On 2022-04-25 at 10:19 +0100, Laura Atkins via mailop wrote: > The most recent Spamhaus botnet update report addresses this very > nicely and provides direct evidence that free domain registrations > are heavily abused. > > https://www.spamhaus.com/custom-content/uploads/2022/04/Botnet-Report-Q1-2022.pdf > > "A more detailed review of our data reveals that the majority of > fraudulent domain registrations within Freenom’s TLDs are not linked > to highly advanced and sophisticated threat actors, but users of > freely available crimeware kits that they have bought for a few bucks > on the dark web. These somewhat “amateur” threat actors do not have > the same financial resources as more “professional” cybercriminals. > Therefore, it is no surprise that they try to (ab)use services that > are available for free – such as Freenom offers.” > > Spamhaus ultimately concludes that section: "It’s evident that where > there’s a freebie, there’s abuse!” > > laura
Note however that they refer to freenom domains, which are immediately available, unlike the model that rafa described. At the same time, freenom's are (generally*) quite trivial to take down as well. * I have seen spam using a *paid freenom domain, which made it "more protected". Regards _______________________________________________ mailop mailing list mailop@mailop.org https://list.mailop.org/listinfo/mailop
