Posts Tagged ‘Identity Theft’

Internet authorities adopt new .org security

Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010
The company that oversees Web addresses ending in .org said on Wednesday it was introducing extra security measures to guard against identity theft.

Worst Phishing Pest May be Revving Up

Sunday, May 16th, 2010
The Avalanche phishing menace may be preparing a more dangerous version of itself, security experts say. Phishing - Crime - Identity theft - Avalanche - Theft

WHOIS Privacy for Domain Names Launched

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009
Weycrest have introduced Whois Privacy for Domains Names . This is sometimes known as private domains or private registrations. One of the issues of registering your domain is that your personal data, address, email etc is stored in the WHOIS database for all to see. This isn’t normally a problem, however some customers were concerned about identity theft issues. So now we are registering certain domains with privacy turned on by default, and customers can remove this if they wish. It is an

WHOIS Privacy for Domain Names Launched

Sunday, September 6th, 2009
Weycrest have introduced Whois Privacy for Domains Names . This is sometimes known as private domains or private registrations. One of the issues of registering your domain is that your personal data, address, email etc is stored in the WHOIS database for all to see. This isn’t normally a problem, however some customers were concerned about identity theft issues. So now we are registering certain domains with privacy turned on by default, and customers can remove this if they wish. It is an

Domain Name theft was NOT a Crime in the past - p2p.com Hijacking Case

Wednesday, August 5th, 2009
Domain hijacking is the process by which internet domain names are stolen from the rightful registrant. Domain theft is an aggressive form of domain hijacking that usually involves an illegal act. In most cases, identity theft is used to trick the domain registrar into allowing the hijacker to change the registration information to steal control of a domain from the legitimate owner. - says Wikipedia . Domain theft or Domain Hijaking, is what we have seen for years. The most surprising fac