10 registrars responsible for 83% of spam

[HomerJ]

I just came across an interesting article from February:

http://arstechnica.com/business/new...nt-of-spam-flows-from-just-ten-registrars.ars

According to KnujOn, a relatively small group of 10 registrars are responsible for a full 83 percent of all the spam and malware distributed over the past eight months. Here are the top 10 offenders; we'll be discussing the ones in bold further down

1. XIN NET (also #1 in KnujOn's May report)
2. eNom
3. Network Solutions
4. Register.com
5. PLANETONLINE
6. RegTime
7. OnlineNIC
8. SpotDomains
9. Wild West
10. Hichina Web Solutions

KnujOn is quick to point out that being on the list is not proof of ill intent on the part of the registrar. When the researchers released their first report in May, a number of the registrars listed in the top ten took action to remove themselves. Beijing Innovative Networks and Joker (no. 2 and no. 4 back in May) were told by ICANN to clean house or lose accreditation status; KnujOn claims both companies took the warnings seriously and have since solved their problems.

 

[tristanperry]

I remember reading this when it came out. Is quite surprising that eNom is 2nd.