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Phishing Scam Targets USAA
Last Saturday, I received a phishing email targeting members of USAA, which is a bank extensively used by active-duty military members, veterans, and their family members. See for yourself: Subject: Important Message From: USAA <onlineservices@uss...
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Phishing Scam Targets USAA
Last Saturday, I received a phishing email targeting members of USAA, which is a bank extensively used by active-duty military members, veterans, and their family members. See for yourself: Subject: Important Message From: USAA <onlineservices@uss...
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April 26, 2017, 1:44 pm
Domain Name Wire
MMX annual shareholder letter gives a great overview of new TLD business
Deep insight into the past and present of the new TLD business. Minds + Machines Group Limited, aka MMX, released its final results for 2016 today. I found the shareholder letter particularly interesting. MMX’s current management is not the gro...
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MMX annual shareholder letter gives a great overview of new TLD business
Deep insight into the past and present of the new TLD business. Minds + Machines Group Limited, aka MMX, released its final results for 2016 today. I found the shareholder letter particularly interesting. MMX’s current management is not the gro...
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April 25, 2017, 6:10 pm
Domain Name Wire
Study shows that new TLDs can rank like other TLDs, but not much else
Study provides little more than anecdotal evidence. You’re going to see some headlines today about an SEO study commissioned by The Domain Name Association (DNA). Some of these headlines might suggest that new top level domain names get some so...
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Study shows that new TLDs can rank like other TLDs, but not much else
Study provides little more than anecdotal evidence. You’re going to see some headlines today about an SEO study commissioned by The Domain Name Association (DNA). Some of these headlines might suggest that new top level domain names get some so...
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April 25, 2017, 1:52 pm
Domain Name Wire
You need a plausible trademark to recover stolen domains through UDRP
UDRP can be used to recover stolen domain names but you need to prove some sort of trademark rights in the domains. The owner of 74 domain names who claims they were stolen from their GoDaddy account has failed to recover the domain names through a U...
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You need a plausible trademark to recover stolen domains through UDRP
UDRP can be used to recover stolen domain names but you need to prove some sort of trademark rights in the domains. The owner of 74 domain names who claims they were stolen from their GoDaddy account has failed to recover the domain names through a U...
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April 25, 2017, 1:27 pm
Domain Name Wire
DigitalTown defends Gorgonzola.city
Domain name is one of 20,000 .city domains it registered. DigitalTown has successfully defended its domain name gorgonzola.city in a UDRP. The domain name is one of over 20,000 .city domain names that the company registered for its smart cities platf...
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DigitalTown defends Gorgonzola.city
Domain name is one of 20,000 .city domains it registered. DigitalTown has successfully defended its domain name gorgonzola.city in a UDRP. The domain name is one of over 20,000 .city domain names that the company registered for its smart cities platf...
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April 25, 2017, 1:17 pm
Domain Name Wire
Cannell pushes for more independent board at Rightside
Investor wants other Rightside shareholders to vote “no” again this year. Investor J. Carlo Cannell, whose clients collectively own about 8.5% of Rightside (NASDAQ:NAME), is continuing to push for changes to the company’s board. On ...
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Cannell pushes for more independent board at Rightside
Investor wants other Rightside shareholders to vote “no” again this year. Investor J. Carlo Cannell, whose clients collectively own about 8.5% of Rightside (NASDAQ:NAME), is continuing to push for changes to the company’s board. On ...
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April 24, 2017, 6:22 pm
Domain Name Wire
Wow: Spectrum (Charter) is a reverse domain name hijacker
Your cable company might be a reverse domain name hijacker. Charter Communications, which does business as Spectrum, has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking in a cybersquatting dispute it brought against the owner of MySpectrumNews.com...
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Wow: Spectrum (Charter) is a reverse domain name hijacker
Your cable company might be a reverse domain name hijacker. Charter Communications, which does business as Spectrum, has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking in a cybersquatting dispute it brought against the owner of MySpectrumNews.com...
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April 24, 2017, 4:17 pm
Domain Name Wire
Talking domains with Kevin Murphy – DNW Podcast #133
Blogger Kevin Murphy discusses new top level domain names and more. Kevin Murphy blogs about the domain name business, but not as a domain investor. The DomainIncite author comes on today’s show to give his thoughts on the state of new top leve...
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Talking domains with Kevin Murphy – DNW Podcast #133
Blogger Kevin Murphy discusses new top level domain names and more. Kevin Murphy blogs about the domain name business, but not as a domain investor. The DomainIncite author comes on today’s show to give his thoughts on the state of new top leve...
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April 24, 2017, 3:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
UDRPSearch owner sues after UDRP filed against one of his domains
VirtualPoint claims reverse domain name hijacking and asks for at least $100,000. VirtualPoint, Inc., the company that runs the UDRP information site UDRPSearch.com, has filed a lawsuit after one of its own domain names was subject to a UDRP. Florida...
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UDRPSearch owner sues after UDRP filed against one of his domains
VirtualPoint claims reverse domain name hijacking and asks for at least $100,000. VirtualPoint, Inc., the company that runs the UDRP information site UDRPSearch.com, has filed a lawsuit after one of its own domain names was subject to a UDRP. Florida...
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April 24, 2017, 1:14 pm
Domain Name Wire
Popular website stolen and held for ransom
Theif demanded $30,000 worth of bitcoin to return 411Mania.com domain name. 411Mania.com, a mixed martial arts, wrestling and entertainment website that gets seven million pageviews per month, was hijacked and held for ransom earlier this week. Accor...
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Popular website stolen and held for ransom
Theif demanded $30,000 worth of bitcoin to return 411Mania.com domain name. 411Mania.com, a mixed martial arts, wrestling and entertainment website that gets seven million pageviews per month, was hijacked and held for ransom earlier this week. Accor...
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April 21, 2017, 2:06 pm
