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The Truth of the Matter: Scammers Targeting Truth Social Users

Key Data Threat actors immediately target new Truth Social users โ€” Netcraft received more than 30 messages within hours of creating an account. Truth Socialโ€™s structure gives threat actors easy access to target groups with more than 100,000 members. Advance Fee Fraud scams average $250, with some scammers asking for...

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December 2024 Web Server Survey

In the December 2024 survey we received responses from 1,149,724,280 sites across 272,582,582 domains and 13,260,653 web-facing computers. This reflects an increase of 8.6 million sites, 550,526 domains, and 146,420 web-facing computers. nginx experienced the largest gain of 6.4 million sites (+2.92%) this month, and now accounts for 19.7% (+0.41pp)...

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November 2024 Web Server Survey

In the November 2024 survey we received responses from 1,141,129,846 sites across 272,032,056 domains and 13,114,233 web-facing computers. This reflects an increase of 10.1 million sites, 277,239 domains, and 110,998 web-facing computers. Cloudflare experienced the largest gain of 2.6 million sites (+1.96%) this month, and now accounts for 11.8% (0.12pp)...

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Black Friday Gets a Fakeover: Fake Stores Spike 110% by Using LLMs this Holiday Shopping Season

Key Data This article explores Netcraftโ€™s research into the global growth of fake stores, including activity that makes use of the e-commerce platform SHOPYY to target Black Friday shoppers. Insights include: An increase of 110% in fake stores identified between August to October 2024 Tens of thousands of fake stores...

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How to Prevent Phishing Attacks

Contents Overview Customer-Facing Phishing Attacks How Do Phishing Attacks Work? Whatโ€™s the Impact of These Phishing Attacks? Loss of Customer Trust Brand Reputation Damage Financial and Legal Ramifications Increased Customer Service Burden Why Do Organizations Struggle When Responding to External Phishing Threats? Focus on Enterprise Threats Lack of Integration with...

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October 2024 Web Server Survey

In the October 2024 survey we received responses from 1,131,068,688 sites across 271,754,817 domains and 13,003,235 web-facing computers. This reflects an increase of 12.0 million sites, 971,957 domains, and 62,565 web-facing computers. OpenResty experienced the largest gain of 2.2 million sites (+1.98%) this month, increasing its market share to 10.1%...

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Every Doggo Has Its Day: Unleashing the Xiลซ Gว’u Phishing Kit

Key data  This article explores Netcraftโ€™s research into Xiลซ gว’u (ไฟฎ็‹—), a phishing kit in use since at least September 2024 to deploy phishing campaigns targeting the US and UK, Spain, Australia, and Japan. Insights include: A branded mascot and interactive features added for entertainment Over 2,000 phishing websites identified...

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Hookโ€™d: How HookBot Malware Impersonates Known Brands to Steal Customer Data 

Key data  This article explores Netcraftโ€™s research into the HookBot malware family and associated attacks on Android devices, including examples of:  Typical HookBot behaviors, such as the use of overlay attacks  The types of brands and apps being impersonated  How HookBot utilizes Command and Control (C2) servers to continuously evolve  ...

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Face Off: US Election Debate Sparks New Wave of Crypto-Doubling Scams

In the wake of the second US presidential election debate between Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump (September 10), Netcraft identified a series of crypto investment scams monopolizing on the publicity around this key event.  Our research uncovered 24 crypto-doubling scam domains related to the debate, including 14 phishing...

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