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We recently came across a scam using a fake website/domain name for one of the largest payroll companies in the world. The scam uses Google Ads to dupe users into…

The Ethereum Name Service (ENS), is launching a new domain name extension dubbed .box sometime next month.  According to ENS the .box domain extension will be the first blockchain-native domain…

Google recently introduced a number of new Top Level Domains (TLDs) that are raising security red flags all over the internet. As a quick starter, a TLD is what comes…

Meta (Facebook) recently reported that it has seen a large uptick in ChatGPT related scams. Specifically, the company noted that since March of 2023, it has discovered “ten malware families…

We have noticed a sharp uptick in the number of scam sites that are using the .SHOP top-level domain name (TLD). The .SHOP registry is relatively small, with less than…

Recovering stolen cryptocurrency funds is highly difficult due to the nature of crypto. Cryptocurrencies have been built to be decentralized and pseudonymous, making it extremely difficult for victims of scams…

Although it seems early, the 2024 political season is already in full swing. Races all over the country are heating up with large numbers of fundraising and organizing activities happening…

  Online scams have become a global epidemic. Consumers worldwide lost an estimated $55 billion as a result of online scams. The social and emotional trauma cannot even be measured. In many…

Domain names are the linchpin for running effective phishing attacks. Domain names that mirror or mimic the brand name of a company are the clearest indicator of the potential source…

Cryptocurrency scams are everywhere it seems. Recently several crypto scams used hacked YouTube channels to promote fake investment schemes that subscribers to those channels may have seen as legitimate because…

The number of domain names that contain the term CHATGPT continues to rise, with our platform now watching and picking up over 7,000 registered domain names. It is not surprising…

A crypto scam that promises investors large returns on their investment and then takes their money, has been making the rounds, using hijacked YouTube channels as the lure, and the…

A few days ago customers of NameCheap.com got an email from the company that looked pretty legit but was the result of an email system hack with one of their…

The National Arbitration Forum recently rejected a domain arbitration complaint filed by Helix Innovations (“Complainant”), represented by Corsearch, on the basis that the Complainant failed to show it had a…

According to a new industry report released by Marsh, reputational risk is climbing quickly up the list of major concerns for risk leaders. According to the report 80% of the…

A recent report by the website KrebsOnSecurity shined a light on a couple of scams that are making the rounds and using domain names as a primary means of confusing…

This last week we saw more than 500+ domain names added to the ChatGPT domain dashboard we have created, bringing the total to over 1300 registered domain names.  One thing…

DomainSkate is a proud member of the GASA (Global Anti Scam Alliance). The GASA recently published our article on BlockChain domain names and in case you have not seen it…

TechRepublic.com reported earlier this week on new research showing a recent increase in Search Engine Optimization (SEO) poisoning. SEO poisoning attacks are targeted to advertising links, like paid Google Ad…

The number of ChatGPT domain names that we found this week grew by over 250 domains from last week to a total of over 590 domain names as of this…