A domain name is the closest thing the web has to a credit history: age, inbound links, search visibility, and reputation all feed the reputation scores that security products consult before deciding whether a request is worth worrying about.
New research from Infoblox Threat Intel claims this history has become a commodity with a market price, and that at least one criminal operation has been buying it in bulk.
The study, published as a three-part series, focuses on what the industry calls dropcatch domains: names that lapsed, were released back to the registry, and were then re-registered by someone else entirely.
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Source: TechRadar News
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