Scammers rebuild fake shopping sites within hours of a takedown

Reported by Help Net Security (Anamarija Pogorelec)

Summary by Cyber Security News30 Oct 2026, 06:30 CET

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One retail scam used more than 1,200 look-alike .shop domains sharing a single IP address. The sites reused HTML, JavaScript and payment-page designs intended to harvest card numbers, expiry dates and security codes, according Akamai’s Fraud and Abuse Report 2026. A ticket scam used a similar setup.

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