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.US Harbors Prolific Malicious Link Shortening Service

October 31, 2023 0 Comments A Little Sunshine, black pumas, blackpumaoct33@ukr.net, godaddy, infoblox, josef bakhovsky, kristaps ronka, leila puma, malicious link shortener, namecheap, namesilo, national telecommunications and information administration, prolific puma, Web Fraud 2.0

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2023 13:26:55 +0000

The top-level domain for the United States — .US — is home to thousands of newly-registered domains tied to a malicious link shortening service that facilitates malware and phishing scams, new research suggests. The findings come close on the heels of a report that identified .US domains as among the most prevalent in phishing attacks over the past year.

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Phishing Domains Tanked After Meta Sued Freenom

May 26, 2023 0 Comments A Little Sunshine, awpg ecrime exchange, dave piscitello, freenom, interisle consulting group, mastodon, meta, namecheap, openphish, phishtank, spamhaus

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Fri, 26 May 2023 16:37:15 +0000

The number of phishing websites tied to domain name registrar Freenom dropped precipitously in the months surrounding a recent lawsuit from social networking giant Meta, which alleged the free domain name provider has a long history of ignoring abuse complaints about phishing websites while monetizing traffic to those abusive domains.