Nick Vendetta

Threat Investigation: Touch 'n Go QR Phishing Campaign

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Executive Summary

This report documents an investigation into a localized phishing campaign on the Threads platform. The threat actor used a fake Touch ’n Go “Money Packet” QR code to lure victims to a newly established, Cloudflare-proxied credential-harvesting domain. The investigation extracted the payload, mapped the hidden infrastructure, and produced actionable Indicators of Compromise (IOCs) with an exceptionally low initial detection rate.

Technical Analysis

The investigation began with a suspicious reply under a viral, high-traffic post on Threads.

Production Deployment: Moodle LMS on Bare-Metal Dell PowerEdge R420

Thu, 30 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000

End-to-end bare-metal provisioning, LAMP stack architecture, performance tuning, and automated disaster recovery workflows for an enterprise Moodle LMS deployment.

About Me

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Hi, I’m Nick.

I am a Networking & Infrastructure Specialist with a core foundation in Computer Networking, actively developing expertise at the intersection of Cybersecurity, Artificial Intelligence (AI), and Electronics. My focus is on bridging physical hardware deployments, secure network architectures, and intelligent automation.