Here we go again - Hurricane Relief Sites - SANS Internet Storm Center

Here we go again - Hurricane Relief Sites
Remember three years ago when hurricanes Katrina and Rita hit the US Gulf coast? On the day Katrina hit New Orleans hundreds of donation sites appeared online, many if not most were scam sites. Well this time around it looks like the people who like to register domain names in anticipation of a storm's arrival have already started registering them for Gustav and Hanna. I'm not suggeting that they are up to no good, but simply pointing out that the rush has started and we need to make sure our users are aware of the potential for scam sites appearing online in the next few days. For example, these domains were registered in the past 24 hours according to Domain Tools: aidforgustav.com gustav-recovery.com gustav08.com gustavcharities.org gustavcharity.org gustavcontractor.com gustavdonation.org gustavdonations.com gustavdonations.org gustavfund.org gustavjamaica.com gustavsecurity.com gustavsupport.com gustavupdates.com gustavvictims.com gustavvolunteers.com hurricanegustavrecovery.com hurricanegustavresponse.com isurvivedgustav.com killergustav.com officialhurricanegustav2008.com reliefforgustav.com trackgustav.com trackgustav.net victimsofgustav.com I checked several of them and the sites i viewed are just parked with a "for sale" sign on them. Nothing wrong with that, but it's only a matter of time before the "donate here" buttons start showing up. Marcus H. Sachs Director, SANS Internet Storm Center	Marcus 301 Posts ISC Handler Aug 30th 2008
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