Typosquatting
Most Parked Domains Now Serving Malicious Content
Direct navigation -- the act of visiting a website by manually typing a domain name in a web browser -- has never been riskier: A new study finds the vast majority of ...
Hunters International RaaS Group Points SharpRhino at IT Workers
Hunters International, a fast-rising RaaS group, is using a typosquatting domain for the open source Angry IP Scanner tool to deliver a novel RAT malware called SharpRhino in a campaign targeting IT ...
Python Developers Targeted Via Fake Crytic-Compilers Package
As per recent reports, cybersecurity experts uncovered a troubling development on the Python Package Index (PyPI) – a platform used widely by developers to find and distribute Python packages. A malicious package ...
PyPI Malicious Package Uploads Used To Target Developers
In light of the recent cybercriminal activity, new user sign-ups on the PyPI platform were halted. Currently, an increase in PyPI malicious package uploads is being deemed the reason behind the suspension ...
PyPI Goes Quiet After Huge Malware Attack: 500+ Typosquat Fakes Found
Emergency stop button: The Python Package Index was drowning in malicious code again, so they had to shut down registration for cleanup ...
8 Ways to Prevent Typosquatting Attacks Targeting Your Business
Typosquatting is a tactic nearly as old as the Internet itself, perhaps in part because it’s so easy to pull off. All the attacker needs to do is purchase a domain and ...
How to Avoid Online Shopping Scams on Amazon Prime Day
Prime Day is Amazon’s largest, most highly anticipated retail event, often thought as bigger than Cyber Monday and Black Friday combined. Shoppers enjoy two days of special sales, this year running from ...
Embedded Secrets in Webpage DOMs (and How to Use this Data to Protect Your Assets)
The dangerous impact of typosquat domains, and how frequently bad actors are mimicking legitimate brands is not an unknown problem for security leaders. It’s critical for security and IT teams to properly ...
Palo Alto Networks Finds Cyberattack Patterns Changing
An analysis of cyberattacks published by the Unit 42 research arm of Palo Alto Networks found a significant increase in attempts to mimic generative artificial intelligence (AI) sites on the web using ...
How to Remove a Typosquat Domain Targeting Your Company, Even When the Registrar Won’t Comply
Typosquat domains can damage not only an organization’s finances, but also their reputation with customers, prospects, and the market. Monitoring for and quickly remediating typosquat domains (where possible, more on that to ...
