Phishers are constantly targeting newer brands from diverse industries, with the sole motive of fraudulently acquiring a large amount of users’ confidential information for financial gains. Symantec has observed and followed up with some recent trends in phishing attacks targeting some of the popular online gaming websites. Since the beginning of this year there has been a steady rise in phishing attacks on gaming websites.
Using these fake websites, phishers are employing tactics to acquire online gaming registrations and product keys from the intended victims.
Read on to find out the tactics observed.
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