A Large-Scale Analysis of Phishing Websites Hosted on Free Web Hosting Domains

Roy, Sayak Saha; Karanjit, Unique; Nilizadeh, Shirin

doi:10.48550/arxiv.2212.02563

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“…Security analysis on FCWs has been established previously by Alabduljabbar et al [6,7,8,9]. The cost of using FCWs has been investigated in [17,18,20,28]. The correlation between FCW security and the use of a specific content management system has been introduced in [10], while other studies performed a correlation analysis on website security, such as [13,15,21,22,27].…”

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Do Content Management Systems Impact the Security of Free Content Websites?

Alqadhi

Alabduljabbar

Thomas

et al. 2023

Lecture Notes in Computer Science

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Free Content Websites (FCWs) are a significant element of the Web, and realizing their use is essential. This study analyzes FCWs worldwide by studying how they correlate with different network sizes, cloud service providers, and countries, depending on the type of content they offer. Additionally, we compare these findings with those of premium content websites (PCWs). Our analysis concluded that FCWs correlate mainly with networks of medium size, which are associated with a higher concentration of malicious websites. Moreover, we found a strong correlation between PCWs, cloud, and country hosting patterns. At the same time, some correlations were also observed concerning FCWs but with distinct patterns contrasting each other for both types. Our investigation contributes to comprehending the FCW ecosystem through correlation analysis, and the indicative results point toward controlling the potential risks caused by these sites through adequate segregation and filtering due to their concentration.

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