{"id":9401,"date":"2026-08-17T11:14:53","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T11:14:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/2026\/08\/17\/hackers-spend-nearly-7-million-on-expired-domains-to-redirect-traffic-to-scams-and-malware\/"},"modified":"2026-08-17T11:14:53","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T11:14:53","slug":"hackers-spend-nearly-7-million-on-expired-domains-to-redirect-traffic-to-scams-and-malware","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/2026\/08\/17\/hackers-spend-nearly-7-million-on-expired-domains-to-redirect-traffic-to-scams-and-malware\/","title":{"rendered":"Hackers Spend Nearly $7 Million on Expired Domains to Redirect Traffic to Scams and Malware"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u200bThreat actors are acquiring expired domains to inherit website traffic and reputation to redirect victims to scams and malware on a large scale.<\/p>\n<p>DNS threat intelligence firm Infoblox has given the name dropcatch domains to those that get a second chance, where an expired domain becomes available for registration and is then snapped up by another party.<\/p>\n<p>During the first half of 2026, 50,400\u00a0Threat actors are acquiring expired domains to inherit website traffic and reputation to redirect victims to scams and malware on a large scale.<\/p>\n<p>DNS threat intelligence firm Infoblox has given the name dropcatch domains to those that get a second chance, where an expired domain becomes available for registration and is then snapped up by another party.<\/p>\n<p>During the first half of 2026, 50,400\u00a0\u00a0The Hacker News<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u200bThreat actors are acquiring expired domains to inherit website traffic and reputation to redirect victims to scams and malware on a large scale. DNS threat intelligence firm Infoblox has given the name dropcatch domains to those that get a second chance, where an expired domain becomes available for registration and is then snapped up by&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/2026\/08\/17\/hackers-spend-nearly-7-million-on-expired-domains-to-redirect-traffic-to-scams-and-malware\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Hackers Spend Nearly $7 Million on Expired Domains to Redirect Traffic to Scams and Malware<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":9402,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9401"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9401"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9401\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}