Web address explosion is bonanza for cybercriminals: study


  • TECH
  • Thursday, 03 Sep 2015

Bigger playground: The influx of new domains has been a boon for hackers.

FRANKFURT: An explosion in the number of new Internet addresses has created a wealth of opportunities for criminals exploiting shady domains such as .zip, .kim or .party, according to an industry study. 

Attackers are constantly in search of new domains for links to lead users to download malware, divulge personal data or spam their friends, and a liberalisation of the Web has expanded the number of top-level domains tenfold in the past two years. 

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