Most Parked Domains Now Serving Malicious Content

Most Parked Domains Now Serving Malicious Content

Direct navigation — the act of visiting a website by manually typing a domain name in a web browser — has never been riskier: A new study finds the vast majority of “parked” domains — mostly expired or dormant domain names, or common misspellings of popular websites — are now configured to redirect visitors to sites that foist scams and malware. A lookalike domain to the FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center website, returned a non-threatening par…

Most Parked Domains Now Serving Malicious Content – Krebs On Security - Cybernoz - Cybersecurity News

Direct navigation — the act of visiting a website by manually typing a domain name in a web browser — has never been riskier: A new study finds the vast majority of “parked” domains — mostly expired or dormant domain names, or common misspellings of popular websites — are now configured to redirect visitors to sites that foist scams and malware. A lookalike domain to the FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center website, returned a non-threatening pa…

Digital Wolves in Sheep’s Clothing: The Threat of Lookalike Domains

Written by Elia Okulovski, Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst at BlueVoyant In a disturbing escalation of... The post Digital Wolves in Sheep’s Clothing: The Threat of Lookalike Domains appeared first on UK Tech News.