Criminals focus their efforts on Amazon Prime Day
Hackers in general keep online commerce in focus, where it can be seen that 80 % of the domains that contain the word Amazon are potentially dangerous
Cybercriminals targeted Amazon Prime Day discount period customers with an increase in malicious activity leading to 80 % of domains containing the word ‘Amazon’ potentially dangerous.
In the run-up to Amazon Prime Day 2021, cybercriminals have increased their malicious activity, and in many cases are attempting to impersonate the eCommerce company, as the cybersecurity company Check Point has warned in a statement.
As a consequence, 80 % of domains that contain the word ‘Amazon’ are potentially dangerous, according to data from the cybersecurity company.
In the last 30 days, almost half (46%) of new websites registered with the word ‘Amazon’ are malicious and 32 % of them have been considered suspicious.
In the course of the last month, more than 2,303 new domains related to the eCommerce giant were registered, compared to 2,137 in 2020, which represents a growth of 10 % per year.
Domain spoofing (also known as phishing) is a popular way for cybercriminals to steal money or other sensitive data from users. This search for look-alike addresses is intended to divert ‘online’ traffic and redirect unsuspecting consumers to websites that contain malware or that ask them to provide personally identifiable information.
K. Tovar
Source: dpa
