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Typo squatting and the doppelganger domain threat
2:20pm Tuesday 04 October 2011
Tags: security man in the middle recruitment security doppelganger domains domain names subdomains

What could you do with 20GB of your competitors sensitive email correspondence without anyone even noticing? A report released by security researchers analysing the effect of doppelganger domain traffic belonging to Fortune 500 companies was able to collect 20GB of misaddressed email over a 6 month period. read more...


auDA .au Domain Name Drop Lists
11:07am Tuesday 11 May 2010
Tags: auda domain names dot au recruitment agency job board domain name drop list domain registration

Do you know when your .au domain name is going to expire? When most people purchase a .au domain name they think they own the domain name for life. Unfortunately that has never been the case, and with the introduction of the Domain Renewal, Expiry and Deletion Policy (pdf) by the auDA now everyone will know if you forget to renew your domain name. read more...


Typosquatting
6:27pm Monday 13 April 2009
Tags: domain names careerone mycareer jobsjobsjobs typos auda typosquatting cybersquatting

You've probably noticed this yourself - You quickly type a URL into the browsers address bar, hit enter and arrive at a site that doesn't look like the one you were expecting. Then you notice that you entered a typo in the domain name.Typosquatting (also called URL hijacking), is a form of cybersquatting which relies on mistakes such as typographical errors made by users when inputting a website address into the web browser. Should a user accidentally enter an incorrect website address, they may be led to an alternative website owned by a cybersquatter. read more...