Comments on: How secure is your domain name?

By: Domain Name Scams

Domain Name Scams — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 20:29:01 +0000

[...] There have been a lot of domain name thefts in the last year or so. I spoke about 2 of them recently on Blogging Tips in my post How secure is your domain name?. [...]

By: Arwen Taylor

Arwen Taylor — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 21:03:23 +0000

I heard about this some time ago and promptly transferred all of my domains from GoDaddy to Namecheap. I changed my Gmail password and always logout and clear cookies before randomly surfing the internet.

It is scary the lengths people will go through to make a buck. What’s worse is that often these attacks come from people in other countries which makes going after them that much harder.

I had heard some other bad things about Gmail but it was so convenient having everything all in one place. Now, I think I think it’s better to be inconvenienced than SOL.

Thanks for the article. Be safe all!

By: How Secure is Your Domain? | Webmaster-Source

How Secure is Your Domain? | Webmaster-Source — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 10:30:21 +0000

[...] Kevin from Blogging Tips has a great post up on this very topic. How Secure is Your Domain? [...]

By: Steven Finch

Steven Finch — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 11:19:29 +0000

I know Aibek really well and know how hard it was for him to get everything sorted out in such a short amount of time. Domain names are vital and it is pretty much half of your brand image!

By: Sarah

Sarah — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 09:36:54 +0000

I only use GMail for junks and never for work or serious matter..

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By: Google Says Gmail Hack was a Phishing Scheme

Google Says Gmail Hack was a Phishing Scheme — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 14:43:26 +0000

[...] I spoke about the security of domains names. In both cases it the domain hijackers gained access to the bloggers Gmail account and added some [...]

By: Dennis Edell

Dennis Edell — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 00:16:39 +0000

BTW, I’m a rather large and burly webmaster…LOL

By: Dennis Edell

Dennis Edell — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 00:16:01 +0000

Never used, never will use gmail. I’m shocked though that a huge registrar like godaddy isn’t better prepared.

By: Rarst has cool feed

Rarst has cool feed — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 17:01:38 +0000

That’s why I am using gmail only when and where Google forces me to. Being Google product is disadvantage for security – too much hype, too many people looking for holes.

By: Cassie

Cassie — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 16:54:05 +0000

Sick! I wouldn’t mind if some big burly webmaster happened to run into these guys in a dark alley. And I don’t think I’ll be getting as annoyed next time I have to jump through hoops to transfer my domains. Aren’t there any ways to get back at these guys legally? There needs to be serious consequences for their actions.

By: Gochi

Gochi — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 15:20:11 +0000

Aibek was able to cover everything but to make my online existence simple, I just do 2 things: I never click any links from unknown sources, and I always log out from anywhere I logged in right away. After reading a lot of scary happenings about domain names, I’ll do all the necessary steps to secure my GMail and domain accounts. Prevention is still the best solution. Thanks for all the tips, guys.

By: Rajeev Edmonds

Rajeev Edmonds — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 14:24:55 +0000

This is very scary indeed.

Since these reports are out, I have shifted all sensitive data from my Gmail account. Now I daily check my filters. IMAP is disabled and I have chosen always to use https: while using GMail.

One thing strikes me that every such incident has one thing common, GoDaddy and GMail combination. It this a co-incidence or something else.

Fortunately, I don’t use GoDaddy.

By: Rich Hill

Rich Hill — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 13:59:18 +0000

Kevin, excellent report as usual.

This did rile me up when I first heard it and did write the post you refer to. Even though all seems to have ended well for Aibek, I fear we all have a scary problem with Gmail.

A couple of other mentions in recent blogs said the Matt Cutts was looking in to possible security flaws and the Gmail team reported on one blog that there was no security flaw.

I’m thinking that going with your suggestions above would be the prudent thing to do. Err on the side of caution.

The first thing I did was to change my Gmail password that hadn’t been changed in however many years I had the account.

The fact that GoDaddy made the original transfer in one hour is scary. I thought it was supposed to take a day or two. GoDaddy is not my favorite hosting company.

Thanks.
Rich Hill
LinkMoney dot org

By: Angel Cuala

Angel Cuala — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 13:44:34 +0000

I heard the bad news about Aibek from Daniel Scocco, and I am glad he already got his domain back. Sorry if I can’t add tips about Gmail, but I think the best way to protect your account is to delete unsolicited messages and never bother to open it.

By the way, almost everybody is talking about Gmail. But what about Yahoo? Which do you think is safer to use?

Thanks for sharing such tips. I am off to Digg it.