Geotargeting, the ability to tailor advertising to the recipient’s location, has become a popular way to deliver content to visitors based on their location. Hackers are jumping on the opportunity to geo-target websites to advance their phishing schemes.
Researchers at Avanan, a Check Point Software Company have revealed their latest blog analyzing how hackers redirect users via Geo Targetly, a geo-targeting platform, and provide them with customized, localized phishing pages.
In this attack, recipients are presented with an email in the language corresponding to the country they are from. The email notifies users about a local traffic ordinance and encourages them to click on the provided link. Using the Geo Targetly redirect, a hacker can create a phishing link that redirects users in a certain region to a fake login page that looks identical to the original one.
You can read the research here.
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Hackers Redirect Victims onto Phishing Pages Via Geo Targetly in Latest Phishing Campaign
Geotargeting, the ability to tailor advertising to the recipient’s location, has become a popular way to deliver content to visitors based on their location. Hackers are jumping on the opportunity to geo-target websites to advance their phishing schemes.
Researchers at Avanan, a Check Point Software Company have revealed their latest blog analyzing how hackers redirect users via Geo Targetly, a geo-targeting platform, and provide them with customized, localized phishing pages.
In this attack, recipients are presented with an email in the language corresponding to the country they are from. The email notifies users about a local traffic ordinance and encourages them to click on the provided link. Using the Geo Targetly redirect, a hacker can create a phishing link that redirects users in a certain region to a fake login page that looks identical to the original one.
You can read the research here.
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