Fake brand discounts on social media prey on shoppers’ fear of missing out

Reported by Help Net Security (Sinisa Markovic)

Summary by Cyber Security News5 Oct 2026, 15:55 CET

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Cybercriminals are using fake discounts posted on Facebook and TikTok to lure shoppers to phishing sites that steal their payment card details and one-time passwords, Group-IB has warned. The phishing kit called Milk Dragon (also known as NaiLong) has been active since October 2025, and is linked to 258 phishing pages and victims in 66 countries. “Milk Dragon differentiates itself from the conventional phishing playbook in a notable way,” GroupIB noted.

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