#Crypto analyst details alleged “social engineering” trend at #GoDaddy
Posted by DomainGang on December 30, 2020, at 11:38 am
Adam Cochran, a crypto analyst and professor, experienced an attempt to hijack his domain name, Cochran.io, by hackers seeking to gain access to his personal cryptocurrency wallets. The domain’s DNS records were temporarily changed by the perpetrators, who allegedly managed to fool GoDaddy support. According to Cochran, the social engineering attempt was successful, leading to […]
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Want to know a domainer’s account and password? Just ask!
Posted by DomainGang on January 17, 2015, at 2:04 pm
Good old social engineering is the #1 method to interactively obtain a domain owner’s account credentials. Whether it’s their account username, or their password, domainers leak this type of information in a social setting, so if you attended one of the many NamesCon after-parties, dinners or gatherings, you might need to change your password! That’s […]
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CentralNic warning: Social engineering attacks on the rise
Posted by DomainGang on December 2, 2014, at 11:09 am
A new report by CentralNic raises awareness to an apparent increase in attempts of using social engineering techniques against domain registrars. According to the report, these attacks consist of communications initiated via support tickets or live chat systems, from persons claiming to work for or representing CentralNic. These social engineering attempts seek the update of […]
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PayPal ‘assisted’ GoDaddy account hacker to extort owner of single letter Twitter handle @N
Posted by DomainGang on January 29, 2014, at 1:43 am
In a shocking and hair-raising story, app developer Naoki Hiroshima details how a hacker targeted his Twitter handle @N (single letter) by hacking his GoDaddy account with a little help from PayPal. There are 26 single letter Twitter handles – A to Z – and Naoki Hiroshima had been offered as much as $50,000 for […]
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Russian hackers: Social engineering works well when domains are involved
Posted by DomainGang on August 27, 2012, at 9:24 pm
An auto-translated post in a secret forum that is a nest of Russian hackers, discusses social engineering and domain names. ” I made fake mail Yandex and the mass send letters on behalf of the administration with a request to change the password. Letter was with the following contents: Dear email@yandex.ru – In support, it was […]
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“GoDaddy-Free” Kevin Mitnick: SOPA sucks balls!
Posted by DomainGang on December 29, 2011, at 8:03 pm
Legendary computer hacker Kevin Mitnick – author of the best selling books The Art of Deception and The Art of Intrusion – has announced that he’s moved all of his domains away from GoDaddy. Mitnick started by announcing his lack of love for GoDaddy, then asked for recommendations for a domain registrar. It seems that […]
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