Ukraine & Russia Situation From a Domain Names Perspective

Published: 2022-02-24. Last Updated: 2022-02-24 06:26:58 UTC
by Xavier Mertens (Version: 1)

For a few days, the eyes of the world are on the situation between Russia and Ukraine. Today, operations are also organized in the "cyber" dimension (besides the classic ones - land, air, sea, and space). This new dimension is not only used for attacks like DDoS against the enemy but also for propaganda. Involved parties will be spreading fake news or bad guys may try to steal your data or some money.

Yesterday, I wrote an article on my blog[1] about the importance of monitoring the domain names ecosystem. Every time, something happens in the world like an earthquake, big floods, or even major sports events, it is followed by a peak of new domains registrations. I had a look at new domains that contain the strings "russia" and "ukraine". Most domain names containing the word "russia" are not interesting but it's not the same for "ukraine".

Here is a list of recently registered domain names (only in February):

bowlingforukraine.com
didrussiainvadeukraineyet.com
freeukraine.store
hasrussiainvadedukraine.today
hasrussiainvadedukraineyet.net
haverussiainvadedukraineyet.com
helpukraine.info
helpukraine.net
isukraineinvaded.com
isukraineinvadedyet.com
letshelpukraine.com
livefromukraine.com
maps-ukraine.com
nowarinukraine.art
nowarinukraine.com
pharma-ukraine.com
plant-ukraine.com
plebinukraine.com
rosaryforukraine.com
russiavsukraine.com
strongukraine.com
thetimesofukraine.com
ukraine-russia.com
ukraine-united.com
ukraineborder.com
ukraineconflict.com
ukrainecrisis.com
ukrainefreedom.com
ukrainembroidery.com
ukrainepeace.com
ukraineresearch.com
ukrainerussiawar.com
ukrainestrong.com
ukraineunited.co
ukraineunited.net
ukrainewar2022.com
ukrainewarmap.com
ukrainewarnewscom.com
ukraineweb.site
ukrainewin.com

Most of these domains are parked or just don't resolve to an IP address (yet). But some of them are already used to spread different types of messages: