CSO: The Web's ten most dangerous neighborhoods

Ten top-level domains are to blame for at least 95 percent of the websites that pose a potential threat to visitors

By Maria Korolov
Sep 1, 2015

Wouldn't it be convenient if all the spam and malware sites were all grouped together under one top-level domain -- .evil, say -- so that they would be easy to avoid? According to a new study from Blue Coat, there are in fact ten such top-level domains, where 95 percent or more of sites pose a potential threat to visitors.

The worst offenders were the .zip and the .review top-level domains, with 100 percent of all sites rated as "shady," according to the report.

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