Domain name transfer scams
1 November 2021
Domain transfer scam attempts seem to be on the rise. This week several major Australian brands received .au domain password recovery emails from auDA, the administrator of Australia’s .au top-level domain.
Domain name passwords allow domain names to be...
Purchase order scams on the rise in October
Last month brandsec was engaged to assist several brands in enforcing against lookalike domain names that were used to impersonate them and their employees. The false domain names in question appeared legitimate, and the website was simply copied for authenticity. The common...
Registry Lock to Prevent Domain Hijacking
What is domain hijacking?
Domain name hijacking is when an unauthorized third party, often a hacker, gains control of a company’s domain name portal and seizes control over their DNS system, enabling them to make unauthorized changes and transfers.
What happens when a...
Report: Domain Security and Enterprise Risk Management
Dave Piscitello, Dr. Colin Strutt, and Lyman Chapin of the Interisle Consulting Group released a report (click here) on 28 June 2021 looking at the adverse and costly consequences of domain abuse for enterprise brands. They explore how domain names can be incorporated into an...
Another scam alert from auDA
auDA the administrator of Australia’s .au top level domain issued a scam alert today. We are seeing emails being sent out by someone posing as an auDA employee and asking for either copies of identification documents or verification of contact information. auDA does not...
A look at how cybercriminals exploit spoofed domains
Originally published by David Goldstein of Brandshelter
With cybercriminals seeking to take advantage any way possible, internet users need to be aware of what they are doing online all the time. One of the myriad ways cybercriminals seek to take advantage of internet users...
Domain Abuse Counter-Measures
What is Domain Abuse
Domain abuse is the infringement of your intellectual property that is used for illegal, improper, fraudulent or malicious purposes. Cyber-criminals use domain name abuse to steal data, scam the target brand and/or their customers and suppliers or trick...
Brand Protection: The Most Abused TLDs
With the launch of various new TLDs over the last few years, it has become a near-impossible task for Brand owners to protect their brand across new TLDS. Brand owners are faced with huge risks of cyber squatters registering their key brands across various TLDs, and more...
.xxx Sunrise B block expiring in 2021
ICM Registry, which was acquired by MMX in 2018, launched the highly successful dotXXX Sunrise B blocking service for .xxx in 2011. These blocks will expire in 2021.
As a successor to this popular blocking product, MMX is offering AdultBlock/AdultBlock+ service a service,...
Which brand sucks? Australian brands affected by a global domain squatter
WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization) has recently ruled in favour of Sanofi, a global pharmaceuticals manufacturer involved in producing COVID vaccines, in an important UDRP case.
The 3 member UDRP panel ruled that sanofi.sucks a domain name registered by a third...
ADULT Block – is it worth it?
Several years ago the ICM Registry launched XXX, .SEX, .ADULT and .PORN. In order to protect TM owners, they also introduced a special blocking phase called Sunrise B, which prevented 3rd party registrations.
In 2021, Sunrise B expires and is being replaced by AdultBlock and...
au domain name abuse less than global average
Late last year auDA, the administrator of Australia’s .au top level domain, reported that the au domain name space only had 0.04 percent of its domain names that was involved in a security threat, compared to the global average of other ccTLD that represented 0.25...