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Report on Domain Name Registry Efforts to Curb Abuse

  • Sep 14, 2009 11:50 AM PDT
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Cybercriminals worldwide are amassing domain names to keep their botnet and phishing operations a step ahead of authorities.To obscure their tracks, the criminals register the domain names using phony information, pay with stolen credit cards and hack into legitimate domain-name accounts. Adding to the problem of domain-name abuse, some rogue registrars often look the other way as the money rolls in.

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Related topics: Cybercrime, Cybersquatting, Domain Names, Registry Services, Security, Top-Level Domains

 
   
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