Cybercriminals Impersonate Dubai Police to Defraud Consumers in the UAE - Smishing Triad in Action

    Date: 03/24/2025

    Severity: High

    Summary

    Cybercriminals in the UAE are impersonating Dubai Police to defraud consumers, using social engineering tactics such as smishing, phishing, and vishing. Victims are tricked into paying non-existent fines, including traffic tickets and license renewals, via fraudulent phone calls. This scam has been amplified during the holiday season, particularly around UAE National Day (Eid Al Etihad). Dubai Police have warned against providing financial details over the phone, as official institutions do not request such information. A recent report from the UAE Financial Intelligence Unit revealed that fraud, especially vishing, phishing, and smishing, led to losses of AED 1.2 billion (USD 326 million) between 2021 and 2023, posing a significant risk to financial security in the region.

    Indicators of Compromise (IOC) List

    URL/Domain

    www.ityht.icu

    ju.fhjre.icu

    ex.xnkkg.icu

    ws.tyrrt.icu

    zc.bnfhf.icu

    ww.xbhff.icu

    fs.fdghe.icu

    www.zvdeasa.icu

    sx.ssgxvx.icu

    fc.xcbbx.icu

    bc.cnbjgds.icu

    gf.uoyty.icu

    qq.bcvgdf.icu

    fc.hjffd.icu

    tg.sdhju.icu

    xx.cxbdf.icu

    ws.bnfhfd.icu

    az.vcnjh.icu

    gv.ityht.icu

    yg.utyus.icu

    ws.vdsfsh.icu

    pl.fhm.icu

    fs.vjddg.icu

    ut.ddgjcv.icu

    ws.dsgsv.icu

    va.sdwdf.icu

    dsw.jffdd.icu

    jffdd.icu

    erfdg.icu

    fswwr.icu

    rfsfh.icu

    yrn.rfsfh.icu

    poc.kjf.icu

    dsfjd.icu

    gev.dsfjd.icu

    vhu.kgfhre.icu

    kgfhre.icu

    vgu.kgfhre.icu

    zvm.icu

    wds.zvm.icu

    zvdeasa.icu

    fs.zvdeasa.icu

    cxzve.icu

    ccss.cxzve.icu

    fgrecb.icu

    rc.fgrecb.icu

    vnvcn.icu

    fcs.vnvcn.icu

    kjf.icu

    uhbds.icu

    dsgey.icu

    fdg.icu

    xcber.icu

    dub.xcber.icu

    dcxbj.icu

    dub.dcxbj.icu

    adfte.icu

    rfcxb.icu

    auedu.rfcxb.icu

    edfsg.icu

    qad.edfsg.icu

    qad.uhbds.icu

    qad.dsgey.icu

    qad.fdg.icu

    oijsd.icu

    rdf.oijsd.icu

    xstyj.icu

    rdf.xstyj.icu

    fhiugcx.icu

    yhbfl.fhiugcx.icu

    asfjte.icu

    tfs.asfjte.icu

    dfuewe.icu

    yhbfl.dfuewe.icu

    etyur.icu

    tfs.etyur.icu

    bxahj.icu

    aued.bxahj.icu

    czsfhjh.icu

    aued.czsfhjh.icu

    cxbha.icu

    tfs.cxbha.icu

    dcnar.icu

    hgf.dcnar.icu

    gjhdf.icu

    zvvbgf.icu

    ijnvb.icu

    tfs.gjhdf.icu

    okj.ijnvb.icu

    aued.zvvbgf.icu

    asytfsv.icu

    aued.asytfsv.icu

    sagy.site

    urwyu.icu

    sxf.sagy.site

    dah.icu

    uhk.urwyu.icu

    yg.dah.icu

    yoidg.icu

    rfv.yoidg.icu

    bvwds.icu

    hgf.bvwds.icu

    joujg.icu

    ygv.joujg.icu

    dubaipoliauey.top

    fhjrw.icu

    ityht.icu

    uoyty.icu

    ssgxvx.icu

    bnfhf.icu

    cnbjgds.icu

    sdhju.icu

    cxbdf.icu

    yrtrer.icu

    ddvvs.icu

    dfhkk.icu

    gfjut.icu

    tgv.gfjut.icu

    fhjyd.icu

    ygv.etw.icu

    yt.dfhkk.icu

    hg.ddvvs.icu

    jjfdfe.icu

    cxdfh.icu

    bcvgdf.icu

    ddgjcv.icu

    dsgsv.icu

    vdsfsh.icu

    hjffd.icu

    xnkkg.icu

    vc.jjfdfe.icu

    fdghe.icu

    dq.fhjyd.icu

    xcbbx.icu

    fhjre.icu

    sdwdf.icu

    vcnjh.icu

    utyus.icu

    ghl.icu

    vjddg.icu

    bnfhfd.icu

    fgf.yrtrer.icu

    etw.icu

    dsgwe.icu

    tyrrt.icu

    dubaipoit.com

    Gurucul Threat Detection and Incident Response (TDIR) Queries for Detection

    Detection Query 1

    userdomainname like "xcbbx.icu" or url like "xcbbx.icu" or userdomainname like "cxbha.icu" or url like "cxbha.icu" or userdomainname like "dubaipoit.com" or url like "dubaipoit.com" or userdomainname like "gfjut.icu" or url like "gfjut.icu" or userdomainname like "ws.dsgsv.icu" or url like "ws.dsgsv.icu" or userdomainname like "rfsfh.icu" or url like "rfsfh.icu" or userdomainname like "dfhkk.icu" or url like "dfhkk.icu" or userdomainname like "yrn.rfsfh.icu" or url like "yrn.rfsfh.icu" or userdomainname like "etw.icu" or url like "etw.icu" or userdomainname like "fc.xcbbx.icu" or url like "fc.xcbbx.icu" or userdomainname like "xx.cxbdf.icu" or url like "xx.cxbdf.icu" or userdomainname like "dub.dcxbj.icu" or url like "dub.dcxbj.icu" or userdomainname like "dub.xcber.icu" or url like "dub.xcber.icu" or userdomainname like "dcxbj.icu" or url like "dcxbj.icu" or userdomainname like "cxzve.icu" or url like "cxzve.icu" or userdomainname like "tfs.etyur.icu" or url like "tfs.etyur.icu" or userdomainname like "xstyj.icu" or url like "xstyj.icu" or userdomainname like "vgu.kgfhre.icu" or url like "vgu.kgfhre.icu" or userdomainname like "kgfhre.icu" or url like "kgfhre.icu" or userdomainname like "bnfhfd.icu" or url like "bnfhfd.icu" or userdomainname like "sxf.sagy.site" or url like "sxf.sagy.site" or userdomainname like "sdhju.icu" or url like "sdhju.icu" or userdomainname like "dfuewe.icu" or url like "dfuewe.icu" or userdomainname like "sagy.site" or url like "sagy.site" or userdomainname like "zc.bnfhf.icu" or url like "zc.bnfhf.icu" or userdomainname like "urwyu.icu" or url like "urwyu.icu" or userdomainname like "ghl.icu" or url like "ghl.icu" or userdomainname like "hjffd.icu" or url like "hjffd.icu" or userdomainname like "dsgwe.icu" or url like "dsgwe.icu" or userdomainname like "zvdeasa.icu" or url like "zvdeasa.icu" or userdomainname like "ccss.cxzve.icu" or url like "ccss.cxzve.icu" or userdomainname like "fdghe.icu" or url like "fdghe.icu" or userdomainname like "sx.ssgxvx.icu" or url like "sx.ssgxvx.icu" or userdomainname like "vnvcn.icu" or url like "vnvcn.icu" or userdomainname like "vdsfsh.icu" or url like "vdsfsh.icu" or userdomainname like "uhbds.icu" or url like "uhbds.icu" or userdomainname like "ityht.icu" or url like "ityht.icu" or userdomainname like "bvwds.icu" or url like "bvwds.icu" or userdomainname like "zvm.icu" or url like "zvm.icu" or userdomainname like "yhbfl.fhiugcx.icu" or url like "yhbfl.fhiugcx.icu" or userdomainname like "fhjrw.icu" or url like "fhjrw.icu" or userdomainname like "yg.utyus.icu" or url like "yg.utyus.icu" or userdomainname like "dubaipoliauey.top" or url like "dubaipoliauey.top" or userdomainname like "etyur.icu" or url like "etyur.icu" or userdomainname like "oijsd.icu" or url like "oijsd.icu" or userdomainname like "dq.fhjyd.icu" or url like "dq.fhjyd.icu" or userdomainname like "vhu.kgfhre.icu" or url like "vhu.kgfhre.icu" or userdomainname like "qad.uhbds.icu" or url like "qad.uhbds.icu" or userdomainname like "ex.xnkkg.icu" or url like "ex.xnkkg.icu" or userdomainname like "tyrrt.icu" or url like "tyrrt.icu" or userdomainname like "qad.fdg.icu" or url like "qad.fdg.icu" or userdomainname like "fc.hjffd.icu" or url like "fc.hjffd.icu" or userdomainname like "fswwr.icu" or url like "fswwr.icu" or userdomainname like "ws.tyrrt.icu" or url like "ws.tyrrt.icu" or userdomainname like "dsw.jffdd.icu" or url like "dsw.jffdd.icu" or userdomainname like "ddgjcv.icu" or url like "ddgjcv.icu" or userdomainname like "ws.vdsfsh.icu" or url like "ws.vdsfsh.icu" or userdomainname like "fs.zvdeasa.icu" or url like "fs.zvdeasa.icu" or userdomainname like "ddvvs.icu" or url like "ddvvs.icu" or userdomainname like "aued.asytfsv.icu" or url like "aued.asytfsv.icu" or userdomainname like "yg.dah.icu" or url like "yg.dah.icu" or userdomainname like "gv.ityht.icu" or url like "gv.ityht.icu" or userdomainname like "aued.zvvbgf.icu" or url like "aued.zvvbgf.icu" or userdomainname like "fhjre.icu" or url like "fhjre.icu" or userdomainname like "asfjte.icu" or url like "asfjte.icu" or userdomainname like "rdf.oijsd.icu" or url like "rdf.oijsd.icu" or userdomainname like "hgf.dcnar.icu" or url like "hgf.dcnar.icu" or userdomainname like "ygv.joujg.icu" or url like "ygv.joujg.icu" or userdomainname like "okj.ijnvb.icu" or url like "okj.ijnvb.icu" or userdomainname like "xcber.icu" or url like "xcber.icu" or userdomainname like "tg.sdhju.icu" or url like "tg.sdhju.icu" or userdomainname like "utyus.icu" or url like "utyus.icu" or userdomainname like "va.sdwdf.icu" or url like "va.sdwdf.icu" or userdomainname like "edfsg.icu" or url like "edfsg.icu"

