Author Archives: DomainHack.er

Sun 6th September 2015
Written by DomainHack.er in ES and tagged
¿Cuáles son las zonas más turbias de la web? - Blue Coat reveló la nueva investigación para consumidores y empresas, que muestra las “zonas” o dominios de nivel superior (TLD) que tienen mayor relación con sitios web sospechosos. Uno de los hallazgos clave que presenta el informe es que más del 95% de los sitios web de 10 TLD diferentes se clasifican como sospechosos y que ese porcentaje llega al 100% para los TLD de los dos primeros puestos: .zip y .review. Se analizaron cientos de millones de solicitudes web provenientes de más de ... read more ...
 
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100% of Websites in These Two Top-Level Domains Are ‘Shady’ - domains like.FR (France), and.JP (Japan). As the number of TLDs has increased, so have the opportunities for attackers. Based on data just published (PDF) by the network security and deep packet inspection tool vendor Blue Coat, that’s exactly what happened: some of the new “neighborhoods” open for name registration have become nearly exclusively the domain of people setting up hosts for spam e-mailing, scams, shady software downloads, malware distribution, botnet operations and “phishing” ... read more ...
 
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100% of Websites in These Two Top-Level Domains Are ‘Shady’ - Based on data just published (PDF) by the network security and deep packet inspection tool vendor Blue Coat, that’s exactly what happened: some of the new “neighborhoods” open for name registration have become nearly exclusively the domain of people setting up hosts for spam e-mailing, scams, shady software downloads, malware distribution, botnet operations and “phishing” attacks, or other suspicious content. One hundred percent of sites accessed with the.zip and.review TLD that had ... read more ...
Sat 5th September 2015
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Calendrier des gTLDs – Semaine du 7 au 13 septembre 2015 -   Partager cet article :Ce début de septembre démarre timidement au niveau des lancements des nouvelles extensions. Pour une vision plus lointaine, SafeBrands vous invite à consulter le calendrier des nouvelles extensions.A vos plannings !Ouverture période Sunrise :07/09 – .swissFermeture période Sunrise :07/09 – .men11/09 – .tickets13/09 – .coursesOuverture à tous :07/09 – .ski08/09 – .lotto09/09 – .taipeiSi vous êtes intéressé, SafeBrands est registrar accrédité pour ... read more ...
 
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New Web addresses a cybercrime playground – Lid Time - The listed TLDs have more than 95% of their sites with shady ratings in its main database. The recent expansion of top-level domains (TLDs) has created fertile ground for cyber scammers, according to a study published on Tuesday by security company Blue Coat. These two are followed by the.country domain (99.97%),.kim (99.74%),.cricket (99.57%),.science (99.35%),.work (98.20%),.party (98.07%),.gq (Equatorial Guinea) (97.68%), and.link (96.98%). “In order to build a better security posture, ... read more ...
 
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100% of Websites in These Two Top-Level Domains Are ‘Shady’ - That’s the discovering of a brand new report from enterprise safety agency. “What makes the zip TLD interesting is that it really only has one live domain as of today: nic.zip, which is Google’s pre-registration page”, Chris Larsen wrote in a post. And Blue Coat found that more than 95% of websites in the 10 newest TLDs are suspicious. The opposite eight, together with.nation, .kim, .cricket, .science, .work, .celebration, .gq (Equatorial Guinea) and.hyperlink, weren’t a lot ... read more ...
 
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Security Firm Calls Out Top 10 Most Suspicious New gTLDs - The report discovered that 100 % of the web sites in Blue Coat's database with the top-level domains of.zip and.assessment have been suspicious. The other eight, including.country, .kim, .cricket, .science, .work, .party, .gq (Equatorial Guinea) and.link, were not much safer, with 96.98 percent to 99.97 percent of the websites they hosted deemed untrustworthy."As the number of TLDs has increased, so have the opportunities for attackers", warns Blue Coat. "To be able to construct a greater safety ... read more ...
 
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‘Shadiest’ New Internet Addresses - New research by security firm Blue Coat offers us an interesting a petty mixed picture of how the new domains possibilities are being used and, sure enough, some of them are being abused on an industrial scale to game search engines and worse. For example, in case of the domain.kim, the researchers discovered websites serving up pages that mimic popular video and image sites and prompt unprotected visitors to unwittingly download malware. “Generally, if you look closer, most of these appear ... read more ...
 
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Google’s ‘.zip’ domain not dangerous: Study -

Google does a flattering good pursuit of operative out what you’re looking for, though a some-more specific we are a improved your formula will be.

Using operators does only that, so for instance enclosing a word in selection outlines — “like this” — searches for that specific phrase, adding a reduction pointer excludes that word (salsa recipe — tomatoes) and regulating OR gives Google a choice, eg. World Cup plcae 2014 or 2022.

Via: timesofindia.indiatimes.com

 
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Google Does Not Run Shady Domain, Study Authors Say - Clicking on a Web address ending in .zip will not endanger users, the authors of a study that put .zip at the top of a list of "shady Web neighbourhoods" said on Friday.Google, which owns the top-level domain (TLD) .zip challenged the study after it was published on Tuesday..zip is one of more than 1,000 new TLDs that have cropped up since a liberalisation of Web addresses in the past two years, adding to the familiar .com, .org and .gov.The study published by enterprise security company Blue ... read more ...
Fri 4th September 2015
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Blue Coat Puts Google’s .Zip TLD On Bad Neighbor List - The Security analyst blog Blue Coat defended why one of Google's new domain names, .zip, made it to the top of its "shady Web neighborhoods" list after Google and others questioned the move. Google's .zip top-level domain name is one of more than 1,000 new TLDs that surfaced since ICANN freed a multitude of Web addresses, adding to .com and .org. "What makes the .zip TLD interesting is that it really only has one live domain as of today: nic.zip, which is Google's pre-registration page," wrote ... read more ...
 
