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Pills, porn and LeBron James: Research finds a new way to spot malicious domains

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by on June 16, 2015 at 1:55 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, domain names, Insider, LeBron James, malicious, Malware, Michael Jordan

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Most of the words favored by malicious domain name owners won’t surprise you – sites found to be involved in dodgy dealing have a liking for terms related to sex, money and medication – but there are some surprises. ‘Breaking Bad: Detecting malicious domains using word segmentation‘ [PDF], a new paper from AT&T’s Security Research Center, looks at how effective studying the words in primary domain names can be in detecting illicit and illegal activity. The larcenous lexicon they developed while working on the project shows terms such as “medic, pills, loan, fee, cash, payday, pharmacy, webcams, cams, lover, sex and porno” remain…

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