As the World Cup 2026 is underway, social engineering is back on the menu. Despite all the concerns around the exploitation of frontier AI models like Mythos, low hanging fruit techniques like phishing scams continue to pose the most significant risk to fans.
Just earlier this month, FortiGuard Labs revealed that from January to May 2026, more than 13,000 new FIFA World Cup 2026-themed domains were registered with 8.8% of them marked as malicious. The company found that fake ticketing in particular is one of the highest-risk lures targeting football fans.
