This phishing campaign impersonates well-known names of victims

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Beware of questionable text messages

The journalist uncovered the deception in particular by copying and pasting the text of the website into a word processing software. He then realized that all the letters “L” had been replaced by capital “i” in order to trick the cybersecurity tools.

Continuing his research, Damien Bancal then realized that the same hackers had built a similar fraudulent site imitating the Caisse d’Epargne, FNAC, Banque Populaire and even Netflix. So many large companies whose name can push potential customers to act quickly and without caution.

As a reminder, cybersecurity experts recommend to remain vigilant when receiving a suspicious text message or from an unknown number on your phone. Few companies communicate through this medium, and they never request personal data through this medium.

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