Oct 27, 2010
Infosec: .com The most dangerous domain
What, oh the horror! They had to do a study to figure this one out? .com is by far the most used GTLD on the planet, so let do some simple math should we. Millions of .com domains multiplied by millions of miscreants divided by the domains less used equals .com is the most dangerous domain. Geez! I hear you all scream, I own a .com what do I do now. First you calm down and think about this headline breaking news and then the company behind the report McAfee, I think a little bit of naught marketing going on but at least they are still pointing out that you do need to watch where, what and how you, your employees or family are surfing and downloading on the interwebs. The instances of malware over the last few years has peaked to record highs.
The report does go on to say that malware does follow the cheapest domains possible and that the likes of .vn (Vietnam) have climb the ranks over a short period of time to be one of the highest ccTLD for malware. Japan (.jp) is the safest for the second time along with a few others such as Ireland and Catalan while countries like Singapore (.sg) fell in the ranks.
Read the complete report from McAfee
