A long-established information site of the programming language Perl has its domain hijacked by a ransomware distribution site



It has been revealed that someone has hijacked the domain of 'Perl.com', which has provided information about the programming language

Perl since 1997. At the time of writing the article, it was confirmed that the domain 'perl.com' was hosted on the same IP address as the site that distributes the ransomware, and caution is advised not to access it.

The Perl NOC: perl.com hijacked
https://log.perl.org/2021/01/perlcom-hijacked.html

Perl.com domain stolen, now using IP address tied to malware
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/perlcom-domain-stolen-now-using-ip-address-tied-to-malware/

It was discovered on January 27 that perl.com had been hijacked by someone. 'The perl.com domain has been registered with someone else. We're looking for a way to address this issue,' Perl.com editor Brian de Foy posted on Twitter. doing.



perl.com was originally owned by O'Reilly and later came under the control of The Perl Foundation, a non-profit organization that manages Perl's official community site, Perl.org. According to a reply to Foy posted by intellectual property lawyer John Berryhill, perl.com was stolen by someone on September 28, 2020, and was the owner at the time of writing on January 27, 2021. It was said that it was in the hands of.




According to a survey conducted by Bleeping Computer, it was revealed that the IP address hosting perl.com at the time of writing the article matches the IP address that distributed the ransomware `` Locky '' in 2019. 'We strongly recommend that you do not visit perl.com until the domain is back in the hands of The Perl Foundation ,' he cautions.

Foy also reported on Twitter that he has prepared perldotcom.perl.org as an alternative to perl.com .


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