Fake U. S. Postal Service websitesU. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (USPS) databases, designed to borrow sensitive data and knowledge about phishing payments, generate almost as much traffic as the genuine USPS website.
In fact, the genuine USPS site had less traffic than its imitators during the holiday season, warns a new report from cybersecurity researchers at Akamai Technologies, urging consumers to be skeptical when buying groceries online and to be aware of the concept of fraud.
The report states that between October 2023 and February 2024, Akamai researchers observed that fake USPS sites got 1,128,146 requests, while the real site got 1,181,235. Between November and December specifically, fake sites generated even more traffic, as hackers stepped up their efforts over the holidays. season.
Akamai also noted that the researchers analyzed only websites with the USPS chain in their name, and that the number of fake websites posing as major brands is likely much higher. As a result, traffic to fake internet sites will most likely be higher. be superior as well.
The most popular domain names are, unsurprisingly, Arraycom (4,459 domain names with 271,278 queries) and Arraytop (3,063 domain names with 274,257 queries). Other notable mentions include Arrayshop, Arrayxyz, Arrayorg, and Arrayinfo.
With USPS, hackers usually associate fake websites with phishing emails or text messages. In those messages, the attackers will tell victims that their packages cannot be delivered for some reason (e. g. , lack of key delivery data or certain fees that need to be paid). ).
The messages will also convey a sense of urgency (e. g. , the victim will have a few hours to make the payment or submit the required information, otherwise the package will be returned to its sender).
Campaigns are typically most effective during the holiday season, as many people shop online and don’t find those suspicious messages.
Through a computer that rings
Sead is a veteran freelance journalist based in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. He writes about IT (cloud, IoT, 5G, VPN) and cybersecurity (ransomware, knowledge breaches, legislation, and regulations). Over the course of his career, which spans more than a decade, he has written for media outlets, including Al Jazeera Balkans. He has also facilitated several modules on content writing for Represent Communications.
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