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Massive Fake Website Campaign Spreading Malware detected

  • October 24, 2022
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Jasper_The_Rasper
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October 24, 2022 By MARTIN BRINKMANN 

 

Security researchers have detected a big malware campaign that is using fake websites to impersonate popular products and brands to spread malware. So-called typosquatting attacks register domain names that resemble the domain names of legitimate products. Many times, only a single character is different, added or removed from the domain name.

 

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While observant Internet users may spot the fake site by looking at the domain name, many rely on visual elements of the site instead to judge its authentiticy.

 

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Jamesharris85
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This seems to be a lot more prevalent in the news at the moment than I've seen previously!!