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Report Shows How New gTLDs Are Actually Helping Cyber Criminals
There was a story posted on NakedSecurity.Sophos.com about how the new gtld program has made it easier for cyber criminals to infiltrate and hack entire organizations. The vulnerability lies with WPAD, Web Proxy Autodiscovery Protocol, a system that ...
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Report Shows How New gTLDs Are Actually Helping Cyber Criminals
There was a story posted on NakedSecurity.Sophos.com about how the new gtld program has made it easier for cyber criminals to infiltrate and hack entire organizations. The vulnerability lies with WPAD, Web Proxy Autodiscovery Protocol, a system that ...
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May 26, 2016, 4:12 am
The Domains
Money wasted all around
A very easy UDRP decision came down on Spiriva.top. I see this name a lot because my Father uses it for C.O.P.D. The tm holder BOEHRINGER Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG of Ingelheim, filed a UDRP and of course the registrant an individual from Ru...
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Money wasted all around
A very easy UDRP decision came down on Spiriva.top. I see this name a lot because my Father uses it for C.O.P.D. The tm holder BOEHRINGER Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG of Ingelheim, filed a UDRP and of course the registrant an individual from Ru...
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May 25, 2016, 10:40 pm
The Domains
CentralNic Profit Triples From 2015-2016: Revenue Up 70%
CentralNic PLC (AIM: CNIC) reported its financial results for 2015 recording pretax profit of GBP 1.5 million for 2015, nearly tripled from the GBP 520,000 it posted in 2014. Revenue rose 70% to GBP 10.4 million from GBP 6.1 million. CentralNic is th...
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CentralNic Profit Triples From 2015-2016: Revenue Up 70%
CentralNic PLC (AIM: CNIC) reported its financial results for 2015 recording pretax profit of GBP 1.5 million for 2015, nearly tripled from the GBP 520,000 it posted in 2014. Revenue rose 70% to GBP 10.4 million from GBP 6.1 million. CentralNic is th...
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May 25, 2016, 12:44 pm
The Domains
Sedo Weekly Transactions Total $1.8million led by FFG.com
Over the past week, 445 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.8m. 58% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: Top .com: ffg.com at 60,000 USD Top ccTL...
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Sedo Weekly Transactions Total $1.8million led by FFG.com
Over the past week, 445 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.8m. 58% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: Top .com: ffg.com at 60,000 USD Top ccTL...
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May 25, 2016, 7:23 am
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Another Chance to Win Some Cash – Where will 13.Co Close ?
A couple of weeks ago we gave you a chance to make your best guess on where 27.com would close with the closest guess winning $50. We are giving you another chance at $50 by picking the closing price on 13.co. The 2N.co domain is expiring on Go Daddy...
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Another Chance to Win Some Cash – Where will 13.Co Close ?
A couple of weeks ago we gave you a chance to make your best guess on where 27.com would close with the closest guess winning $50. We are giving you another chance at $50 by picking the closing price on 13.co. The 2N.co domain is expiring on Go Daddy...
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May 24, 2016, 7:09 pm
The Domains
Schilling’s North Sound Names Is No Longer The Top Registrant of New gTLD’s
Frank Schilling’s North Sound Names has been the largest registrant of new gTLD domain names for about as long as ntldstats has been tracking registrants. However North Sound Names has been knocked off from the top spot by West263 company out o...
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Schilling’s North Sound Names Is No Longer The Top Registrant of New gTLD’s
Frank Schilling’s North Sound Names has been the largest registrant of new gTLD domain names for about as long as ntldstats has been tracking registrants. However North Sound Names has been knocked off from the top spot by West263 company out o...
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May 23, 2016, 10:09 pm
The Domains
AQM.com reported stolen
Namepros member Fattee77 posted a few minutes ago that AQM.com has been stolen from their Enom account. Looking at Whois History it looks like Faith Turna had the name stolen in January and just noticed now. The name moved from Enom to NameSilo on Ja...
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AQM.com reported stolen
Namepros member Fattee77 posted a few minutes ago that AQM.com has been stolen from their Enom account. Looking at Whois History it looks like Faith Turna had the name stolen in January and just noticed now. The name moved from Enom to NameSilo on Ja...
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May 23, 2016, 7:44 pm
The Domains
DNForum is now parked on Sedo
Theo at Domain Gang reported yesterday thatAdam Dicker posted on Facebook about DNForum returning on June 1. Today it looks like the site is now parked on Sedo. That seems like an odd move if the website is coming back in less than two weeks. The pos...
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DNForum is now parked on Sedo
Theo at Domain Gang reported yesterday thatAdam Dicker posted on Facebook about DNForum returning on June 1. Today it looks like the site is now parked on Sedo. That seems like an odd move if the website is coming back in less than two weeks. The pos...
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May 20, 2016, 6:53 pm
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First Ever .VIP auction closes – Approx $146,000 in sales
There was a tweet about an hour ago from Minds + Machines @ntlds on the first ever .VIP auction results. First-ever .vip auction on Alibaba Taobao just closed; CNY958,500; aprx USD146,000; sold all six .#vip #domainnames @dnassoc — Minds + Mach...
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First Ever .VIP auction closes – Approx $146,000 in sales
There was a tweet about an hour ago from Minds + Machines @ntlds on the first ever .VIP auction results. First-ever .vip auction on Alibaba Taobao just closed; CNY958,500; aprx USD146,000; sold all six .#vip #domainnames @dnassoc — Minds + Mach...
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May 20, 2016, 6:09 pm
The Domains
Source: .VIP Sold 30,000 Premium Domains Including Google’s Reg of Alphabet.VIP For $10K
A source who has access to such information, has informed TheDomains.com that .VIP sold approximately 30,000 in premium domain names totaling around $1.3 million dollars through the end of its first day of general availability (GA) Premium doma...
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Source: .VIP Sold 30,000 Premium Domains Including Google’s Reg of Alphabet.VIP For $10K
A source who has access to such information, has informed TheDomains.com that .VIP sold approximately 30,000 in premium domain names totaling around $1.3 million dollars through the end of its first day of general availability (GA) Premium doma...
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May 19, 2016, 2:50 pm
