14 DAY TRIAL // Kaspersky warns that cybercriminals are increasingly relying on .lc domains in their malicious campaigns. The .lc domain is a country code top level domain for Santa Lucia, a sovereign island country in the eastern Caribbean Sea.
The number of malicious URLs on the .lc domain has increased considerably over the last year (see chart).
According to Kaspersky’s Dmitry Bestuzhev, cybercrooks from all over the world are abusing such domains. In addition, cybercriminals from Brazil are abusing free web hosting services from Santa Lucia.
Most Internet users have never and will probably never access websites hosted on .lc domains. This is why experts recommend that access to such domains is filtered, especially by organizations.
In addition to .lc domains, experts have also warned of the increasing use of .pw (Palau) domains by cybercriminals.