Why Phishers Love New TLDs Like .shop, .top and .xyz

Re:Why Phishers Love New TLDs Like .shop, .top and .xyz by torton on Tuesday December 03, 2024 @03:13PM (#42310756)

When I used to run my own email, .top and .xyz received an automatic -10 on spam evaluation. I can't remember a single legitimate website that I actually used and would have had an account on from these TLDs; all I ever saw was spam.

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Re:Why Phishers Love New TLDs Like .shop, .top and .xyz by a-loup-e on Tuesday December 03, 2024 @03:19PM (#42310828)

I see a lot of personal blogs that use .xyz here on HN.

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Re:Why Phishers Love New TLDs Like .shop, .top and .xyz by snats on Tuesday December 03, 2024 @04:29PM (#42311722)

I use .XYZ because it was pretty cheap when I bought it

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Re:Why Phishers Love New TLDs Like .shop, .top and .xyz by aidenn0 on Tuesday December 03, 2024 @07:38PM (#42313357)

I use .xyz because I have a very common first and last name, and nearly all of the permutations of them were taken on .net, .com, .org, and .us; .xyz seems to price based on how desirable they think the name is, so I still couldn't get $FIRST-$LAST.xyz for a reasonable price, but I got something close.

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Re:Why Phishers Love New TLDs Like .shop, .top and .xyz by carbine on Tuesday December 03, 2024 @05:21PM (#42312239)

I do too, aesthetically it's great. Unfortunately the rise in phishing from xyz domains means if you use it to send email your deliverability is likely to suck.

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Re:Why Phishers Love New TLDs Like .shop, .top and .xyz by forty on Tuesday December 03, 2024 @05:02PM (#42312053)

I thought the same, out of the 5 domains listed, I'm not sure I have used any legitimate website using them, so I might as well block them entirely

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Re:Why Phishers Love New TLDs Like .shop, .top and .xyz by cristoperb on Tuesday December 03, 2024 @05:12PM (#42312163)

I hope this sentiment isn't too widespread... I use .xyz for my personal blog and primary email :shrug:

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Re:Why Phishers Love New TLDs Like .shop, .top and .xyz by LinuxBender on Wednesday December 04, 2024 @10:57AM (#42318726)

Similar for my self hosted email, though I just reject in postfix for about 30 of the cheap/meme tld's.

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