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Tag Archives: Typosquatting
Researcher finds 670 Microsoft subdomains vulnerable to takeover
Researchers have found it’s still child’s play to hijack subdomains from companies such as Microsoft to use in phishing and malware attacks.
Ho Ho OUCH! There are 4x more fake retailer sites than real ones
Beware, holiday shoppers! The phishers hiding under typosquatting domains are waiting for your keyboard fumbles.
Facebook launches $2m suit against alleged phishing, hacking sites
Facebook is using trademark law to target the operators of sites that imitate or target Facebook and Instagram sites.
Google launches new Chrome protection from bad URLs
The “Suspicious Site Reporter” extension lets users easily report dubious sites, while a new warning flags potential typosquatting pages.
Three tech-support scammers charged with ripping off the elderly
The defendants allegedly pulled in over $1.3 million over the course of about six years for unnecessary and undelivered tech support.
Snakes in the grass! Malicious code slithers into Python PyPI repository
Not for the first time, typosquatting malware made its way into an open source code repository.
On the hook! Phishing trip nets “Barbara” 5 years and whopping fine
The romance and business email compromise scammer pled guilty to fraud amounting to $25m.
Cybersquatter frenzy as Google becomes Alphabet without owning alphabet.com
Google’s big announcement this Monday that it was creating a new holding company called Alphabet took the business world by surprise, and cybersquatters have moved in to exploit confusion about the Alphabet domain name and website.
5 online scams to watch out for this Black Friday and Cyber Monday
The traditional kickoff to the holiday shopping season in the United States is also an opportune time for cybercriminals, scam artists and conmen to gear up their activities. Here are the top 5 online scams to watch out for…