The latest batch of eBay phishing attacks are quite interesting. Instead of pretending to be from eBay they pretend to be from "Hilda" In a very nice bit of social engineering Hilda informs you that she's 87 years old and is trying to buy a wheelchair: "Hello, I recently placed a bid on item#5669378843 being a wheelchair for me that i really need do to my age(87 years old) and … [Read more...] about eBay Phishers – New Angle
DNS Rant
Why oh why oh why do people get DNS so wrong? I'm really tired of other providers' incompetence when it comes to setting up DNS entries for clients. There are two basic things you need to setup reverse DNS. Without them it simply will not work: A dns server Delegation There's no point making entries unless you have delegation. This article explains it in quite simple and … [Read more...] about DNS Rant
Verisign – License To Print Money
Although consumers may have been following the pricing of domains that they pay ie. the retail rates they should be aware of what is going on behind the scenes. A lot of the bloggers who are involved in the domain industry have been commenting in recent months about the new contracts that Verisign is getting from ICANN. … [Read more...] about Verisign – License To Print Money
More Blogging Goodies
As part of our sponsorship of the inaugaral Irish Blog Awards we'd like to offer all nominees a little something. We are offering all nominees a blog hosting plan + FREE domain (com/net/org/info/biz/co.uk) for one year. The package details are as follows: 200 MB diskspace 2.5 Gb monthly transfer FREE domain name* FREE email filtering Choice of Wordpress or Drupal … [Read more...] about More Blogging Goodies
Cultureireland.ie WIPO Decision
Ambrand mentions the WIPO decision regarding the domain cultureireland.ie The case is between Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism and Odyssey Internet Portal Limited. It seems that Odyssey registered the domain after the Department had either failed to renew the domain or simply let it expire. While they had held the domain for a period up to 2004 they were no longer the … [Read more...] about Cultureireland.ie WIPO Decision