Security News > 2024 > April > US Post Office phishing sites get as much traffic as the real one
Security researchers analyzing phishing campaigns that target United States Postal Service saw that the traffic to the fake domains is typically similar to what the legitimate site records and it is even higher during holidays.
"The amount of traffic to the illegitimate domains was almost equal to the amount of traffic to legitimate domains on a normal day - and greatly exceeded legitimate traffic during the holidays." - Akamai.
The most popular top-level domains associated with phishing USPS-themed domains were:.com - 4459 domains and 271,278 queries.
Xyz - 397 domains and 30,870 queries.org - 352 domains and 16,391 queries.
The stats show that traffic to malicious domains between November to December was higher compared to the legitimate one, indicating increased malicious activity during winter holiday season.
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