Anti-spam Group Says NIC.AT 'Aids' Phishers
The Register reports that anti-spam group Spamhaus has taken the unusual step of adding Austrian domain registry NIC.AT to its blocked list for "knowingly providing services" to hundreds of spam phishing domains run by a Russian cyber crime phishing gang, called 'Rock Phish'. According to an anti-phishing researcher, 69 .AT domain names have been used by the Rock Phisher group since April 17 for criminal purposes. Spamhaus said the lack of co-operation from the registry to shut down fraudulent domain names had become a serious concern to it and other spam fighters in recent weeks, as well as the international banking industry.
