Malicious Domain

A Malicious Domain is intentionally registered to engage in technical and/or content abuse.A domain is generally flagged as malicious if it is reported a very short time after registration, contains a brand name or misleading string, or is one of many registered in a batch. PhishLabs analyzed 100,000 phishing sites from December 2020 to February 2021 and found that over 38% used compromised websites, 37% abused free hosting services, and only 24% used maliciously-registered domain names. The shorter the time frame between domain registration and the use of the domain, the more likely the phishing site was maliciously registered.