some sort of deep research, white-hat hacking! Hover.com – a former URL shortener service that became a domain registrar – openly admits to storing account passwords in unencrypted, plain text format! Quoting from the Hover.com web site: Password resets quickly became one of the top concerns […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Fabulous introduces new publicity CEO – Talks about Domain Security
Fabulous announced today the introduction of its new Publicity CEO – former Australian rules cage fighter Bruce McSpandex – also known as Mr. Tight from his wrestling years. Weighing 345 lbs and 6ft 3″ tall, Mr. Tight will be promoting the tight security found only at Fabulous.com “G’day mate, oi have no way to begin […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.VeriSign to introduce ‘DNA’ authentication in May – Your choice of body fluid
Often taking a lot of heat over practices in the past, VeriSign – manager of the .com and .net namespace – is forging ahead a new era in domaining. Earlier this morning, VeriSign announced the apparent introduction of a revolutionary new Domain Name Authentication system – or DNA – which surpasses any level of security […]
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