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Hijacked subdomains of major brands used in massive spam campaign

ID: 6add14d1-52d4-5b05-be89-a480807a71a5

STIX ID: report--6add14d1-52d4-5b05-be89-a480807a71a5

Feed Name: Bleeping Computer

Threat Score
70/100

Date Published: 2024-02-26

Date Updated: 2026-04-20

Author: Bill Toulas

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Guardio Labs researchers uncovered 'SubdoMailing,' a large-scale ad-fraud campaign (attributed to actor "ResurrecAds") that hijacks abandoned domains and subdomains of reputable brands via CNAME takeover and SPF include abuse to send up to ~5 million deceptive emails per day, leveraging ~8,000 domains, 13,000 subdomains and thousands of IPs to bypass email filters and funnel victims to fraud and malvertising.

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