Illegal gambling operators have a reputation problem. Threat actors found a workaround: borrow someone else's.

In our latest report, we examine how threat actors shadowed government and education domains, including schools and an Indian state government, and turned them into launchpads for parasitic SEO. By hiding gambling-related content under trusted institutions, they inherit the authority those domains have earned with search engines.

Borrowed reputation. Real abuse.

https://www.infoblox.com/blog/threat-intelligence/borrowed-reputation-domain-shadowing-and-gambling-seo/

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