Perl.com domain stolen, now using IP address tied to malware

Posted by el_duderino on Friday January 29, 2021 @12:48PM
from the bleepingcomputer.com dept.

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/perlcom-domain-stolen-now-using-ip-address-tied-to-malware/

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Re:Perl.com domain stolen, now using IP address tied to malware by cyberCleve on Friday January 29, 2021 @04:42PM (#25963030)

Google DNS is reporting back a different IP for me when I query perl.com (same subnet though). It's all part of the Google Cloud /13 block.

Sure it may have been used for malware, but given those IPs float between ephemeral cloud instances, it does not mean it is currently being used for malware.

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Re:Perl.com domain stolen, now using IP address tied to malware by mkup on Friday January 29, 2021 @03:46PM (#25962281)

So? Official website of Perl programming language is perl.org, isn't it?

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Re:Perl.com domain stolen, now using IP address tied to malware by moistbar on Friday January 29, 2021 @04:05PM (#25962537)

> Perl.com is a site owned by The Perl Foundation and has been used since 1997 to post news and articles about the Perl programming language.

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Re:Perl.com domain stolen, now using IP address tied to malware by benibela on Friday January 29, 2021 @04:47PM (#25963082)

Nowadays it is raku.org

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Re:Perl.com domain stolen, now using IP address tied to malware by lizmat on Friday January 29, 2021 @05:43PM (#25963765)

Well, actually that's the place if you're interested in the Raku Programming Language. Which has its roots in Perl, but is now a programming language on its own path.

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