6/28/2023 0 Comments Mcafee redirector![]() Recently, we have launched the parked category in DNS Security as well. Palo Alto Networks has deployed a comprehensive pipeline to track newly parked domains and to publish the detection results to URL Filtering. Because of this, along with their questionable utility, it may be best to block parked domains. As shown by previous research studies and this blog, parked domains can pose significant threats to end-users. Some domain owners buy large amounts of domain names as an investment to resell them later for a profit or to monetize user traffic. In the first case, domain owners and parking services get paid when a user clicks on an ad, while in the second case, they get paid per user visit. In return, parking services will either present visitors with a list of advertisements or automatically redirect users to advertisers' webpages. Setting up a parking service is simple and only requires domain owners to point their name server (NS) records to the parking service. If domain owners don't have content or service ready to point their domains to, they can leverage parking services to monetize user traffic. Individuals and enterprises need to pay registrars (ICANN accredited domain resellers) an annual fee to buy domain names and become domain owners. Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Firewall customers can block the parked category with the URL Filtering and DNS Security subscriptions. Security best practice for enterprises is to keep close track of parked domains, while consumers should make sure that they type domain names correctly and double-check that the domain owners are trusted before entering any site. We believe that attackers are abusing McAfee’s affiliate program to steal ad revenue. Clicking on the “Proceed” button will redirect users to a legitimate McAfee download page offering an antivirus subscription. The landing page tries to fool users into believing that their machine is infected and that their McAfee subscription has expired. Both domains are active as of this writing. When a user attempts to visit the Xfinity website but accidentally types an additional "i," they will go to xifinitycom and will be redirected to an abusive landing page, antivirus-protectioncom-123xyz.
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