Security News > 2021 > February > Hijacked Perl.com Domain Hosted on IP Address Linked to Malicious Activity
The Perl.com domain, which since 1997 had been serving articles about Perl programming, was hijacked last week.
The Perl Foundation announced last week that the domain was hijacked, warning users to steer clear of Perl.com, due to possible connections to sites associated with malware distribution.
"The perl.com domain was hijacked this morning, and is currently pointing to a parking site. [] We encourage you NOT to visit the domain, as there are some signals that it may be related to sites that have distributed malware in the past," the announcement reads.
Shortly after the Perl.com domain was hijacked, The Register found it up for sale on afternic.com for $190,000.
The Google Cloud IP address that Perl.com is now hosted at, namely 35.186.238[.]101, is known to have been used for malware distribution in the past, including for the Locky ransomware, but also as a command and control server, BleepingComputer notes.
Although the domain doesn't appear malicious for the time being, users should refrain from accessing Perl.com until the original registrants are able to regain control of it.