Playing Offside: How Threat Actors Are Warming Up for FIFA 2026

Introduction Every four years, the World Cup captures the attention of billions. With that attention comes opportunity – not only for sponsors, broadcasters, and legitimate merchants, but also for adversaries who see in this spectacle a marketplace of deception. As the 2026 FIFA World Cup approaches, the outlines of this parallel economy are already visible. In the span of two months since 1 August 2025, more than 4,300 newly registered domains bearing the language of FIFA, the World Cup, or its host cities have surfaced across the internet. On the surface, many of these domains appear innocuous. Yet, when examined […]

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