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Massive Ransomware Attack Hits 150 Countries, Brought Down By a Domain Reg
May 15, 2017 @ 1:12 AMA massive outbreak of malware on Friday hit thousands of organizations in an estimated 150 countries and had a big impact on the UK National Health Service before being temporarily thwarted by a single domain name registration. WannaCry, as the malware has been called, targets Windows boxes that have not installed a March security patch…
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Flippa Removes Escrow.com As a Payout Method
May 12, 2017 @ 5:56 AMFlippa has decided to remove Escrow.com as an available payout method. The company said that the reasons for this move are “improving the safety of transactions and reducing the transfer fees associated with Escrow on Flippa”. Back in 2014 Flippa had removed credit cards as a payment option. New listings will no longer have the option…
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.art Gets 3k Domain Registrations On 1st Day of General Availability
May 11, 2017 @ 9:05 AMAccording to the .Art registry during the first 24 hours of general availability which started yesterday, over 3,000 .Art domain names were purchased/registered. Of those about 95% were “standard” domains e.g., personal names of people and organizations, while the rest belonged to the .ART inventory of word and word combinations. While the personal names are mostly sold at…
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Fake DDOS Attack Threatening .us Domain Names
May 11, 2017 @ 8:42 AMA fake DDOS ATTACK threatening .us domain names has started today. The scam is targeting owners of .us (for now) domain names by harvesting email addresses from domain name whois and then emailing a threat. Seems that every scammer in the world is using the domain name whois info. The email that claims to be…
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GoDaddy Reintroduces Valuation Appraisal Tool
May 11, 2017 @ 8:01 AMGoDaddy Auctions is set to reintroduce an updated valuation appraisal tool for its expiring domain name inventory. If you visit GoDaddy Auctions later on this evening, you will be able to see the “Valuation” column will be populated with a valuation range. Previously, the Valuation column was essentially useless because it was based on a parked earnings algorithm that didn’t take the intrinsic value of the domain name into account. In fact, I described GoDaddy valuations as “laughable” in an article I wrote last year…
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GoDaddy Will Display New Valuations On GoDaddy Auctions
May 11, 2017 @ 8:01 AMWhat’s that expired domain name worth? GoDaddy has a good idea…and is about to let domain name investors know. GoDaddy (NASDAQ: GDDY) is rolling out its new valuation system to a much wider audience: bidders on expired domain auctions at GoDaddy Auctions. The company started using the valuation tool internally and in auction highlight emails…
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.art's 3.5 Million Premium Domains...you Won't Find Them On GoDaddy
May 11, 2017 @ 6:56 AMCrazy premium name strategy is too much for most consumers…and GoDaddy. I first wrote about .Art’s premium name strategy, which includes 3.5 million premium domain names, a couple weeks ago. As I wrote then, I’m scratching my head about this strategy. Yesterday, .Art launched in general availability. According to nTLDStats, 1,636 .art domains were added…
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Registrars Promoting .net Sale
May 11, 2017 @ 6:31 AMIt looks like there is a big sale going on for new .Net domain names. For the past few days, I have noticed quite a few tweets, emails, banner advertisements, and other promotions from registrars offering deep discounts on .Net domain names. I would imagine Verisign is behind this marketing push of .net domain names, although I don’t know for certain. I don’t think any of the special promos are offering discounts on .net domain name renewal…
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John Berryhill Gets Another UDRP Win, But This One is Different.
May 11, 2017 @ 6:24 AMBerryhill represented complainant in latest case. Domain name attorney John Berryhill won another UDRP case. That’s nothing interesting, but this case is different from usual because he was representing the complainant, not the domain name owner. The details of the case are pretty interesting, too. Berryhill represented Christian recording artist Carl Cartee for the domain…
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DigitalTown Partners With .london Domains to Launch Smart.london
May 11, 2017 @ 5:51 AMDigitalTown, Inc. announced a major strategic partnership with Dot London Domains Limited and Minds + Machines (LSE: MMX), operators of the .LONDON top-level domain name. The ambitious partnership aims to align the .LONDON domain extension, a suite of cloud-hosted software applications and verified digital identity, with emerging Smart City initiatives to support business and inspire…
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