It started with Moniker, TheDomains.com is reporting some domains stolen via Network Solutions (Slash.com and County.com) and now this morning Register.com (owned by Network Solutions) sent out an email about a cyber attack:
We have recently identified malicious activity affecting a limited number of customers. Your account has been identified as possibly vulnerable to malicious cyber-attacks, due to a weak password. As your provider, Register.com is committed to maintaining the highest possible security for your services. In order to proactively protect your account against these kinds of issues, we are requiring a password change to further strengthen your Register.com account security. Please take a few minutes now to make this change, so you can protect your Register.com account.
Since Register.com appears to be blaming ME because of my “weak password” that their system allowed me to use as being vulnerable…. well we all know how I feel about that right!
This appears to be a wider attack on domain names / domain registrars and all domain owners need to remain on high alert!
As I reported in my article about the Moniker Breach I was aware that some of the stolen domain names were moved (transferred) into Register.com but at that time I wasn’t aware of the Register.com malicious activity. Although I do have a Register.com account from a past auction I won at SnapNames, I do not have any domains with them.
I wrote an article to help you secure your domain names, so if you haven’t seen that, I’d suggest you take a peak. Again, be very aware right now and check to make sure you have control of your domain names and make sure none were stolen. On the buying front, again trust your gut! If a current for sale domain name seems odd (offered for sale for cheap, recent whois changes etc) it could have been recently stolen.
At this point, this is just a reminder for me (and maybe you) to close accounts that you are no longer using.
