470 million sites exist for 24 hours, 22% are malicious

  • 27 August 2014
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Posted on 27 August 2014.
 
Blue Coat researchers analyzed more than 660 million unique hostnames requested by 75 million global users over a 90-day period. They found that 71 percent of the hostnames, or 470 million, were “One Day Wonders,” sites that appeared only for a single day.

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The largest generators of these sites include organizations that have a substantial Internet presence, such as Google, Amazon and Yahoo, as well as Web optimization companies that help accelerate the delivery of content.
 
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