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How was Comcast.net hijacked?

It's official, even a pothead can social engineer Network Solutions. In an in-depth interview with the hijackers, featuring some screenshots showing they had access to the complete portfolio of over 200 domain names controlled by Comcast, the details of how they did it, and why they did it are now...

Tags: Network Solutions Inc., Comcast Corp., Social Engineering, Attack, Domain Registrar, Security, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-05-30

Survey: Are domain registrars free-speech friendly?

Survey: Are domain registrars free-speech friendly?This is exactly the reason why the EU wants a part in registrar controlIf we keep giving them examples like this.. the voices will only get louder.

Tags: Marketing research, domain registrar, survey

Discussion threads 2007-02-02

VeriSign sells off domain registrar

VeriSign sells off domain registrarVeriSign sells off domain registrarmust be a lot of money involved in those redirects to sell off it's domain registarRe-Reading the ContractMust be nice! Get a juicy contract so you have control over all the .com/.net/.org domains AND the entire DNS system for them, then...

Tags: VeriSign Inc., domain registrar, domain

Discussion threads 2003-10-16

Additional Resources

Master of My Domain 1.7.4 (Mac)

Master of My Domain is the solution for keeping track of your domain names, server information, monitoring server uptime and monitoring expiration dates with iCal integration! Features - Built from the ground up for MacOS X Universal Binary - iCal syncing of your domain expirations - 256 Bit Blowfish...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Monitoring, Domain, Server, Expiration, Domain Name, AppleSource, Domain Names, Internet

Software downloads 2009-11-14

Findname 1.0.5 (Windows)

Find domain name. Main features include: 10 kinds of top-level domain information on high-speed bulk inquiries; letters, numbers, combinations to generate fuzzy domain; importing the list of domain names and exporting the list of unregistered or registered domain names.search results can be sorted by domain name, domain name extension, status,...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Domain Name, Findname, Domain Names, Internet

Software downloads 2009-11-13

Protest of Swedish domain name rules grows

Pirate Bay said it is supporting protestors to Sweden's plans to scrutinize all domain name registrations that use "bank" in their name. The Swedish authorities want to prevent people from being duped by phishing scams. The rules would only apply to Swedish .SE extensions but protestors say...

Tags: Bank, Domain Name, Pirate Bay, Domain Names, Phishing, Financial Services, Internet, Security, Spam And Phishing, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2009-09-24

Master of My Domain 1.7.1 (Mac)

Master of My Domain is the solution for keeping track of your domain names, server information, monitoring server uptime and monitoring expiration dates with iCal integration! Features - Built from the ground up for MacOS X Universal Binary - iCal syncing of your domain expirations - 256 Bit Blowfish...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Monitoring, Domain, Server, Expiration, Domain Name, Domain Inc., AppleSource, Domain Names, Internet

Software downloads 2009-08-19

Eight days to cash on the Internet 1.0 (Windows)

This book contains information's about: Where to begin to start this project, describes a means to an end, 101 business plans , using clickbank, about google adwords, creating landing sites, keywords, calculating what a prospect is worth, other ppc's and marketing techniques, the world wide web, history of the web,...

Tags: Web, Internet, Microsoft Windows, Site, Tool, Research Signpost, Productivity, Channel Management, Web Technology, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-08-10

Overall spam volume unaffected by 3FN/Pricewert's ISP shutdown

Following last week's shutdown of 3FN/Pricewert's operations by the FTC, wishful thinkers expected a major decline in the overall spam volume, with botnet masters once again caught off guard just like it happened in November, 2008 with McColo's shutdown. However, according to numerous vendors that doesn't seem...

Tags: Internet Service Provider, Malware, FTC, Spam Volume, 3FN/Pricewert, Marshal8e6, Rustock, Pricewert, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Cyberthreats, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Business Security, Viruses And Worms, Security, Internet, Business Operations, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-06-10

AffiliByteDomain 1.0 (Windows)

Registering domain names can be tedious when you have to search each one individualy. This can take time, esspecially if all the domains you had in mind are already registered. AffiliByteDomain helps you find a domain by allowing you to search multile domains with multiple TLDs (.com, .net etc). Once...

Tags: Domain, Microsoft Windows, AffiliByte

Software downloads 2009-05-17

Hackers hijack DNS records of high profile New Zealand sites

Remember the DNS hijackings of such high profile sites such as Comcast, Photobucket, and ICANN/IANA domains that were taking place last year? Similar incidents are still happening. Today, a web site defacement group known as "The Peace Crew" has successfully hijacked the DNS records for high profile...

