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Malicious For-Profit Group Impersonates Brands to Scam Users

Heimadal Security

“Fangxiao,” a malicious for-profit company, has created a vast network of over 42,000 domains that imitate well-known companies to direct people to websites pushing adware software, dating sites, or “free” gifts.

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Cyber Threats to the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022

Digital Shadows

Scams could present themselves in many forms. Scams could present themselves in many forms. For instance, financially-motivated threat actors often plant in malicious URLs spoofing these events to fraudulent sites, hoping to maximize their chances of scamming naive internet users for a quick (illicit) profit.

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Spam and phishing in 2022

SecureList

Thus, during the World Cup a brand-new scam appeared: it offered users to win a newly released iPhone 14 for predicting match outcomes. These sites referenced public figures and humanitarian groups, offering to accept cash in cryptocurrency, something that should have raised a red flag in itself.