Domain crime : Omed.com is a stolen domain name
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, […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.GoDaddy : New logo, new brand, new trademark!
GoDaddy has been around for a gazillion years, and as the biggest domain registrar it’s been quite protective of its brand. The GoDaddy.com story was recently shared by founder, Bob Parsons, who revealed the first domain registered at GoDaddy, way back in November 2000. Recently, GoDaddy redesigned its web site and logo, dropping the familiar, […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Domain history : Where was GoDaddy.com registered at?
Domain registrations that occurred during the early days of the Internet utilized the services of the sole registrant at the time, Network Solutions. At least, as far as .com, .net and .org domains go; national registrars managed the ccTLD domains in the 1980s and during the 1990s. Today, there are 2129 ICANN accredited registrars, according […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.GetBookings.com : Microsoft acquires former WorldWide Media domain
Microsoft has acquired GetBookings.com, a domain that was owned by Mike Berkens‘s WorldWide Media company. The domain was part of the massive domain portfolio sale to GoDaddy last year, for a reputed $35 million dollars. According to our research, GetBookings.com was acquired from the GoDaddy portfolio managers, NameFind, by using the usual corporate 3rd party […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.GoDaddy on passwords : John, don’t be sad …
Apparently, today’s not only Cinco de Mayo, it’s also World Password Day. GoDaddy wants to remind us to change our passwords more often, and make them stronger so that cybercriminals won’t mess with our domains. With that in mind, an email from GoDaddy features “John,” who is sad, because his password is short and apparently […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Domain crime : Zeje.com is a stolen domain name
In this time and day, you’d better lock up your domain accounts and enable two-factor authentication. The owner of the domain Zeje.com has reported it to us as stolen. Zeje.com was unlawfully removed from his GoDaddy account in February, most likely by means of a phishing email attack. The current registrant is presumed to be […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Dropped domain owner : They stole it from me!
A domain owner who failed to renew it on time, witnessed it being picked up from GoDaddy by drop-catching company, DropCatch, which is affiliated with the registrar NameBright. The domain wasn’t disclosed, and the furious former owner attributes its loss to an alleged sale of it by GoDaddy. Apparently unfamiliar with the domain expiry cycle, […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Reclaimed domain : WAB.com has been returned to its legitimate owner
We have received information that the formerly stolen domain WAB.com has now been returned to its legitimate owner. Less than a week after we reported the domain theft by a Russian cybercriminal, WAB.com is back in the hands of its owner, who registered the domain in 1998. It’s definitely an ironic twist to the story, […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Domain crime : WAB.com is a stolen domain name
We received notification that the three letter .com domain, WAB.com, is a stolen asset. Its French owner reported the theft to GoDaddy and has initiated the reclaiming process. WAB.com was stolen around January 12th from the legitimate owner’s GoDaddy account, and was transferred to a Russian domain registrar. At the time of the theft 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.GoDaddy : So where is Danica Patrick?
At the end of 2015, a long relationship between GoDaddy – the biggest domain registrar in the world – and Danica Patrick, ended. GoDaddy’s decision to not return to NASCAR was mandated by its focal shift towards international markets and small businesses. Many liked Danica Patrick’s personality and domain investor, Elliot Silver, got to keep […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Orange is the new Green : GoDaddy’s transformation for the domain market
GoDaddy is the #1 domain registrar in the world with 13 million customers worldwide and more than 61 million domain names under management The early days and glorious times enjoyed by GoDaddy were preoccupied by controversial advertising campaigns. Someone’s obsession with using buxom female bodies or models that struggled to add sexy to geeky, finally […]
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