[GUEST DIARY] Tearing apart website fraud to see how it works., (Wed, May 13th)

This article, a guest diary by an ISC intern, details an investigation into a fraudulent marketplace operation. The author discovered a website using SEO poisoning to lure victims into purchasing goods from a fake marketplace, mimicking legitimate listings. The investigation involved reverse image searches, identifying duplicate listings across multiple compromised sites, and a simulated purchase attempt using a fake payment card to demonstrate the site’s ability to capture payment information. The core issue is a sophisticated phishing and fraud scheme leveraging compromised websites.