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Key findings for VK

• Impersonation pressure is Elevated (50/100): VK has more reported hosts than 87% of the 579 brands we track.
• That is 0.2× the average for social & messaging (713 hosts per brand).
• 19 hosts (15%) hide the VK name in a subdomain of an unrelated site, the trick that makes a link look official at a glance.
• The most common ending is .ru (102 hosts, 78%).
• 13% of hosts pair the brand with a bait word. The most common is “auth” (6 hosts).
• 7 lookalike domains were registered in the last 15 days.

How attackers fake VK

These breakdowns cover all 131 matching hostnames, not only the rows listed below.

Hosts reported in phishing feeds

The most widely reported hostnames that reference VK, ranked by how many feeds list them and then by reported URLs. Search, filter and export all 100 rows.

New lookalike domains registered recently

Domains registered in the last 15 days that contain VK's name, sit one character away from it or use look-alike characters. Attackers often register these days before sending the first email.

How VK phishing works

Phishing against VK follows patterns common to social & messaging. Typical lures:

• A "your account will be disabled" warning from a fake copyright or policy team.
• A verification-badge offer or "you have been selected" message that leads to a cloned login.
• A login-code request that tricks you into handing over the SMS or app code.
• A message from a hacked friend with a link to "see this video of you".

Red flags

• Official platforms do not threaten to delete your account within hours.
• Links come through DMs or comments instead of the app's own notification centre.
• You are asked for a login code, or to log in again from a link.

Real VK domains

If the address in your browser is not one of these (or a subdomain of them), it is not VK. The list is not exhaustive.

If you already clicked or entered details

Recover the account through the platform's own help page, revoke unknown sessions and connected apps, reset the password and switch on authenticator-app 2FA. Warn your contacts that messages from you may be fake.

Protecting a brand like VK from lookalike domains

If you run security, brand or fraud for a company that is copied this way, this is the order that works in practice:

1. Enforce DMARC. Move your policy to quarantine, then reject, so attackers cannot send mail that passes as your domain.
2. Watch new registrations. Lookalikes appear daily; the earlier you see one, the sooner you can act, ideally before the first email goes out.
3. Register the obvious typos and keyword variants you can afford to hold, and check which lookalikes are already registered by someone else.
4. Report fast. A live fake needs a request to the registrar and host, plus a report to browser safe-browsing lists and the public feeds shown above.
5. Tell your customers where you will and will not ask for logins, codes or payments.

Questions about VK phishing

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