Today, Forcepoint’s X-Labs Threat Research team released a new blog highlighting a central topic: “Online Casino Spam: How Fake Gambling Sites Steal Financial Data.”
The research uncovers a new type of online casino scam gaining prominence in Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia and Turkey. It outlines the tactics spammers are using, how the scam is carried out, tips for identifying legitimate activity and a statement on how Forcepoint customers are protected.
A few quick takeaways that may be helpful for anything you are working on tied to this emerging topic:
- Deceptive lures: Use of high-reputation domains and legitimate cloud services to bypass email filters.
- Data harvesting: Stealing personal info and credit card details via fake registration forms.
- Multi-stage scams: Casino hooks frequently lead to fraudulent investment schemes or “pig butchering” scams.
- Infrastructure sharing: Attackers use the same backend servers for various types of financial fraud.
- Dynamic redirection: Links use geo-targeting to show victims localized scams based on their IP address.
- Evasion tactics: Use of URL shorteners and HTML smuggling to hide malicious destinations from security tools.
- Lead generation: Active users are logged and sold to other cybercriminal groups for future targeting.
The piece is available at:https://www.forcepoint.com/blog/x-labs/online-casino-spam-financial-scams.
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New Research: The evolution of online casino spam
Today, Forcepoint’s X-Labs Threat Research team released a new blog highlighting a central topic: “Online Casino Spam: How Fake Gambling Sites Steal Financial Data.”
The research uncovers a new type of online casino scam gaining prominence in Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia and Turkey. It outlines the tactics spammers are using, how the scam is carried out, tips for identifying legitimate activity and a statement on how Forcepoint customers are protected.
A few quick takeaways that may be helpful for anything you are working on tied to this emerging topic:
The piece is available at:https://www.forcepoint.com/blog/x-labs/online-casino-spam-financial-scams.
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