DomainTools®, is pleased to announce the appointments of Bruce Roberts to Vice President of Technology and Jeff Day as Vice President of Marketing and Product. Both Executives bring deep enterprise software experience in growth-company environments, and add critical leadership acumen as DomainTools invests heavily to meet increasing demand from clients in the Cyber Security and Brand Protection … [Read more...]
Study On Phishing Attacks In 1st Half Of 2013: Over 58K Domains Used: 82% On .Com, .Tk, .Info
APWG Global reported in its study of phishing attacks in the first six months of 2013 and here are some of the findings of the report especially those that related directly to domain names. There were at least 72,758 unique phishing attacks worldwide in first half of 2013 (1H 2013) far below the 123,486 attacks recorded in the 2H 2012 Many brands were attacked several times a week on … [Read more...]
Top 125 Domains In Bankrupt Friend Finder’s Network: Cams.com; Amigos.com; Penthouse.com, BDSM.com
FriendFinder Network, Inc. which filed for bankruptcy protection yesterday has some great domain names within their network of company's. We sold you earlier today that the former public company FriendFinder Network, Inc, (FFN), along with 39 associated company's filed for bankruptcy protection on Tuesday. Below are the top 125 domain name in terms of traffic within the FF Network , which … [Read more...]
Troubling Decision: Tupras.com Registered In 1996 Lost In UDRP To “Trademark” Registered in 2000
In a pretty troubling one member UDRP WIPO decision a trademark holder of a turkey trademark first registered in 2000 was awarded the domain name Tupras.com which was registered in 1996. The panel seemed to award the domain name based solely that the owner of the domain name Mehmet Kahveci, "has a long history of registering domain names that correspond to the name of well known Turkish … [Read more...]
With A Day To Go Sedo .Info Auction Has Less Than $2K In Bids
With just one day to go, the Sedo Premium .info Auction has less than $2,000 in total bids, and only one domain name streets.info has met its reserve price. Not great buy any measure. … [Read more...]
Sedo Transactions Total $1.14 Million
Over the past week, 679 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.14m. This amounts to $48.4m in year-to-date sales revenue. Over 45% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. "Congratulations to the buyer and seller of intranet.com for $160,000: The domain was brokered by Sedo's broker Dave Evanson and is the highest sale in this sales list. … [Read more...]
Bergzeit GmbH Owner Of Bergzeit.de: Guilty Of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
Bergzeit GmbH of Wooden Churches , Germany , represented by lawyers Riegger , Ludwigsburg, Germany has been found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) on the domain name Bergzeit.com by a one member WIPO panel. Bergzeit translates into Mountain Time in German. The UDRP decision was published in German. The complainant is the owner of the domain name <bergzeit.de> and … [Read more...]