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CREFinancing.com: Domain has been reported by its owner as stolen Read more

CREFinancing.com: Domain has been reported by its owner as stolen

The domain name CREFinancing.com has been reported by its owner, Mr. Abe Brand, as stolen. The perpetrator moved the stolen domain to Google Domains from GoDaddy. The term “CRE financing” is quite valuable, hence the reason it was targeted:…

DomainGang No Comments August 17, 2023 8:59 pm
Greek domain registrar Papaki suffers security breach Read more

Greek domain registrar Papaki suffers security breach

Greece’s only ICANN-accredited domain registrar, Papaki, has suffered a security breach. The incident was disclosed on July 27th and a notice was sent out to account holders. The Papaki team has detected an unauthorized third-party access to thei…

DomainGang No Comments July 31, 2023 2:10 pm
Domain shadowing: An emerging threat used by cybercriminals Read more

Domain shadowing: An emerging threat used by cybercriminals

To cybersecurity experts, domain shadowing has emerged as a significant threat. Cybercriminals exploit legitimate domain names to carry out malicious activities while staying under the radar. Domain shadowing is a technique that cybercriminals use to s…

DomainGang No Comments July 17, 2023 9:07 am
BreachForums and associate #domains were seized by the FBI Read more

BreachForums and associate #domains were seized by the FBI

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has seized the domain of BreachForums, a cybercrime marketplace. This action comes three months after the alleged administrator of the site, Conor Brian Fitzpatrick, aged 20, was arrested in Peekskill, New York…

DomainGang No Comments June 23, 2023 1:28 pm
Massive drop of phishing domains registered at Freenom after Meta sued Read more

Massive drop of phishing domains registered at Freenom after Meta sued

The number of phishing domains at Freenom after Meta, Inc.sued dropped dramatically, according to Krebs on Security. Freenom is a domain name registry service provider for five country code top-level domains (ccTLDs): .cf for the Central African Republ…

DomainGang No Comments May 30, 2023 3:39 pm
Google Registry: .dad and .phd are harmless but .zip and .mov are dangerous! Read more

Google Registry: .dad and .phd are harmless but .zip and .mov are dangerous!

Two weeks ago, the Google Registry opened the domain floodgates with no less than 8 new gTLDs: .dad, .phd, .prof, .esq, .foo, .zip, .mov, and .nexus. You can read about who is being targeted with each new gTLD from Google and the news isn’t how t…

DomainGang No Comments May 20, 2023 12:36 pm
13 Lebanese Hezbollah domains were seized Read more

13 Lebanese Hezbollah domains were seized

The US Justice Department announced the seizure of 13 domain names used by Specially Designated Nationals (SNDs), Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGTs), and their members associated with the Lebanese Hezbollah. Here is the breakdown of the dom…

DomainGang No Comments May 11, 2023 12:54 pm
The FBI & Ukrainian Cyberpolice seized #domains of unlicensed #crypto exchanges Read more

The FBI & Ukrainian Cyberpolice seized #domains of unlicensed #crypto exchanges

The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Ukrainian law enforcement have seized the domains of nine digital currency exchanges, which were allegedly aiding cybercriminals. In a coordinated effort, the FBI’s Detroit Field Office …

DomainGang No Comments May 5, 2023 10:55 am
Operation Royal Flush: Feds seize cache of malicious domains Read more

Operation Royal Flush: Feds seize cache of malicious domains

US authorities have seized a group of domain names linked to illegal and malicious activities. Operation Royal Flush is the name of the latest domain seizure operated by the department of Homeland Security Investigations, in accordance with a seizure w…

DomainGang No Comments April 22, 2023 2:39 pm

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