"so it could be argued the malware mostly preys on the foolish using basic social-engineering trickery."
Pretty much accounts for 98% of the users. They do after all have an Android phone as well.
Ransomware scumbags have widened their net with a new software nasty that infects Android smartphones and tablets. The Koler-A ransomware trojan is delivered automatically to peeps browsing malicious pornographic sites; it poses as a media player offering access to premium content. Koler-A requires the user to enable side- …
Pretty much accounts for 98% of the users. They do after all have an Android phone as well.
Sigh.
I think you're underestimating how easy it is to set up a free subdomain, or iterate through a list of subverted domains. My point is that they do get squashed, but that requires due process and legal action typically, whereas the black hats are smaller and much more nimble, with the net result that it's simple for them to add new domains faster than they can be squashed.