security Malicious domain name service infrastructure rebounds to near-record levels

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Because DNS is required for almost all internet connections, cyber criminals are constantly creating new domains and subdomains to unleash a variety of threats, including exploit kits, phishing and distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks.

While much cyber crime originates from hotspots in Eastern Europe, Southeast Asia and Africa, this analysis shows the underlying infrastructure used to launch the attacks themselves sits elsewhere – in the backyard of the world’s top economies.

It is important to note, the report said, that the geographical information is not an indication of “where the bad guys are”, because exploit kits and other malware can be developed in one country, sold in another and used in a third to launch attacks through systems hosted in a fourth...

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