Bitdefender researchers have uncovered a surge in subscription scams, both in scale and sophistication, spurred by a massive campaign involving hundreds of fraudulent websites.

• Incredibly convincing websites, selling everything from shoes and clothes to diverse electronics, are tricking people into paying monthly subscriptions and willingly give away credit card data.
• Many of the websites are linked to a single address in Cyprus, likely home to an offshore company.
• The scam encompassed more than 200 different websites, including many that are still up and running.
• Criminals create Facebook pages and take out full ads to promote the already classic "mystery box" scam and other variants.
• The "mystery box" scam has evolved and now includes almost hidden recurring payments, alongside links to websites to various shops.
• Facebook is used as the main platform for these new and enhanced mystery box scams
• Content creators are being impersonated to promote mystery boxes or fraudster create new pages that look a lot like the originals.

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After identifying a significant overlap between IPs exploiting CVE-2024-40891 and those classified as Mirai, the team investigated a recent variant of Mirai and confirmed that the ability to exploit CVE-2024-40891 has been incorporated into some Mirai strains.

‍GreyNoise is observing active exploitation attempts targeting a zero-day critical command injection vulnerability in Zyxel CPE Series devices tracked as CVE-2024-40891. At this time, the vulnerability is not patched, nor has it been publicly disclosed. Attackers can leverage this vulnerability to execute arbitrary commands on affected devices, leading to complete system compromise, data exfiltration, or network infiltration. At publication, Censys is reporting over 1,500 vulnerable devices online.

What Happened On March 29, 2023, Falcon OverWatch observed unexpected malicious activity emanating from a legitimate …