New Threat Intelligence confirms connections underpinning pig butchering and investment scams Much like companies in the legitimate economy, criminals also specialize: focusing on their core strengths and using third-party Software-as-a-Service platforms and tools to outsource the rest of the business…
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July 2024 Web Server Survey
In the July 2024 survey we received responses from 1,104,170,084 sites across 270,429,856 domains and 12,891,416 web-facing computers. This reflects an increase of 2.7 million sites, 1.3 million domains, and 25,984 web-facing computers. Cloudflare experienced the largest gain of 2.7…
Sophisticated AI-generated Gitbook lures phishing the crypto industry
For the past year, Netcraft researchers have been tracking a threat actor using generative AI to assist in the creation of 17,000+ phishing and lure sites. These sites operate as infrastructure for phishing attacks that target more than 30 major…
Two clicks from empty – IPFS-powered crypto drainer scams leveraging look-alike CDNs
More than $40k lost to crypto drainer scams leveraging IPFS and malicious code hidden behind look-alike CDN imitations. At Netcraft, we’ve been disrupting cryptocurrency-based scams for over 10 years, including more than 15,000 IPFS phishing takedowns since 2016. As we closely…
Two clicks from empty – IFPS-powered crypto drainer scams leveraging look-alike CDNs
More than $40k lost to crypto drainer scams leveraging IPFS and malicious code hidden behind look-alike CDN imitations. At Netcraft, we’ve been disrupting cryptocurrency-based scams for over 10 years, including more than 15,000 IPFS phishing takedowns since 2016. As we closely…
June 2024 Web Server Survey
In the June 2024 survey we received responses from 1,101,431,853 sites across 269,118,919 domains and 12,865,432 web-facing computers. This reflects an increase of 4.0 million sites, an increase of 981,220 domains, and a decrease of 33,027 web-facing computers. OpenResty experienced…
Too good to be true: Beware the temptation of recovery scams
Being a victim of fraud can be devastating enough, but that’s not always the end of the story. Often, fraud victims can be targeted again – only this time by people claiming that they can recover the victim’s initial losses. …
Trumped Up Crypto Scams – Criminals Deploy Trump Donation Scams
Criminals are opportunists, ready to exploit any perceived weakness, from humanitarian efforts to presidential campaigns. Recently, Netcraft has been monitoring a series of attacks surrounding the Trump campaign, particularly following two developments: the May 21st announcement of crypto donations and…
Trumped Up Crypto Scams – Criminals Deploy Trump Donation Scams
Criminals are opportunists, ready to exploit any perceived weakness, from humanitarian efforts to presidential campaigns. Recently, Netcraft has been monitoring a series of attacks surrounding the Trump campaign, particularly following two developments: the May 21st announcement of crypto donations and…
Flipping the script on pig butchering – $45 million is just the tip of the iceberg
Losses to investment scams, romance fraud, and pig butchering reached $4.6 billion in the United States, a 38% increase in 2023. These scams often play out in private peer-to-peer conversations between victim and criminal, well beyond the reach of typical…