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  1. Cybercriminals are increasingly targeting retail affiliate programs with sophisticated cryptocurrency scams. Retailers and customers must stay alert against domain fraud, brand impersonation, and online Ponzi schemes to prevent losses.

    Learn more on @Hackread: hackread.com/amazon-target-hac

    #CyberSecurity #Retail #RetailSecurity #PonziSchemes #BrandImpersonation #Fraud #DomainFraud

  2. Spotlight: Impersonation phishing using exact match hostnames

    Phishers have long embedded exact matches of brands in domain names that they register for phishing. Company, service, or product names in domains continue to deceive less technically savvy members of society. Phishers are increasingly using exact match strings to compose hostnames at free web sites for phishing.

    For the period, impersonation attacks against two brands stood out: United States Postal Service (USPS) and Facebook. Looking closely at these two brands, we are able to illustrate how phishers employ these different naming methods.

    cybercrimeinfocenter.org/phish

    #phishing #brandimpersonation
    #domainnames
    #domainabuse #dnsabuse