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Domain Name Marketplace Launched New gTLD Service - Sep 4, 2015 - (Newswire) The domain name marketplace Undeveloped.com today announces rolling out a new gTLD service to more registries. After a successful pilot with the .Amsterdam extension Undeveloped now aims to provide its premium gTLD domain services to the next batch of registries. "We create organic channels to attract the right buyer by setting unique, branded parking pages and the tech they need to transact, negotiate and come to terms ... read more ...
Thu 3rd September 2015
 
 
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GoDaddy Ranks # 1 In .in Domain Name Market Share - GoDaddy, the world’s largest technology provider dedicated to small businesses, today announced that it is now number one in .IN domain name market share, according to the National Internet Exchange of India (NiXi) .IN is India’s Country Code Top Level domain (ccTLD) on the Internet, and the leading domain name in India, enabling brands, companies and individuals to establish a distinct Indian identity online. ... read more ...
 
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Almost all .science malicious, .cricket rigged, boffins find - Almost every one of the hundreds of thousands of websites in 10 top level domains including all under .review and .zip are malicious, according to research. More than 95 percent of the hundreds of thousands websites in each of ten top level domains (TLDs) including .country, cricket, .science, and .party are flogging spam, malware, or adware. The shocking findings published by security firm Blue Coat ... read more ...
 
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A warning about the “shadiest neighborhoods” on the web - If you wish to keep out of hassle on the internet, you had higher keep away from web sites ending in .zip and .evaluation in addition to a number of others which are bastions of . That’s the discovering of a brand new report from enterprise safety agency . It got here up with the 10 top-level domains (TLDs), the top a part of an internet handle, that have been most related to suspicious web sites. The report discovered that 100 % of the web sites in Blue Coat’s database with the top-level ... read more ...
 
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Challenges for .brands – Launching Your .brand - This is the sixth in a series of blog posts discussing the strategic and operational challenges faced by .brand TLD owners and the processes involved in getting them ready for use. Previously I discussed how to transition your agreed strategy into an implementation plan, which you can read here. One of the consistent themes of this blog series is that despite similarities across .brand TLDs, no two brands will settle on the exact same strategy and process for moving their TLD to launch. As ... read more ...
Wed 2nd September 2015
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Security Firm Calls Out Top 10 Most Suspicious New gTLDs: Report - A number of top-level domains are used almost entirely to support botnets, spam campaigns and phishing, researchers have revealed. On Wednesday, a team from enterprise security firm Blue Coat unveiled the result of months of research into today's top-level domains (TLDs). Domains are no longer limited to .com, .org and country of origin; instead, website operators can choose from a wide selection including .link, .edu, .mil, .review and .work, among ... read more ...
 
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Blue Coat dévoile les noms de domaines les plus dangereux du Web - Menu Articles de la revue de presse : - l'ensemble [tous | francophone] - par mots clé [tous] - par site [tous] - le tagwall [voir] - Top bi-hebdo de la revue de presse [Voir] S'abonner au fil RSS global de la revue de presse Blue Coat dévoile les noms de domaines les plus dangereux du Web Par Global Security Mag OnlineLe [2015-09-02] à 18:10:48Présentation : Blue Coat Systems, Inc. présente sa nouvelle étude destinée aux consommateurs et aux entreprises, qui dévoile les noms de domaines ... read more ...
 
 
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Security Firm Calls Out Top 10 Most Suspicious New gTLDs: Report - While new TLDs are gaining in registered websites and visits, some are being used in ways they were not intended for. Among the 10 new gTLDs with the most suspicious sites, over 95 percent are rated as suspicious, a report by enterprise security firm Blue Coat finds. The report is not without its own flaws, however. As The Domains points out, the new gTLD that tops the list, .zip, hasn’t even been launched yet. In addition, another domain in the top 10 isn’t a new gTLD at all, it’s a ... read more ...
 
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A warning about the "shadiest neighborhoods" on the web - This is one of the domains that a new report found was most associated with suspicious websites.(Photo: .Science)If you want to stay out of trouble on the web, you had better avoid websites ending in .zip and .review as well as several others that are bastions of suspicious activity.That is the finding of a new report from enterprise security firm Blue Coat. It came up with the 10 top-level domains (TLDs), the end part of a web address, that were most associated with suspicious websites.The report ... read more ...
 
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Looking for .FOREX or .BROKER Domain to Distinguish Your Brand? Coming Soon - Since Google announced that they were creating Alphabet as its holding company and choosing the URL of ABC.XYZ, it has provided a shot in the arm for new top level domain (TLD) names. At the top of all TLDs is .COM, with other country specific TLDs such as .CO, .IO, .ME and .TV also gaining traction. But, even with other TLDs available, .COMs remain the Park Place and Boardwalk of internet real estate, with all the others relegated to the likes of Baltic Avenue. Sector Specific ... read more ...
 
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The shadiest characters in the world of top-level domains - CNET A number of top-level domains are used almost entirely to support botnets, spam campaigns and phishing, researchers have revealed.On Wednesday, a team from enterprise security firm Blue Coat unveiled the result of months of research into today's top-level domains (TLDs). Domains are no longer limited to .com, .org and country of origin; instead, website operators ... read more ...