Most Parked Domains Lead Users to Scams or Malware
Over 90% of parked domains now direct users to malicious content, compared to less than 5% a decade ago, according to researchers at Infoblox. “Parking threats are fueled by lookalike domains,” Infoblox explained. “No domain is immune. When one of our researchers tried to report a crime to the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), they accidentally visited ic3gov. Their phone was quickly redirected to a false “Drive Subscription Expired” page.