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Google’s lawsuit against the Chinese-run ‘Lighthouse’ platform marks a pivotal escalation in the war against phishing-as-a-service, targeting the infrastructure behind massive USPS and E‑ZPass toll scams. Beyond the headlines, this clash exposes how modern fraud kits weaponize cloud, messaging, and brand trust at industrial scale—and what security teams must learn from it.

Google has filed a civil suit in New York against alleged operators of “Lighthouse,” a highly organized Chinese-speaking smishing-as-a-service network linked to hundreds of thousands of phishing sites and up to 115 million stolen cards. Beyond a legal headline, this move marks a pivotal test of whether platform providers can weaponize civil courts to disrupt global, cloud-native fraud infrastructure.

The Federal Trade Commission has issued an urgent alert about fraudulent SMS messages impersonating Amazon to steal payment credentials. These sophisticated scams lure victims with fake refund offers for 'recalled items' through malicious links. Security experts detail how to identify and report these attacks before they compromise sensitive data.