Fake Vaccine Domain Seized
The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland has seized a fraudulent website impersonating a biotechnology company and seeking to steal data. The website was claiming to be giving away free vaccines, as indicated by the domain “freevaccinecovax .org.” The attackers fraudulently claimed to be a company developing
Nearly 2,000 malicious COVID-19-themed domains created every day
According to a new report fro Palo Alto Networks, more than 1.2 domains recently registered contain keywords relating to the COVID-19 pandemic. Of the 1.2 million domains registered between March 9 to April 26, these 86,600 are considered to have malicious intent. Palo Alto Networks analyzed all new domain names
FBI Seizes Domain That Sold Info Stolen in Data Breaches
A domain, named WeLeakData.com, was seized by the FBI after claiming to have more than 12 billion records gathered from 10,000 data breaches. The FBI’s actions were a result of an international law enforcement effort involving agencies from the US and Europe. The site remains down. The site offered subscriptions