Avoiding Holiday

Scammers Are Impersonating Major Brands to Steal Your Money

By Mayura Kathir, gbhackers.com

Black Friday is supposed to be chaotic, sure, but not this chaotic. Amid genuine doorbusters and flash sales, a large-scale, highly polished scam campaign is hijacking web traffic and pushing shoppers to fake “survey reward” pages impersonating dozens of major brands all to steal payment card details and personal data.

Security research into malvertising ahead of the holiday rush shows how widespread this operation has become.

Malicious ads, planted on otherwise legitimate sites, silently redirect users into an interconnected network of more than 100 unique domains.

Each domain runs the same fraud template, swapping in different logos, colors, and product imagery depending on which company FINISH READING HERE

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