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New Study Maps the Web's Shadiest "Neighborhoods"

posted by cmn32480 on Wednesday September 02 2015, @02:00AM   Printer-friendly
from the web-browsers-need-an-avoid-ghetto-setting dept.

miljo writes:

Both Reuters and the CNBC are reporting on a study performed by security company Blue Coat that explored the most dangerous top level domains.

[The study] found the most dangerous top-level domains (TLDs) were .zip, .review and .country, while the safest new ones were .london, .tel and .church.

Researchers looked at web requests for more than 15,000 businesses and 75 million users. They found that most of the dangerous domains were used for less than 24 hours, in order to avoid countermeasures, and that most of the domains were used for phishing or delivering some type of malware.

The report puts part of the blame back on the TLD operators who, through ICANN's generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs) initiative, can become administrators if they can prove that they have the proper infrastructure and pay the $185,000 evaluation fee.

Ideally, TLDs would all be run by security-conscious operators who diligently review new domain name applications, and reject those that don't meet a stringent set of criteria. The reality for many of these new neighborhoods is that this is not happening.

Link to the original study [PDF].

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 02 2015, @10:47AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 02 2015, @10:47AM (#231189)

    FTFCO [bluecoat.com]:

    Blue Coat is a leader in enterprise security, providing on-premise, hybrid and cloud-based solutions for protecting web connectivity, combating advanced threats, and responding to security breaches. Blue Coat is the global market leader in securing connection to the web and counts nearly 80 percent of the Global Fortune 500 as its customers. Blue Coat was acquired by Bain Capital in March of 2015.

    In short, Bain Capital found a large portion of their investment came from the owners (and their customers) of the 'safest', and have no use for (or 'disapprove' of or place pressure on, for whatever reason) the 'shady' domains. ('Shady'? Handwavy.)
    Why yes, this does read like a press release.