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

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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