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'tis the season (for some phishers)

Phishers do put a lot of effort into creating a successful phishing site. They register domains that look like the legitimate ones, set up fast-flux infrastructures, compromise vulnerable machines to deploy phishing kits, send lots of emails to attract victims.

However, sometimes phishers slip up. For example, deploying a Christmas-themed PayPal phishing site in June is, well, a giveaway...

Screenshot of PhishTank entry #463234 using a Christmas-themed
copy of PayPal

Happy holidays!

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