Black Friday Shoppers Targeted By Scams and Fake Domains November 26, 2019 https://threatpost.com/black-friday-shoppers-scams-fake-domains/150593/ ZeroFOX: Sales or Scams? Don’t Fall for These Black Friday “Deals”
Skimming Scams and Redirection Schemes Phish Consumers Credentials Days Before Black Friday November 26, 2019 https://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/us...onsumers-credentials-days-before-black-friday
Phishers Create Fake Sites as Bait for Holiday Shopping Deals November 26, 2019 https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/ne...ake-sites-as-bait-for-holiday-shopping-deals/ Check Point: November shopping – do it the smart way!
RiskIQ’s 2019 Black Friday E-commerce Blacklist Report: Crucial Intel for Thanksgiving Weekend November 21, 2019 https://www.riskiq.com/blog/external-threat-management/2019-black-friday-blacklist/ RiskIQ: RiskIQ’s 2019 Black Friday E-commerce Blacklist Report
Scams Ramp Up Ahead of Black Friday Cybercriminal Craze November 14, 2020 https://threatpost.com/scams-black-friday-cybercriminal-craze/161239/
Phishing emails double in November in run-up to Black Friday and Cyber Monday November 17, 2020 https://blog.checkpoint.com/2020/11...r-in-run-up-to-black-friday-and-cyber-monday/
NCSC Issues Warning About Expected #BlackFriday Scams November 23, 2020 https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/ncsc-blackfriday-scams/ NCSC: Shopping online securely
"5,000+ Black Friday and Cyber Monday scam sites registered in November... Researchers analyzed newly created websites’ certificates, availability, registration date, and domain names for signs of phishing and scams... First, we filtered by website domains by keyword to narrow our search. About 268,000 of the new site domains contained a word or phrase on our list of holiday shopping-related keywords... Of the 267,807 new domains containing a Black Friday-related keyword, 5,466 probably scam and phishing sites were identified... Researchers analyzed newly created websites’ certificates, availability, registration date, and domain names for signs of phishing and scams. The sites were checked against phishing databases of known scam sites. The research team also searched for links to phishing and scam sites on social media..." https://www.comparitech.com/blog/vpn-privacy/black-friday-scam-website-research/
Fortinet warns of Black Friday scams involving PS5s, Xboxes and fake Amazon gift card generators that steal crypto October 30, 2021 https://www.zdnet.com/article/forti...e-amazon-gift-card-generator-stealing-crypto/ Fortinet: Black Friday Scams are Coming—Online Shoppers Should Approach with Caution