[2016-06-22] Large-Scale Phishing Attack Targets Bitcoin and Web Wallet Users

[jdebunt]

At the time of writing, it is very difficult to grasp the full scope of this phishing campaign. Moreover, it is next to impossible to determine who is behind these fake domain websites. It is not unlikely most of them are registered with stolen credit card information. Similar to what has happened in the past, the majority of these websites is being advertised through Google Adwords. Doing so gives these fake sites a prominent ranking in Google’s search engine results.

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