May 6, 2024 at 05:18PM The DNS Abuse Institute has transformed into the NetBeacon Institute, focusing on combating online technical abuse. It offers free innovative solutions, education, and collaboration opportunities to domain industry stakeholders. The flagship programs, NetBeacon MAP and NetBeacon Reporter, have been expanded to better measure and report on DNS Abuse. The Institute … Read more
February 28, 2024 at 09:39AM Savvy Seahorse uses CNAME DNS records to create a traffic distribution system for financial scam campaigns. Infoblox researchers uncovered this operation in August 2021, noting the use of chatbots to automate scamming and the abuse of DNS CNAME records to manage redirects and evade detection. The actor targets victims through … Read more
February 27, 2024 at 09:45AM Guardio reported a significant campaign named SubdoMailing, conducted by threat actor ResurrecAds, using 8,800 hijacked domains and over 13,000 associated subdomains to send approximately five million emails daily. This campaign aims to exploit forgotten subdomains from major companies to bypass spam filters and lead users to phishing and scam websites. … Read more