Here’s how to add security to your Afternic account. Configure Afternic Two-Factor Authentication. The lack of two-factor authentication for Afternic accounts is one of the most significant security risks in the domain aftermarket. If someone hacks your Afternic account, they can lower the price of a domain and then buyRead More →
Last summer I wrote an article imploring Afternic to allow clients to add two-factor verification to their accounts. The additional security measure is necessary because if a customer’s account were compromised, the wrong actor could lower the price of a Fast Transfer qualifying domain name, allowing it to be soldRead More →
Startup InfiniteIO’s domain name is for sale: $75,000 and it’s yours. This comes two months after his server kit went up for sale at an auction in Texas. The company has closed, a co-founder confirmed to Blocks and Files. Update: CEO note added. May 21, 2021. InfiniteIO offered accelerated fileRead More →
The company files an in rem lawsuit in Florida after losing the UDRP. Nubank, a fintech start-up in Brazil, has filed a lawsuit in an attempt to obtain Nubank.com. Photo from Nubank.com.br. Nubank, a Brazilian financial start-up that has raised billions of dollars, has filed a complaint (pdf) against theRead More →
A Chinese government entity files a US patent application for blockchain-based DNS. The Chinese government wants a US patent for a decentralized blockchain-based DNS that could compete with the existing domain name system overseen by ICANN. The China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC), the Internet division of the Chinese MinistryRead More →
The company tries a third UDRP site to no avail. If at first you try to hijack a domain name upside down, try, try again. The entrepreneur who operates a 3D modeling company on spase.io has failed for the third time to upgrade his domain to spase.com via UDRP. Mrs.Read More →
The Brinkmann brothers and the Institute for Justice filed a federal complaint in May. (Credit: Institute for Justice) Southold Town’s attempt to seize Mattituck property via prominent estate will be challenged in federal court. The dispute centers on the Main Road and New Suffolk Avenue woodland owned by Brinkmann HardwareRead More →
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Recently, AWS launched Amazon FSx File Gateway like a new kind of AWS Storage Gateway, providing customers with a way to access data stored in the cloud with Amazon FSx for Windows File Server, instead of using and managing on-premises file servers. Amazon FSx File Gateway optimizes on-premises access toRead More →
Baltimore, Maryland – The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland seized “freevaccinecovax.org” which claimed to be the website of a genuine biotechnology company developing a vaccine for the COVID-19 virus, but was instead used to collect the personal information of individuals visiting the site, in order to useRead More →