Thousands of shortened domains registered to carry out cyberattacks and more

A fish hook is lying across a computer keyboard, representing a phishing attack on a computer system.

Cybersecurity researchers from Infoblox have uncovered a major link-shortening operation that was helping cybercriminals evade detection and deliver phishing and malware sites to their targets.

They dubbed the operation Prolific Puma, and think it’s likely that multiple threat actors were involved in the operation’s work and expansion.