Craigslist Suffers DNS Hijack After DNS Records At Registrar Compromised
The popular American classified website Craigslist suffered a domain name service attack Sunday evening after “records maintained at one of our domain registrars were compromised, diverting users to various non-Craigslist sites.”
The issue was quickly corrected at the source, the company announced in a blog post, but many internet service providers (ISPs) cached the false DNS information for several hours, and the company warned some may still have incorrect information.
“One of the sites that users were sent to was DigitalGangster[dot]com, which was offline most of Monday presumably because of the amount of traffic that Craigslist has sent to it over the last 24 hours,” the security news site Threat Post reported. “The site is back online now, but mostly unresponsive. Members of the DigitalGangster, which serves as a forum of sorts for hackers, took credit for compromising the Twitter accounts of Bill O’Reilly, Britney Spears, etc. in 2009.”
Nearly 60% dot-com Domains in China Hijacked in The First Half of 2014
According to an article published by WantChinaTimes.com, nearly 60% of .com domain names in China were hijacked in the first half of 2014.
Moreover, the report shows that 48,9% of them were controlled by overseas IP addresses.
This information were disclosed by the director of China’s National Computer Network Emergency Response Technical Team/Coordination Center of China (CNCERT or CNCERT/CC) ,Huang Chengqin, at a forum held in Wuzhen, Zhejiang province on November 20,2014.
Among the overseas IPs controlling hacked domains in China, Hong Kond, South Korea and China were the top three.
You can read the entire article here.
.PL Registry Reaches 2,5 Million Domain Names
The .PL domain name Registry reached the 2,5 million milestone in the third quarter of 2014. Moreover,there are now nearly one million registrants.
According to a report sent out by NASK, since the end of the first half of 2014, more than 26 thousand domain names were added to the Registry.During the second quarter of 2014, nearly 250 thousand new domain names were registered, 12 thousand more than in the same quarter a year ago.
In the third quarter of the year, the daily average was of 2,715 domain names.The report also shows a renewal rate of 60,23%.
Other insights include :
At the end of the third quarter of 2014 more than 942 thousand Registrants were registered in the .pl domain Registry. As it results from the data presented in the report, almost 67% of Registrants held one domain name in the Registry and over 14% subscribed two names. On the other hand, near 1 100 clients were the Registrants of more than one hundred names, with 61 of them being the Registrants of more than one thousand names.
You can see the entire report here.
Check out EuroDNS here to register your .PL domain name.
Yup.com and Class.com Domain Names Are Now Up For Sale
Media Options, a premium domai name broker, announced today the availability of some premium domain names on the market. Domain names include Class.com, Yup.com and Coil.com.
You can read the press release after the jump :
” Premium domain name broker Media Options announced today an outstanding group of premium domain names available for acquisition. Domain names include Class.com, Yup.com, Coil.com, PhotoBooth.com, LifeInsurance.net, Refinance.net and more. Premium domains such as these are rarely on the market, as startups and other companies actively acquire them during the naming process for new products, services, or companies and have been for the last 20 years.
With the market continuing to see surging domain sales & acquisitions year over year, high quality .COM domains, in particular, are increasingly difficult to acquire. Short, premium domains like Class.com, Yup.com and Coil.com immediately convey brand strength and focus, while their length proves particularly appealing to mobile users.
This focus showcases core values, yet leaves the branding team with a variety of options for extending products or services as the company grows. In 2013, Forbes wrote a detailed, well-researched article advocating for startups to spend VC funding on a domain name, citing domain names as fundamental for successful email identity, marketing, and even capital-raising. Noteworthy examples include how Mint.com beat Wasabe and its other competitors in an emerging market, as explained in a 2010 article from OKDork.com. Mint credits their premium domain name as the #2 reason for their success. Mint’s #3 for success is Trust, much of which they state is also due to their one word domain.
In addition, Media Options is also currently brokering exact match domain assets such as LifeInsurance.net, DebtCollection.com, WorkInjury.com, and more. These Exact Match Domains are important for increasing search engine ranking, customer conversions and engendering trust, according to Microsoft studies.
Premium domain names provide consumer credibility as well as investor-facing credibility as an asset on the books. Large corporations such as Ask.com (owner of Dictionary.com & Thesaurus.com) commonly list domain names themselves as assets with values similar to real estate. “These premium domain names each offer a valuable digital asset that offers global opportunities. More often than not, choosing a premium domain name from the start can be the difference between success and failure,” Media Options CEO Andrew Rosener explains.
As an industry leader, Media Options also ensures that financing is available for eligible domains. Domain financing, leasing, or lease-to-own options are typically all available with secure escrow such as Escrow.com’s Domain Holding Service.
Media Options is based in Panama City, Panama, and is a leader in premium domain name brokerage as well as discreet and professional domain acquisitions. Please visit http://www.MediaOptions.com to learn more about Media Options or to sign up for their domain investment newsletter.”
Sedo To Hold Exclusive 2 Character .PT Auction
Sedo will be holding in December an exclusive 2 charaacter .PT domain name auction.
The auction starts December 4,2014 and ends seven days later, December 11,2014. The inventory hasn’t been revealed so far, but it will surely feature some valuable 2 character .PT domain names.
Sedo will also be hosting its monthly GreatDomains auction on December 4 – 11,2014.The auction will include many valuable domain names,including Links.com, .Ome.com, Pug.com, Bucket.com and DirectCash.com.
Check out Sedo.com for more information .
