The free online service will enable anyone to instantly detect typosquatted, cybersquatted or phishing domains targeting his, or her, domain or brand name.
Following the very successful launch of SSL/TLS security and web server security testing services, web security company High-Tech Bridge has added to its portfolio of free web services with domain security radar. The new service reveals various unethical, malicious or illegal activities with domain names, such as identity theft, brand and trade mark forgery, domain squatting, typosquatting and phishing.
As well as site owners, domain security radar is aimed at supporting the legal community, as they pursue cyber squatters.
The domain radar is simple to use – a URL is input and results include details on cybersquatted domains, typosquatted domains and phishing websites.
The need for the service is very real. Today, cybersquatting and related machinations and fraud with domains are a significant problem for the Internet and its users. Even well-known and
influential people such as Mark Zuckerberg are victims of domain fraudsters generating illegal or unethical revenue. OpenDNS claims that cyber squatters are becoming more active during US presidential campaign, trolling almost every candidate with hijacked or altered domain names.
While the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) reports continuous growth of domain cybersquatting, cybercriminals are aggressively using typosquatted domains to compromise and infect inattentive users with malware turning their mobile devices and computers into zombies.
Other criminals use malicious domains that visually mirror the original ones to steal large amounts of digital currencies from unsuspecting users.
According to the Symantec Intelligence Report 2015, the average number of spear-phishing attacks rose to 42 per day in January, up from 33 in December. The new service will help the Internet community to receive instant updates about all cases of cybercrime involving fraudulent domains.
Ilia Kolochenko, High-Tech Bridge’s CEO, says: “Our mission is to enable anyone, regardless of technical experience, education or location to easily identify the growing number of web security threats, and to be able to properly act on them.
“The very positive reaction to our SSL and web security testing services inspired us to create the domain security radar aimed to help fight such grave problems as domain squatting and phishing. The service is totally free of charge, and none of our services will become paid in the future. We want to make Internet a safer place, and more new services are coming soon. Stay tuned!”