Category: Security
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An explosion in Online Pharmacy scams
Covid despite its adversity also gave a window for new innovations to emerge. One of the stark innovations, in user behaviour, has emerged in the way people buy medicines. More and more people are moving towards online pharmacies considering their increased vitality during the pandemic and lockdowns. However, this also brought an undesired demon along…
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Do you know who is the Indian counterpart of John Doe?
John Doe is the most common nobody. No, I’m not kidding. He is actually a nobody. But he is also very common. All right, I’m sorry! Let me ease things for you. In numerous legal cases, there isn’t always a defined entity or person involved in a case. The identity of one of the parties…
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Hero Electric vs. Hero Electro
A recent case of an interesting domain name dispute came across the Delhi High Court. The plaintiff was the renowned vehicle manufacturing firm Hero Electric and the respondent was a domain name holder. The domain name in question here was HeroElectro.in. The company argued that it owns the trademarks of the terms ‘Hero’ and ‘Hero…
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December 2021 was the most Phished month of all time
APWG.org published its quarterly phishing report. The report shows worrying trends related to the prevalent online scam. The report noted a sharp rise in the number of phishing scams with December 2021 being the highest ever month since APWG began publishing its reports in 2004. 316,747 phishing attacks were seen by APWG in December. Even…
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English Premier League’s action against HesGoal.com
English Premier League, formally known as the Premier League, has taken action against the popular sports torrent domain name HesGoal.com. The action isn’t directed directly towards the domain name but towards its service provider, Cloudflare. In a subpoena, the league has demanded the details of the people involved behind HesGoal.com from Cloudflare. EPL is one…
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Nigeria imposes restrictions on email Ids used by Government Officials
The Nigerian Government has taken a very unique and bold action against the email Ids used by Government officials. Popular platforms like Gmail.com, Yahoo.com and Hotmail.com are popular in Nigeria and so with the Government officials. The Nigerian Government has decided to completely ban such email ids, which includes the domain name of popular companies.…
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What’s special about the new DomainTools Iris Detect?
In a previous post we talked about the acquisition of Farsight Security by DomainTools. After 5 years of partnership between the two companies, both of them finally decided to merge. Now jointly, they have launched an innovative new product. It is called DomainTools Iris Detect. The new tool discovers and monitors fraudulent domain names impersonating…
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Nikon warns about online scammers using fraudulent emails
Nikon has issued a warning about scammers trying to impersonate the brand. The warning stated that YouTube and Facebook users receive an email pretending to be from Nikon’s public relation team. The victims were asked to use Nikon’s product for their content creation and opportunities to avail their sponsorship. The propelling force behind such scams…
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Fraudsters registering Covid test kit domain names
In January, the US Government under President Biden launched a new service of postal delivery of Covid Test kits. People could order their free test kits through domain name COVIDtests.gov. Another domain name related to US Postal Services special.USPS.com, was also promoted where people can order their kits. However, one month after this welfare step,…
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Cloudflare receives DMCA Subpoena to disclose domain name details
Cyber Scams are nasty aren’t they? What is more nasty is the fact that a very small percentage of perpetrators behind these scams actually get caught. But what if domain name registering agencies disclosed the identity of fraudulent domain name holders? Digital Millennium Copyright Act Services Ltd. (DMCA) has handed a subpoena to Cloudflare regarding…
