Spoofing
Threats Fraudulent domains impacted 96% of organisations worldwide
As many as ninety-six percent of organisations worldwide have observed the presence of multiple fraudulent domains on the Internet that …
Threats Many phishing sites now feature HTTPS and green padlock, FBI warns
The FBI has warned Internet users that they should not blindly trust websites with HTTPS certification and the green padlock …
Threats Scammers masquerading as employees of the UK's top law firms to phish citizens
Online scammers and phishers are masquerading as associates of the UK's largest law firms such as DLA Piper and sending …
Threats Chinese domains behind a third of HMRC phishing scams, finds study
Internet domains based in China form a third of the top thirty malicious domains that are being used by cyber …
Threats Over 5,000 people lost over £7 million to holiday fraud in 2018
Cyber criminals and online fraudsters conned over 5,000 holiday travellers out of over £7 million in 2018 by creating fraudulent …
Threats Email fraud targeting financial services organisations rose by over 60% YoY
In an indication of the fact that cyber criminals consider people more vulnerable to hacking tactics than technology, new research …
Threats Cyber criminals domain-spoofing HMRC website to con UK taxpayers
With the tax filing deadline fast approaching, cyber criminals are exploiting the occasion and are domain-spoofing the HMRC website to …
Threats Hackers are domain-spoofing UK’s top media firms to spread fake news
Web domains of leading media organisations in the UK such as BBC News, The Guardian, Sky News, ITV News, and …
Threats Iranian hacker group spoofed websites and login pages of 74 universities
Security researchers have revealed how a threat group associated with the Iranian government used fake domains that contained over 300 …
Threats Microsoft foils domain-spoofing campaign orchestrated by Fancy Bear
Microsoft recently took control over six "domain-spoofing" Internet domains that it said were previously controlled by the infamous Russian hacker …
News WhatsApp tackles online fraud with new ‘suspicious link detection’ feature
In a bid to defeat fraudsters using its platform to carry out phishing attacks on unsuspecting users, WhatsApp is now …
News Fraudsters earn big by spoofing UK Universities’ web domains
Cyber criminals are raking in hundreds of thousands of pounds by spoofing domains of well-known UK universities and then using …
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