Stichting Internet Domeinregistratie Nederland or SIDN, the Registry operator of the country code Top Level Domain (ccTLD) .NL (the Netherlands) appears to be increasing its efforts in its fight against cybercrime....more
2/27/2020
/ Cyber Crimes ,
Cybersecurity ,
Domain Names ,
Internet ,
Netherlands ,
Network Security ,
Popular ,
Risk Assessment ,
Risk Mitigation ,
Top-Level Domain ,
Vulnerability Assessments ,
Websites
In its traditional Cyber Monday announcement, the U.S. government’s National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center (IPR Center), a body managed by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland...more
12/18/2018
/ Counterfeit Goods Regulation ,
Counterfeiting ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
Domain Names ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Internet ,
INTERPOL ,
Websites
Domain name theft (or hijacking) is not a new phenomenon and in fact is a lot more common than most people realise; hence the need to take adequate security precautions in relation to email and domain name registrar accounts....more
As part of a sustained and coordinated effort, law enforcement agencies on both sides of the Atlantic have rounded off their on-going fight against cybercrime known as “Operation In Our Sites” with the traditional annual...more
12/29/2017
/ Counterfeiting ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Cybersecurity ,
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
Domain Names ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Europol ,
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Internet ,
INTERPOL ,
Popular ,
Websites
A major global ransomware attack going by the name of WannaCry was recently short circuited by the registration of a single domain name costing just over $10. The unregistered domain name consisting of random characters was...more
6/2/2017
/ Bitcoin ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Hackers ,
Information Technology ,
Malware ,
National Security Agency (NSA) ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Phishing Scams ,
Ransomware
In a recent decision under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) before the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), a Panel ordered the transfer of a domain name because, although it had never been...more
2/14/2017
/ Cyber Crimes ,
Domain Names ,
Email ,
France ,
Fraud ,
Online Platforms ,
Popular ,
Trademark Registration ,
Trademarks ,
UDRP ,
Websites ,
WIPO