Fortra's John Wilson was quoted in the Q1 2025 APWG Phishing Activity Trends Report for his insights on how business email compromise (BEC) scammers are increasingly using Cloudflare to register malicious domains.
Originally published in AWPG.
Excerpt: “Fortra notes that Cloudflare was the most popular registrar for BEC scammers in Q1 2025. Q4 2024 was the first time Cloudflare broke our top ten, coming in at #3. This data suggests that BEC scammers feel protected when they hide behind Cloudflare's service offerings.”