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8 articles · newest firstThe Year in Web Threats: Web Skimmers Take Advantage of Cloud Hosting and More
Unit 42 analyzed 2.24 million web threat incidents, finding web skimmers increasingly hosted on cloud infrastructure to steal payment card data.
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Trends in Web Threats: Attackers Were More Active During Holiday Season
Unit 42 tracked 533,000 malicious landing URL incidents from October-December 2021, showing web threats peaked during the holiday shopping season.
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Trends in Web Threats: Old Web Skimmer Still Active Today
Unit 42 detected 577,000 landing URL incidents in Q1 2022, with an old web skimmer family still actively stealing payment card data.
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Trends in Web Threats in CY Q2 2022: Malicious JavaScript Downloaders Are Evolving
Unit 42 detected 751,000 landing URL incidents in Q2 2022 and documented malicious JavaScript downloaders evolving to evade detection.
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Recent Trends in Internet Threats: Common Industries Impersonated in Phishing Attacks, Web Skimmer Analysis and More
Unit 42 analyzed 67 million malicious URLs and domains in H2 2022, a 52% increase, highlighting phishing impersonation and web skimmer trends.
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Beneath the Surface: Detecting and Blocking Hidden Malicious Traffic Distribution Systems
Unit 42 built an ML-based detector for malicious traffic distribution systems, finding malicious TDS chains average longer redirections and more URLs than legitimate ones.
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The Smishing Deluge: China-Based Campaign Flooding Global Text Messages
Unit 42 attributes a global smishing campaign with 194,000+ phishing domains impersonating tolls, banks, and couriers to the Smishing Triad.
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- Advanced DNS Securityvendor · 2
- Advanced URL Filteringvendor · 2
- Unit 42vendor · 2
- JavaScript downloadersmalware · 1
- Advanced DNS Securityproduct · 1
- Dominet (HK) Limitedorganization · 1
- Smishing Triadthreat actor · 1
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- Advanced Threat Preventionproduct · 1
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