Father’s Day: Bad Guys’ Activities

Whois API researchers previously uncovered suspicious web properties related to Mother’s Day¹. Some of them were outright malicious, while others hosted questionable content. This Father’s Day, we detected a similar trend, indicating that the bad guys are also getting ready for the special occasion.

Here are our key findings:

• We found 1,700+ domains and subdomains containing Father’s Day-related text strings, particularly “father” and “dad,” alongside “gift,” “game,” “shop,” “store,” “card,” and “gift.”

• About 85% of the cyber resources actively resolved to 1,600+ IP addresses, some hosting questionable content, including login and look-alike pages, giveaways, and news sites.

• Over a dozen properties have been reported as malicious by various malware engines.

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• [1] https://main.whoisxmlapi.com/threat-reports/we-dont-want-to-spoil-mothers-day-but-these-domains-might