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Blank spaces could hold danger - Kaspersky report warns of the dangers of 'parked domains' and empty pages…

Kaspersky says empty web pages are watching you, and the research backs up the warning
Over 90% of parked domains now send visitors somewhere malicious, and clearing your cookies will not help
Blank pages are also a problem: many 'Coming Soon' placeholders are quietly fingerprinting your device

Kaspersky has unveiled a rather underreported attack vector which is increasingly being used by threat actors to harvest private data from unsuspecting victims: registered websites that are yet to be developed.

Its warning focuses on parked domains, the registered web addresses that have no real website behind them yet, arguing that the blank screens and "Coming Soon" placeholders users dismiss as harmless are frequently doing work in the background.

The company says simply loading one of these pages can trigger silent collection of a visitor's IP address, approximate location, User-Agent string and cookie identifiers, and that operators go further by building browser fingerprints...

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Should you still buy your next smartphone — or subscribe to it instead?

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