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Why is .US Being Used to Phish So Many of Us?

September 1, 2023 admin A Little Sunshine, coalition for online accountability, dean marks, GoDaddy, interisle consulting group, national telecommunications and information administration, The Coming Storm, u.s. department of commerce, Web Fraud 2.0

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Fri, 01 Sep 2023 15:38:11 +0000

Domain names ending in “.US” — the top-level domain for the United States — are among the most prevalent in phishing scams, new research shows. This is noteworthy because .US is overseen by the U.S. government, which is frequently the target of phishing domains ending in .US. Also, .US domains are only supposed to be available to U.S. citizens and to those who can demonstrate that they have a physical presence in the United States.

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Phishing Domains Tanked After Meta Sued Freenom

May 26, 2023 admin 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.