Cybercriminals abusing Microsoft Azure for phishing attacks

CyberCriminals usually host fake web pages on hacked websites, free web hosting, more recently they abused Google Docs.  These fake pages(phishing pages) trick unsuspecting users into handing over their personal and financial information.

Now, the cyber criminals have started to abuse the Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform to host their fake websites.

Creating accounts on Azure is very easy and they are also offering a 30-day trial.  Once you are done with account creation, you can easily create your web pages using the main dashboard.

However, Registration process is not easy for criminals.  Because, it needs you to provide a valid phone number and credit card details.

MalwareBytes researchers says the attackers may have stolen the username and passwords from legitimate users that were already registered.

Netcraft has identified several phishing pages targeting users of Paypal, Apple, Visa, American express, Cielo hosted on Azure.

PhishTank records:
http://www.phishtank.com/phish_detail.php?phish_id=2428419
http://www.phishtank.com/phish_detail.php?phish_id=2391951
http://www.phishtank.com/phish_detail.php?phish_id=2342647
http://www.phishtank.com/phish_detail.php?phish_id=2174737