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“Quishing” you a Happy Holiday Season

QR Code phishing scams — What they are and how to avoid them. Originally invented to keep track of car parts in the early 90s, QR codes have been around for decades. After gaining broader acceptance during the COVID-19 pandemic, they are now—perhaps inevitably—being exploited by cybercriminals. Quishing, or QR Code phishing, exploits smartphone users scanning… Read More »

December 2023 Web Server Survey

In the December 2023 survey we received responses from 1,088,057,023 sites across 269,268,434 domains and 12,355,610 web-facing computers. This reflects a loss of 4.1 million sites, an increase of 238,593 domains, and a loss of 128,028 web-facing computers. nginx experienced the largest loss of 4.5 million sites (-1.79%) this month, and now accounts for 22.5%… Read More »

It’s not cricket! Sri Lanka and Bangladesh co-host phishing attack

Sri Lanka and Bangladesh have a successful history of co-hosting the Cricket World Cup, but today the two countries’ governments have found themselves on a sticky wicket by co-hosting a phishing attack that targets UK banking customers. Victims lured to a certain page on the Lanka Government Network website at lgn2.gov.lk will be swiftly redirected… Read More »

.zip TLD: six months on, and still rollin’

It has been six months since Netcraft first reported on abuse of the new .zip TLD, outlining the fraudulent activity we detected and blocked. Within weeks of its launch, Netcraft had detected many fresh .zip domain registrations designed to exploit confusion between the new TLD and the .zip file extension for ZIP archives. So, what… Read More »

September 2023 Web Server Survey

In the September 2023 survey we received responses from 1,085,035,470 sites across 254,776,456 domains and 12,274,854 web-facing computers. This reflects a loss of 8.7 million sites and 682,961 domains, but a gain of 112,383 web-facing computers. OpenResty saw a large loss this month, dropping by 13.3 million sites (-13.99%) and 1.9 million domains (-4.78%). It… Read More »

Uncloaking Fake Search Ads | Netcraft

Search engine ads are not always as they seem. Cybercriminals can take advantage of the ability to precisely target potential victims, tricking them into clicking malicious links prominently displayed before the intended legitimate destination. This blog post takes a detailed look at the increasingly sophisticated usage of the technique known as cloaking, which is used… Read More »

Donation fraud: scammers exploit generosity in Gaza conflict

Cybercriminals always seek to cash in on current affairs to lend credibility to their attacks, and the conflict in Gaza is no exception. Netcraft has detected over $1.6M in cryptocurrency being transferred to accounts associated with this fraud. In donation fraud, cybercriminals trick users into donating to what appears to be a legitimate cause using… Read More »

Netcraft Named Winner of Coveted Top InfoSec Innovator Award for 2023

Cybercrime Detection, Disruption, Takedown Firm Wins Editor’s Choice Cybersecurity Company SALT LAKE CITY and LONDON – October 26, 2023 – Netcraft, the global leader in cybercrime detection, disruption, and takedowns, announced today it has been named the winner of the “Editor’s Choice Cybersecurity Company” award from Cyber Defense Magazine, the industry’s leading electronic information security… Read More »

October 2023 Web Server Survey

In the October 2023 survey we received responses from 1,093,294,946 sites across 267,962,271 domains and 12,371,536 web-facing computers. This reflects an increase of 8.3 million sites, 13.2 million domains, and 96,682 web-facing computers. The largest gains this month came from Apache, which gained 19.6 million sites (+8.51%), OpenResty, which gained 5.7 million domains (+14.9%), and… Read More »