Recent security report suggests country code top-level domains '.hk' and '.cn'—belonging to Hong Kong and China respectively—are currently among the most dangers domain names.

As to why? Making the Hong Kong online registration process "more user-friendly" by allowing registration of several domains at one time as well as "buy-one, get-two domains," are partly blamed for the decline in security. As a consequence, "phishers usually registered eight or more domains at one time." Hong Kong last year began to tighten policies to rectify the situation.

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