According to statistics from the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG), about 80% of phishing domains use SSL Certificates. According to the latest quarter report from APWG eighty percent of phishing sites had SSL encryption enabled to fool victims. And not surprisingly, most of the implemented certificates used by Phishers were Domain-Validated certificates, which is the weakest…
Every year a couple of hundred research projects are funded that try to find new and better methods that can alleviate and cure childhood cancer. The Swedish Childhood Cancer Funds’ mission is not just about fighting childhood cancer, another important task is to ensure that affected children and their parents receive the care and support they need….
For various reasons many companies don’t own certain business-critical domain names but are very interested in acquiring them. An increased demand for good domain names has resulted in an evolving aftermarket, which has also made itself known for big domain sales, with price tags for millions of dollars. In this blog post, we have listed…
Search engines take the age of your domain name into account and interpret age as a credibility indicator. Your website’s current SEO value is by and large connected to its main domain, which means that in a worst-case scenario a new main domain could put you back on square one with regards to your search…
Sign up to the webinar here! In this 30 minute webinar Richard Magnusson and Daniel King from Dotkeeper, will tell you about common mistakes that many companies make in their domain management, and how to avoid them. During this webinar you will get some useful tips on how to best manage your domain names and…
Digital fraud is on the rise and e-commerce sites are a natural target for cybercriminals. This sector is particularly vulnerable during periods when the online shopping is at its peak, such as Black Friday. A common type of fraud is that cybercriminals send out emails via fake email addresses that might be similar to your…
In the domain name industry, there are, if you want to simplify it a bit, two types of providers. At Dotkeeper, we usually refer to these as “do it yourself providers” (DIY) or “outsource providers/partners” (in the latter category you will find Dotkeeper). The big difference is how much work and responsibility you as a…
At Dotkeeper, we have noticed a record-breaking number of requests for selling domain names. Domain name owners are checking their assets and wondering if that desirable domain name would have been more useful simply as money sitting in a bank account. In much the same way, companies with a strong finance might be in a…
1. Believing that .com is enough “We already have the .com domain, so we’re all set.” Sure, it is great that you have the .com domain for your name. .com is the largest top-level domain worldwide, and it is certainly important for reaching an international audience. But! it is also important to strategically protect your…
