Domain Typos offer security loophole to phishers!

It is a well known fact that many domainers indulge in picking up the choicest of mistyped website names, popularly called domain typos, to make money from them. However, a startling fact came into view when some of the United States’ largest Internet Service Providers (ISPs) were discovered by IOActive security researcher Dan Kaminsky who reported that these ISPs have created a massive security hole that allowed hackers to use web addresses owned by eBay, PayPal, Google and Yahoo, and virtually any other large site.

The risk arose due to the trend where ISPs subvert the Domain Name System, or DNS, which translates website names into numeric addresses. The vulnerability was enough for phishers and cyber attackers looking for convincing platforms to distribute fake websites or malicious code. Earthlink users and a part of Comcast subscribers were definitely exposed to this security risk.

Earthlink is reported to intercept Non-Existent Domain (NXDOMAIN) response and sending the IP address of its technology and ad-partner Barefruit’s server as the answer. When the browser visits that page, the user sees a list of suggestions for what site the user might have actually wanted, along with a search box and Yahoo ads.  The BareFruit’s server is reported to not being a secured server and susceptible to phisher attacks.

Bond.com up for auction at Sedo!

A premium domain name, Bond.com has been put up for auction at leading domain name marketplace Sedo.com, for a reserve price of $1million.

Considering the immense hype surrounding the latest of the Bond movies, the interest of the fans in the Bond franchise, and the recent opening of the Ian Fleming exhibition at the Imperial War Museum, the domain name is likely to prove to be too hot and fetch a record price.

This is going to be worth watching out for, my friends!

Casino Royale was the best Bond movie if you ask me and the James Bond is one of my favorite movie series and I am sure that this domain is gonna be bought by a fan and for an astronomical sum! An excellent investment opportunity, more like a jackpot in a casino, it will be for whoever wins the domain auction

.CA Domains cross the 1 million mark

According to the Canadian Internet Registration Authority, the operator of the dot-ca Internet country code, .ca domain names crossed a milestone when the 1 millionth domain name was registered by a Calgary lawyer, Brent Krause for his law practice.

Since the first dot-ca domain name was registered in 1988 it is estimated that the dot-ca domain name usage has increased by more than 20 per cent year on year.

The dot-ca domain names are reserved exclusively for Canadians — those eligible include citizens, permanent residents, Canadian corporations, a variety of groups that require a majority of their members to be Canadian, and the Queen.

Pizza.com sells for $2.6 million!

The owner of the domain pizza.com is reported to have accepted an offer from to an anonymous bidder of $2.6m for the domain name pursuant to a week-long online auction. The domain was originally registered in 1994 for just $20 annual fees!

The sale is expected to be finalized within next few days.

Ooooooh man, I wish I was into buying domain names when the world wide web was just taking off in the early 1990s. What a return on investment! What a business! Domaining…