Riskiest Web Domains To Visit

wiredmikey writes "According to a report released today, .COM is the riskiest top-level domain, the riskiest country domain is Vietnam (.VN). Japan's .JP ranks as the safest country domain for the second year in a row and TRAVEL as the safest overall domain. It's interesting to note that .JP (currently $89.99 at GoDaddy) and .TRAVEL ($89.99 at Moniker) domains are also some of the most expensive domains. Are cybercriminals getting cheap with other people's credit cards? Or do the higher price make it more risky?"

This Survey Will Soon Have No Meaning

[damn_registrars]

Since ICANN has already committed to start selling gTLDs to anyone with enough money.

Even scamming is a business

[sohmc]

The best way to increase profit is by reducing cost.

Buying a domain for $90 dollars is far more expensive than a domain for $5-10 bucks.

Also, people are used to seeing ".com" addresses. .TRAVEL, et al are still relatively new.

Handy malware domains lists

[Ponyegg]

I work in online advertising, specifically I look after a major UK publisher's adservers/ad-delivery. We use the following to keep an eye on identified malware delivering domains:

http://www.malwaredomainlist.com/mdl.php [malwaredomainlist.com]
http://www.malwaredomains.com/ [malwaredomains.com]
http://www.malwareurl.com/ [malwareurl.com]
http://www.anti-malvertising.com/ [anti-malvertising.com]

Re:Don't give ICANN/domain registrars any ideas!

[CastrTroy]

HTTPS certs don't verify that the site is safe. They only verify that you're transmitting information to the specified site, and that only the specified site can read it. There's no guarantee that the site you're communicating with won't contain malware. Actually, the fact that they have a cert may make it easier for them to install malware since they can send you signed active X controls, and other great things.