Coming off the heels of Netcraft’s insight into homoglyph swapping scams, here’s some new insight for you to read.
Telegram quickly gained favor with bad actors for distributing ransomware to pulling off romance scams, however, new research from Netcraft finds the messaging app may be losing favor with fraudsters.
What’s replacing it? Going full circle back to good old-fashioned email. Among Netcraft researchers’ latest findings:
- While the number of websites using Telegram integrations tripled from May to June, the number of phishing sites using Telegram to transmit stolen data dropped sharply
- As platforms crack down, the battleground for credential theft is shifting
- Simultaneous to the drop in Telegram’s usage, there was a 25% uptick in the use of email for credential delivery
You can read the research here: https://www.netcraft.com/blog/from-bots-to-inboxes-how-phishing-infrastructure-is-shifting-in-2025
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Telegram’s Cybercrime Heyday is Fading Says Netcraft
Coming off the heels of Netcraft’s insight into homoglyph swapping scams, here’s some new insight for you to read.
Telegram quickly gained favor with bad actors for distributing ransomware to pulling off romance scams, however, new research from Netcraft finds the messaging app may be losing favor with fraudsters.
What’s replacing it? Going full circle back to good old-fashioned email. Among Netcraft researchers’ latest findings:
You can read the research here: https://www.netcraft.com/blog/from-bots-to-inboxes-how-phishing-infrastructure-is-shifting-in-2025
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