Most Spam Sites Tied to a Handful of Registrars
More than three-quarters of all websites advertised through spam are clustered at just ten domain name registrars reports The Washington Post on research from Knujon.
Knujon ("no junk" spelt backwards and pronounced "new john") has collected millions of spam emails through their website. They aim to convince registrars to dismantle spam sites.
Knujon's co-founder Garth Bruen told the Washington Post the links in spam emails "are generally under the control of a small number of companies." The report continues that Bruen is calling attention to spam websites that list blatantly false Whois information.
Bruen also directs some of his criticism to ICANN, who until recently has done very little to enforce terms in registrars contracts with them to keep accurate Whois information. As well, very few registrars check the Whois information upon a domain name's registration.
To read the article in full in The Washington Post, see blog.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2008/05/most_spam_sites_tied_to_a_hand_1.html.
Knujon ("no junk" spelt backwards and pronounced "new john") has collected millions of spam emails through their website. They aim to convince registrars to dismantle spam sites.
Knujon's co-founder Garth Bruen told the Washington Post the links in spam emails "are generally under the control of a small number of companies." The report continues that Bruen is calling attention to spam websites that list blatantly false Whois information.
Bruen also directs some of his criticism to ICANN, who until recently has done very little to enforce terms in registrars contracts with them to keep accurate Whois information. As well, very few registrars check the Whois information upon a domain name's registration.
To read the article in full in The Washington Post, see blog.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2008/05/most_spam_sites_tied_to_a_hand_1.html.