    Detection Query 2

    userdomainname like "aued.bxahj.icu" or url like "aued.bxahj.icu" or userdomainname like "tfs.asfjte.icu" or url like "tfs.asfjte.icu" or userdomainname like "fcs.vnvcn.icu" or url like "fcs.vnvcn.icu" or userdomainname like "bnfhf.icu" or url like "bnfhf.icu" or userdomainname like "fs.fdghe.icu" or url like "fs.fdghe.icu" or userdomainname like "cnbjgds.icu" or url like "cnbjgds.icu" or userdomainname like "yt.dfhkk.icu" or url like "yt.dfhkk.icu" or userdomainname like "qq.bcvgdf.icu" or url like "qq.bcvgdf.icu" or userdomainname like "www.zvdeasa.icu" or url like "www.zvdeasa.icu" or userdomainname like "vjddg.icu" or url like "vjddg.icu" or userdomainname like "dsgsv.icu" or url like "dsgsv.icu" or userdomainname like "ijnvb.icu" or url like "ijnvb.icu" or userdomainname like "auedu.rfcxb.icu" or url like "auedu.rfcxb.icu" or userdomainname like "kjf.icu" or url like "kjf.icu" or userdomainname like "ut.ddgjcv.icu" or url like "ut.ddgjcv.icu" or userdomainname like "dcnar.icu" or url like "dcnar.icu" or userdomainname like "poc.kjf.icu" or url like "poc.kjf.icu" or userdomainname like "cxdfh.icu" or url like "cxdfh.icu" or userdomainname like "ju.fhjre.icu" or url like "ju.fhjre.icu" or userdomainname like "tgv.gfjut.icu" or url like "tgv.gfjut.icu" or userdomainname like "tfs.gjhdf.icu" or url like "tfs.gjhdf.icu" or userdomainname like "yoidg.icu" or url like "yoidg.icu" or userdomainname like "www.ityht.icu" or url like "www.ityht.icu" or userdomainname like "ssgxvx.icu" or url like "ssgxvx.icu" or userdomainname like "rfv.yoidg.icu" or url like "rfv.yoidg.icu" or userdomainname like "qad.edfsg.icu" or url like "qad.edfsg.icu" or userdomainname like "bxahj.icu" or url like "bxahj.icu" or userdomainname like "hg.ddvvs.icu" or url like "hg.ddvvs.icu" or userdomainname like "tfs.cxbha.icu" or url like "tfs.cxbha.icu" or userdomainname like "pl.fhm.icu" or url like "pl.fhm.icu" or userdomainname like "jjfdfe.icu" or url like "jjfdfe.icu" or userdomainname like "ww.xbhff.icu" or url like "ww.xbhff.icu" or userdomainname like "bc.cnbjgds.icu" or url like "bc.cnbjgds.icu" or userdomainname like "gf.uoyty.icu" or url like "gf.uoyty.icu" or userdomainname like "ws.bnfhfd.icu" or url like "ws.bnfhfd.icu" or userdomainname like "az.vcnjh.icu" or url like "az.vcnjh.icu" or userdomainname like "fs.vjddg.icu" or url like "fs.vjddg.icu" or userdomainname like "jffdd.icu" or url like "jffdd.icu" or userdomainname like "erfdg.icu" or url like "erfdg.icu" or userdomainname like "dsfjd.icu" or url like "dsfjd.icu" or userdomainname like "gev.dsfjd.icu" or url like "gev.dsfjd.icu" or userdomainname like "wds.zvm.icu" or url like "wds.zvm.icu" or userdomainname like "fgrecb.icu" or url like "fgrecb.icu" or userdomainname like "rc.fgrecb.icu" or url like "rc.fgrecb.icu" or userdomainname like "dsgey.icu" or url like "dsgey.icu" or userdomainname like "fdg.icu" or url like "fdg.icu" or userdomainname like "adfte.icu" or url like "adfte.icu" or userdomainname like "rfcxb.icu" or url like "rfcxb.icu" or userdomainname like "qad.dsgey.icu" or url like "qad.dsgey.icu" or userdomainanme like "rdf.xstyj.icu" or url like "rdf.xstyj.icu" or userdomainname like "fhiugcx.icu" or url like "fhiugcx.icu" or userdomainname like "yhbfl.dfuewe.icu" or url like "yhbfl.dfuewe.icu" or userdomainname like "czsfhjh.icu" or url like "czsfhjh.icu" or userdomainname like "aued.czsfhjh.icu" or url like "aued.czsfhjh.icu" or userdomainname like "gjhdf.icu" or url like "gjhdf.icu" or userdomainname like "zvvbgf.icu" or url like "zvvbgf.icu" or userdomainname like "asytfsv.icu" or url like "asytfsv.icu" or userdomainname like "dah.icu" or url like "dah.icu" or userdomainname like "uhk.urwyu.icu" or url like "uhk.urwyu.icu" or userdomainname like "hgf.bvwds.icu" or url like "hgf.bvwds.icu" or userdomainname like "joujg.icu" or url like " joujg.icu" or userdomainname like "uoyty.icu" or url like "uoyty.icu" or userdomainname like "cxbdf.icu" or url like "cxbdf.icu" or userdomainname like "yrtrer.icu" or url like "yrtrer.icu" or userdomainname like "fhjyd.icu" or url like "fhjyd.icu" or userdomainname like "ygv.etw.icu" or url like "ygv.etw.icu" or userdomainname like "bcvgdf.icu" or url like "bcvgdf.icu" or userdomainname like "xnkkg.icu" or userdomainname like "vc.jjfdfe.icu" or url like "vc.jjfdfe.icu" or userdomainname like "sdwdf.icu" or url like "sdwdf.icu" or userdomainname like "vcnjh.icu" or url like "vcnjh.icu" or userdomainname like "fgf.yrtrer.icu" or url like "fgf.yrtrer.icu"

    Reference:  

    https://www.resecurity.com/blog/article/cybercriminals-impersonate-dubai-police-to-defraud-consumers-in-the-uae-smishing-triad-in-action


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    Threat ActorPhishingSmishingVishingUAESocial EngineeringDubaiPoliceFinancial Services

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