Scammers Exploit California Wildfires, Posing as Fire Relief Services

Veriti Research reports a developing phishing-driven cybercrime campaign exploiting the California wildfires, involving newly registered, fire-themed domains (e.g., "malibu-firecom", "fire-reliefcom") that mimic relief services to harvest credentials or deliver malware; while no active email campaigns are confirmed yet, these domains are being monitored and should be treated as potential IOCs.