Tags: Web, DNS, New Zealand, Web Site, Hacker, Web Site Development, Channel Management, Web Technology, Internet, Marketing, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-04-21

A Leading Registrar Offers VeriSign Identity Protection Authentication Services to Avoid Fraudulent Domain Name Transfer

In 2003, Name.com was launched as a unique, independent, and fully ICANN-accredited domain registrar. Name.com has continued to build on this foundation by being recognized as an innovator and industry leader through offering compelling customer service and a powerful portfolio of tools. Name.com wanted to offer its clients a proactive...

Tags: VeriSign Inc., Domain Name, Authentication Service, Authentication, Name.com, Security

Case studies 2009-04-02

Web Hosting Firm Empowers Customers, Realizes Operational Benefits

GoDaddy.com, Inc., based in Scottsdale, Arizona, is the largest Web site domain registrar and a leading Web site host and services provider. It offers 40-plus products for successful online operations. Go Daddy was challenged with providing new and innovative technologies to meet the growing needs of its customers while addressing...

Tags: Web, Benefit, Web Site, Web Hosting, Web Site Development, Channel Management, Web Technology, Internet, Marketing

Case studies 2009-04-01

ICANN: Largest change to domain name system in history

ICANN, the governing body for Internet addresses, today discussed global Internet address expansion at its 34th international public meeting in Mexico City, detailing "the possibility of one of the most dramatic expansions to the global Internet addressing system since it was created." Departing ICANN President and CEO...

Tags: DNS, ICANN, Domain Name, Internet Address, Estimates, Internet, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-03-06

Bad, bad, cybercrime-friendly ISPs!

In a post-McColo, post-Atrivo and post-EstDomains cybercrime ecosystem, the researchers at FireEye have recently launched a "Bad Actors series" aiming to put the spotlight on some of the currently active badware actors online. The sampled ISPs represent safe heavens for drop zones for banker malware,  DNSChanger malware, rogue security software...

Tags: Internet Service Provider, Malware, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Internet, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-03-04

Spam and obscene profits

Spam: Let’s Re-Define ‘Obscene Profits’ I took a great call today with Garth Bruen of Knujon (“No Junk” spelled backwards). Garth’s volunteer organization monitors spam and works with Internet registrars to throttle the miscreants who fill our in-boxes with this junk. Garth gave me a great background...

Tags: Registrar, Spammer, Knujon, Garth, Go-Daddy, Internet, Spam, Domain Names, Cyberthreats, Security, Spam And Phishing, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2009-02-27

GoDaddy hit by a DDoS attack

Domain name registrar and web hosting provider GoDaddy.com, was hit by a DDoS attack on Wednesday affecting thousands of its shared hosting customers for several hours. GoDaddy's Communications Manager Nick Fuller confirmed the attack originally speculated to be an "outage", and responded to several questions about it. ...

Tags: GoDaddy, Distributed Denial Of Service, Security, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-01-16

Magic NetTrace 3.0 (Windows)

Magic NetTrace combines ping, WHOIS and traceroute functions into one friendly easy-to-use utility. Using this tool you can identify the source of connectivity problems, track down spammers, find out the geographic location of your ICQ buddy, troubleshoot e-mail problems etc. Multithreaded architecture makes the program very fast and tight integration...

Tags: Whois, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web Browsers, Internet

Software downloads 2009-01-07

Thousands of Israeli web sites under attack

In the wake of the escalating conflict between Israel and Hamas, it didn't take long before pro-Hamas supporters organized themselves and started to defacing thousands of pro-Israeli web sites in order to use them as vehicles for propaganda -- Israel is meanwhile hijacking TV signals. For the...

Tags: Web, DNS, Web Site, Israel, Web Site Defacement, Attack, TEAM-Evil, Web Site Development, Channel Management, Web Technology, Hacking, Security, Internet, Marketing, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-01-06

Verizon wins $33m against trademark-violating domain registrar

Some sleazeball cybersquatter called OnlineNIC, an ICANN registrar which advertises "Domains for Sale: We sell in batches," was hit for $33.15 million for violating Verizon's trademarks 633 times through domain registration, the Register reports. According to the lawsuit filed in June...

Tags: Verizon Communications Inc., OnlineNIC, Domain Names, Internet, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-12-27