Beware of Hurricane Harvey Relief Scams
Summary: The FTC and US-CERT warned that scammers were standing up fake charities and relief sites after Hurricane Harvey, citing houstonfloodrelief.net, registered on Aug. 28, 2017, and harveyfloodrelief.org, which was soliciting PayPal donations. US-CERT noted that malware purveyors routinely exploit disasters and breaking news to lure people into clicking malicious links or opening booby-trapped attachments, and commenters reported 238 or more newly registered domains containing "hurricaneharvey".
What you should know: A single disaster produced hundreds of lookalike domains within days, and the ones that succeed don't need to breach your network - they only need one employee with a credit card and a sympathetic impulse.
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