For millions of shoppers, Prime Big Deal Days on 6 and 7 October are about grabbing a bargain before the festive rush. For cybercriminals, it is harvest season, and they’ve laid the groundwork well in advance. Two separate studies published ahead of the event point in the same direction. KnowBe4‘s Threat Lab says Amazon impersonation
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Check Point Research (CPR), the security research department of Check Point Software Technologies, discovered fraudulent domains and phishing campaigns in connection with the offer days prior to the Amazon prime deal days on October 6 and 7. CPR observed a steady increase in newly registered domains in connection with the keywords "Amazon" and "Prime Day" since July. In the last three months [...] The article Over 1000 contaminated domains on th…