Report Names 'Most Dangerous' Web Domain Names

News Type: Event — Seeded on Wed Jun 4, 2008 10:04 AM EDT

Article Source: FOXNews.com

world-news, report, mcafee, cutting-corners-on-security, names-most-dangerous-web-domain-name, s-safe-web-site

SAN JOSE, Calif. — When surfing the Internet for safe Web sites, not all domains are equal.

Companies that assign addresses for Web sites appear to be cutting corners on security more when they assign names in certain domains than in others, according to a report to be released Wednesday by antivirus software vendor McAfee Inc.

McAfee found the most dangerous domains to navigate to are ".hk" (Hong Kong), ".cn" (China) and ".info" (information).

Published to:

ShaunV's Column, All of Newsvine
Groups: Business Vine, Domestic, Logic on the Vine, Newsvine International, Newsvine Technology, Open Mic, Open Minded, Psych, Soc, Philos, rationalists, Science And Technology, Tin Foil Hats
Regions: none

What's this?

Who's leading the conversation?

This visualization below allows you to see the impact that each user has on the current conversation. The top row contains the group of users who have had the most impact, the 2nd row the group of users who have had the 2nd most impact (et cetera). Users with similar impact are grouped together, and the average score of the group is shown to the left of the group. The author of the article is also shown on the left, in their corresponding group. Each user's score is based on the number of comments the user has made plus the number of votes their comments have received. The scores are calculated relative one another, so while their absolute value is not particularly important, their relative difference does indicate a larger difference in impact on the conversation.

9.6

3.4

{"commentId":1890380,"authorDomain":"SVForbes"}

ShaunV

The fact that Internet scam artists gravitate to domain-name services with lower fees and fewer requirements isn't new.

What McAfee's "Mapping the Mal Web" report, now in its second year, tries to do is identify the domains that are populated with the highest concentration of risky sites.

The servers for ".hk" and ".cn" Web sites don't have to be in China; Web site operators can register sites from anywhere to target different geographies.

{"commentId":1890380,"threadId":"278525","contentId":"1539059","authorDomain":"SVForbes"}

3 votes

#1 - Wed Jun 4, 2008 10:08 AM EDT

{"commentId":1891238,"authorDomain":"sgreenway"}

BAjunkie

Well, doesn't take a genius to know that you shouldn't input sensitive personal info into crappy looking sites with a 3rd world country's domain. But hey... Im just the IT guy.

{"commentId":1891238,"threadId":"278525","contentId":"1539059","authorDomain":"sgreenway"}

1 vote

#2 - Wed Jun 4, 2008 11:36 AM EDT

{"commentId":1891271,"authorDomain":"SVForbes"}

ShaunV

I agree.

Still, I think there are a fair proportion of users who may not realize that.

{"commentId":1891271,"threadId":"278525","contentId":"1539059","authorDomain":"SVForbes"}

2 votes

#2.1 - Wed Jun 4, 2008 11:39 AM EDT

{"commentId":1892373,"authorDomain":"keggerlord-1"}

Jay Keggerlord

The first lesson they taught me in marketing class: "You are not the market"

There are quite a few of us that are savvy internet users (especially those that hail from the ranks of the coding and developing world). However, the majority of people have jobs outside of IT, or have careers that have nothing to do with the internet. Unlike us "cyber-socializers", they have limited information about the dangers of the internet and are often lulled into a false sense of security by the presence of having an anti-virus on their machine.

It might be fun to sit there in your mother's basement, in your tighty-whities, munching on Cheetohs and drinking Dr. Pepper while you smuggly talk in superior tones about how you would never be stupid enough to fall for one of those scams (or is it just me doing this?), but at the end of the day, these are the people that fix your car, or install your alarm system, or fly your plane, or catch a touchdown pass thinking "What kind of idiot can't do this?"

Just saying, before you rail against the duped, keep in mind that different people hold different interests, and most people's are outside the glamorous world of IT. ;)

{"commentId":1892373,"threadId":"278525","contentId":"1539059","authorDomain":"keggerlord-1"}

2 votes

#2.2 - Wed Jun 4, 2008 1:29 PM EDT

{"commentId":1892468,"authorDomain":"SVForbes"}

ShaunV

...the people that fix your car, or install your alarm system, or fly your plane, or catch a touchdown pass thinking "What kind of idiot can't do this?"

That is a good point.

It does seem that often once someone learns a skill and realizes that it's fairly easy, they tend to think it's also easy for everyone else. It really boils down to whether or not a person is interested enough in a particular area to gain expertise in that area.

{"commentId":1892468,"threadId":"278525","contentId":"1539059","authorDomain":"SVForbes"}

2 votes

#2.3 - Wed Jun 4, 2008 1:37 PM EDT

{"commentId":1892591,"authorDomain":"sgreenway"}

BAjunkie

Jay.. excellent point.
Counter thought however, would you try to land a plane if you didnt know how to fly? Of course not, so why would you input your info into a site that you are unsure about. It doesn't take much time or skill to google something. It is about awareness of what you are doing. Also.. mmmmm... cheetos....

{"commentId":1892591,"threadId":"278525","contentId":"1539059","authorDomain":"sgreenway"}

2 votes

#2.4 - Wed Jun 4, 2008 1:47 PM EDT

{"commentId":1892706,"authorDomain":"keggerlord-1"}

Jay Keggerlord

Again, most of us wouldn't think twice about the website we were using ("Hey, this looks just like Ebay!") if we didn't know better. The better way of considering your construct is getting ready to parallel park and then finding out the hard way that you're at 37,000 feet....

{"commentId":1892706,"threadId":"278525","contentId":"1539059","authorDomain":"keggerlord-1"}

2 votes

#2.5 - Wed Jun 4, 2008 1:57 PM EDT

{"commentId":1891890,"authorDomain":"hotlink"}

hotlink

If only common sense weren't so uncommon.

{"commentId":1891890,"threadId":"278525","contentId":"1539059","authorDomain":"hotlink"}

1 vote

#3 - Wed Jun 4, 2008 12:40 PM EDT

{"commentId":1891931,"authorDomain":"SVForbes"}

ShaunV

;-)

{"commentId":1891931,"threadId":"278525","contentId":"1539059","authorDomain":"SVForbes"}

1 vote

#3.1 - Wed Jun 4, 2008 12:44 PM EDT

{"canLink":false,"threadId":"278525","isPrivate":false}

SHAUNV

Backyard

Report Names 'Most Dangerous' Web Domain Names

Published to:

FUN STUFF:

COMPANY STUFF:

LEGAL STUFF:

New report identifies dangerous Web domains	Associated Press	Wed Jun 4	1
Study: Makeup Makes Male Birds Sexier, More Macho	FOXNews.com	Wed Jun 4	8
- Boy, 10, Dies From 'Secondary Drowning' Hours After Swallowing Swimming Pool Water	FOXNews.com	Wed Jun 4	7
Boy Wrote of Desire to Kill Many at Indiana School	FOXNews.com	Wed Jun 4	1
FOXNews.com - Ohio City OKs Jail Time for Failing to Mow Lawn - Local News \| News Articles \| National News \| US News	FOXNews.com	Tue Jun 3	0