Icann Domain Hijacking

The committee then presents.

Icann domain hijacking. Domain name and dns configuration procedures as part of business continuity policy and planning investigate whether losses related to a registration or dns configuration incident are covered by insurance policies. Domain name hijackingor domain hijacking refers to the security breach that occurs when an outside agent such as a hacker gains control over a domain registered to another individual or organization. Reverse domain name hijacking also known as reverse domain hijacking or reverse cybersquatting involves attempting to use trademark protection mechanisms such as icann s uniform domain name dispute resolution policy or the anti cybersquatting consumer protection act in bad faith to acquire a domain name when the owner has legitimate rights to it.

Request that domain names be placed on registrar lock if your registrar uses epp use a unique epp authinfo. Where domain names were hijacked. Reverse domain name hijacking when the end user is a company s trademark sometimes they operate in bad faith looking for loopholes to file a complaint with the udrp arbitration of icann or sue for trademark infringement in a us court because the company is not willing to pay the negotiated price of the owner.

Incidents representative of common forms of attacks are discussed and analyzed in the report. 1 2 hijacking can be accomplished via various practices and often results in domain name. 1 the attacker changes dns configuration so that name resolution for the domain is performed by a name server not operated by or for the victim or 2 the attacker alters registration contact information and effectively takes control of any domains registered under the compromised account.

This measure is intended to make it harder for domain hijacking to occur since transferred domains are far more difficult to. For example icann imposes a 60 day waiting period between a change in the registration information and a transfer to another domain registrar. Domain hijacking theft or registration account attacks typically result in one of two types of consequences.

Domain hijacking can disrupt or severely impact the business and operations of a registrant including but not limited to denial and theft of electronic mail services unauthorized disclosure of information through phishing web sites and traffic inspection eavesdropping and damage to the registrant s reputation and brand through web site defacement.