Cyber Evil Twin Sites
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A vast majority of users judge the authenticity of a website by its look and content, which has inspired attackers to vastly improve the quality of attack websites used in scams. Majority of these cloned sites are almost indistinguishable from the originals as they are a complete copy of the genuine target web site, with specific changes relevant to the attack. Lately, there has been a global spike of such attacks with relevance to a variety of advance fee frauds (AFF) scenarios, whereby unsuspecting victims are persuaded to make upfront payments for financial incentives that do not materialize (e.g. loans, credit cards, job scams and rewards).Banks and investment companies are the frequent choice of attackers, to copy website content for setting up their bogus attack site, sometimes (...)