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A $25 template helped scammers build hundreds of phantom bank domains

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A $25 template helped scammers build hundreds of phantom bank domains

Allure Security researchers discovered a network of phantom bank domains created using a $25 website template to support scams targeting financial services customers. The investigation began when a suspicious domain mimicking a client's brand redirected users to a fake bank site, identified through a telltale template phrase. The template's affordability and reusability enabled scammers to establish hundreds of fraudulent banking domains at scale.

Why it matters: Financial services companies and their customers face credential theft and account takeover risk from these fake banking sites; practitioners should monitor for domain spoofing and implement brand protection measures to detect and block phantom banking infrastructure.

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