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Feds Take Down First Coronavirus Scam Site

March 23, 2020 By John Colascione Leave a Comment

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The world’s first web site taken down of a fraudulent Coronavirus scam has taken place – and in record time. On Sunday, the US Department of Justice announced it had shut down a website in connection with COVID-19, the disease caused by 2019 Novel Coronavirus. The site, CoronavirusMedicalKit.com, promised visitors a free vaccine from the World Health Organization (WHO) and shoppers needed only to pay shipping costs of $4.95 to receive their cure, … [Read more...]

Two Year Investigation Leads to Take Down of File Hosting Site “Share-Online.biz”

October 23, 2019 By John Colascione Leave a Comment

PALM BEACH, FL – An investigation which began in 2017 has eventually led to the take-down and removal of a content hosting network using the domain name “Share-Online.biz”, which was particularly popular in Germany according to SimilarWeb. The site served up to 10 million visitors a month with millions of files stored across unknown number of servers which is expected to be in the hundreds Those 10 million visitors are now met with the following take-down notice: This … [Read more...]

First Google (GOOGL), Now Facebook (FB) Under Attack by 47 Attorney Generals

October 23, 2019 By John Colascione Leave a Comment

PALM BEACH, FL – In September, word started circulating across major media that Google (GOOGL) was expected to face scrutiny by 50 U.S attorney generals regarding alleged bias and antitrust violations from the tech giants advertising and search businesses. The probe, which would be the first of its kind since Microsoft was sued in 1998, was expected to potentially expand into other areas of the business later in the investigation. It's an investigation to determine … [Read more...]

Follow the Money: IRS Takes Down Largest Child Exploit Domain by Tracing Bitcoin

October 19, 2019 By John Colascione 2 Comments

PALM BEACH, FL – The largest child exploitation website on the Internet “Welcome to Video” which, according to GitHub was using a dark-web address of “mt3plrzdiyqf6jim.onion” was seized and/or shut down last week resulting in over 300 arrests. According to the Department of Justice, the service was the largest child sexual exploitation market by volume of content. Particularly interesting was the way the sites owners were traced as I have been contemplating my first … [Read more...]

Buyer of Record-Breaking Domain Sale, “Voice.com”, Ordered to Pay $24M SEC Fine

October 9, 2019 By John Colascione 1 Comment

PALM BEACH, FL – On May 30, 2019, the domain name “Voice.com” was sold in a record-breaking all-cash transaction that has officially gone down in the history books as the highest valued domain name sale ever on record when Blockchain company “Block.one” purchased the .com web address from MicroStrategy Incorporated (Nasdaq: MSTR) for $30,000,000.00. The sale lit-up the domain industry when it was announced in June of this year in a MicroStrategy press release. Domain … [Read more...]

Edmonton Police Seize Three Canadian Domain Names from Fake Job Scam

October 6, 2019 By John Colascione Leave a Comment

PALM BEACH, FL – Three more domain names have vanished from the Internet due to a fake job scam; something frequently being used to steal money from unsuspecting victims. According to Canadian Yahoo News, Edmonton police have seized three Internet domains as part of an investigation involving fake job ads posted on the employment site Indeed.com. Police say the scam has cost victims over $240k. Visitors of the Canadian sites (which were not disclosed) are now … [Read more...]

Personal Info of 500 Million Guests Exposed in Marriott’s Starwood Reservation System

December 1, 2018 By John Colascione Leave a Comment

NEW YORK, NY - One of the world's leading global hotel groups disclosed that a guest reservation database, which covers a number of major hotel brands, suffered a large data breach. An internal investigation showed that unauthorized access had been occuring since 2014. The intrusion went unnoticed for four years by Starwood, which was acquired by Marriott in 2016 for $13.6 billion. It was uncovered in early September, when a security tool alerted Marriott officials to an … [Read more...]

Domain Name ‘Bill of Rights’ Proposed by Global Domain Name Registrar Uniregistry

November 11, 2018 By John Colascione 1 Comment

NEW YORK, NY – This past week, the man who virtually created the Internet, Tim Berners-Lee, spoke about his “Contract for the Web” initiative; something he believes is fundamental to ensure a protected, free and open Internet for all of society. Early backers of the initiative, which can be viewed at ContractForTheWeb.org, include notable support from some of the webs largest innovators such as Google.com, Facebook.com, Craig Newmark (Founder of Craigslist.org), the W3C … [Read more...]

Iowa Man, 43, Faces Life in Prison for Armed Robbery of Domain Name, Kidnapping

July 22, 2017 By John Colascione Leave a Comment

IOWA - According to British technology news website “The Register” a 43 year-old man broke into a house in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, last month armed with a gun and a fearless intent to hijack a “valuable” Internet domain name. The incident took place in the middle of the afternoon (about 1PM) on June 21st, 2017. Domain name theft has been something all too common in the digital world, but until now, has been, for the most part, a crime carried out over the Internet, in forums, … [Read more...]

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John Colascione is Chief Executive of Internet Marketing Services Inc. He specializes in Website Monetization, authored a book called Mastering Your Website, and is a key player in several Internet businesses through his brand SEARCHEN®

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Recent SEDO Weekly Sales List Includes “LLL.org” Domain Name Sale for $35,000

PALM BEACH, FL – According to the latest SEDO.com weekly domain sales report, the three letter “LLL” web address "FTP.org" just sold for $35,000.00. Other recent sales of “LLL.org” … [Read More...]

GOOG To Follow FB With Restrictions On Housing, Employment, and Credit Ads

WEST PALM BEACH, FL - Usually Google is a leader in all things advertising, however, a recent update to policy by GOOG (NASDAQ) will have it following Facebook (FB) where the ad giant will implement … [Read More...]

Data Breach: Unauthorized Party Accessed DoorDash Customer Information

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