Lots of Amazon related domains are being registered as Prime Day starts — and most are malicious
Amazon Prime Day is here now, but alongside all the great deals to be had, shoppers have been warned to be careful when browsing.
A study from Check Point Research (CRP) has found scammers are impersonating Amazon or affiliates to trick online shoppers — and in the last 30 days alone, over 1,000 new Amazon related domains have been registered, 88% of which were identified as suspicious.
Many of these domains are ‘parked’ or not in use, but could be activated in the coming days, or used in phishing attacks. The scams come in a number of forms, but commonly advise customers to update their payment methods to ‘access’ prime benefits — and of course then steal their sensitive information.
