KrebsonSecurity.com published a piece that takes a look at the security professionals trying to keep up with the onslaught of corona/covid related domain names.
From the article:
By most measures, the volume of new domain registrations that include the words “Coronavirus” or “Covid” has closely tracked the spread of the deadly virus. The Cyber Threat Coalition (CTC), a group of several thousand security experts volunteering their time to fight COVID-related criminal activity online, recently published data showing the rapid rise in new domains began in the last week of February, around the same time the Centers for Disease Control began publicly warning that a severe global pandemic was probably inevitable.
The article goes on to criticize ICANN for not doing enough and gives some praise to Namecheap.
The comments left on the article have a few that absolutely rip Namecheap.
This covid and Coronavirus related name is a hot keyword name but only seasonal. When this world virus problem solved (not sure though, when would it be), the value will drop.
The article isn’t about people investing long term in coronavirus related domains.
Little value in reg’ ‘covid’ etc since the onset. Anyone registering these just sheep following their domaining forum pump. I cringe while imagining they are *outbounding* these.
I haven’t even looked at what domainers are reging in relation. I know it’ll be a sorry, sorry sight. Very misguided registrations while forum pimps most likely don’t even allow harshly criticisms. Reality isn’t always nice. Close your eyes, but I will still be here slapping you in the face.
Post above, don’t take all this TOO personally. It is merely you suggesting there is *some value* in these, which irks me.
This is the kind of domain you should be leaving for end-users to reg.
I don’t like the image of domaining being spoiled. Regarding COVID, attempting to profit from the outbreak, gives DOMAINING an extremely bad image.
I prefer looking out for industry, rather than some misguided snowflakes fantasy of making a buck. Greed has squashed their morality. Insensitive AT BEST. Most can’t handle some truth and they whine and cry, and mods cater to the babies that believe in political correctness. They go out in the real world and out talk about what they do, they might be in for a rude awaking.
It is very light on what the actual problem is here. Very unlikely many of these names are “high risk”, mostly people wasting their money at GoDaddy.
Yeah, rampant cybercrime trying to take advantage of a global crisis, preying on the most vulnerable and disrupting essential services isn’t the actual problem at all… wait, seriously?
Would like to see where or who registered those domains,who reg the most and are they from China,Russia. india Usa…
At least we can pin point where the scams are coming from.
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It is unlikely many of those registrations are for “cybercrime”, it is domainers mostly. These security researchers are trying to track domainers or the small % used in scams?
Godaddy’s only response has been to limit the “crackdown” to domainers trying to resell.