FIFA World Cup fever fuels cyber scams

Synopsis Cybercriminals are exploiting the FIFA World Cup, creating thousands of fake ticket portals, merchandise stores, and streaming sites to scam fans. Sophisticated operations are intercepting payment details and authentication, while AI is enabling more personalized and convincing phishing campaigns. Listen to this article in summarized format The FIFA World Cup has become a hunting ground for cybercriminals with tens of fake ticket portals, merchandise stores, streaming sites and betting apps surfacing to scam football fans worldwide. Cybersecurity firm Fortinet said it identified more than 13,000 FIFA-related web domains created since January, of which 8.8%, or about 1,150, were malicious….