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2023 Domain Impersonation Report

Leveraging look-alike domain incident data, this report illustrates how look-alike domains are being used to target brands, common email display name spoofing techniques and most abused TLDs.
Online Impersonation
Brand Threats Webinar
On-Demand Webinar

2024 Brand Threats and Fraud Webinar

By Sean Bell
In the first half of 2024, Fortra detected and mitigated millions of external threats targeting a broad range of enterprises and their brands. In this webinar, Fortra experts will review the newly-released 2024 Brand Threats and Fraud Report, provide insight into the latest trends shaping the threat landscape, and discuss mitigation tactics.
Online Impersonation
External Threats in Cybersecurity
Blog

What Are External Security Threats in Cybersecurity?

By Eric George on Tue, 09/03/2024
According to Cybersecurity Ventures, cybercrime would be the world’s third-largest economy (after the U.S. and China) if measured as a country as its damages may total $9.5 trillion globally in 2024. While this may be a surprising stat, it should reiterate the importance of your cybersecurity plan and solutions. External threats play a large part in digital threat landscape, and like the name...
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Executive Protection
External Data Leaks
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Phishing Site Takedown
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Active Phishing Campaign: Yousign HR Lure

Thu, 05/23/2024
A new, sophisticated active phishing campaigns focuses on malicious emails that leverage Yousign e-signature services to carry out phishing attacks. Learn more about this tactic through examples, high-level details, and associated threat indicators.
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Financials and Card Data Top Q3 Targets on the Dark Web
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Abusing Data to Avoid Detection: Cybercriminal Adoption of Browser Fingerprinting

Fri, 04/05/2024
Browser fingerprinting is one of many tactics phishing site authors use to evade security checks and lengthen the lifespan of malicious campaigns. While browser fingerprinting has been used by legitimate organizations to uniquely identify web browsers for nearly 15 years, it is now commonly exploited by cybercriminals. Today, it is considered widely used for phishing purposes.
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On-Demand Webinar: Handling Threats That Land in User Inboxes

The risk of a user receiving a socially engineered attack is higher than ever, and technological solutions often miss the most devastating of them. Though technology is both an important and required component in protecting the enterprise, security teams need to remain vigilant and educated on quickly identifying threats which make it past...
Account Takeover Protection
Executive Protection
Online Impersonation
External Data Leaks
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Domain Protection Best Practices Webinar

Domains are the cornerstone of an organization’s digital presence and IT infrastructure, which means domains are also lucrative to cybercriminals who use domain impersonation to create fake email addresses and websites for personal gain. Organizations cannot afford to keep domain protection out of their overall cybersecurity strategy. Watch Eric...
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Key Insights from the 2023 Cyberthreat Defense Report

Eric George, Director of Solutions Engineering at Fortra, and Steve Piper, CEO of CyberEdge The 2023 Cyberthreat Defense Report provides deep insight into the perspectives of cybersecurity professionals. Join us to learn what your peers are thinking and doing Thursday, May 4, at 11 a.m. ET. Eric George, Director of Solutions Engineering at Fortra, and Steve Piper, CEO of CyberEdge, will present...
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Emerging Threats: Disrupt Counterfeit Activity Targeting Retail Brands

Eric George, Director of Solution Engineering at PhishLabs As retail brands expand their online presence to selling goods and engaging with consumers, threat actors are leveraging the credibility of reputable organizations to profit off of cannibalized sales. Counterfeit storefronts mimic legitimate brands using look-alike domains, copyrighted...
Online Impersonation
Top Brand Threats and Defense Tactics
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Brand Threats Masterclass

To better understand the top brand risks, Fortra held a roundtable discussion with experts specializing in social media, dark web, email security, domains, and credential theft. Highlighting recent, real-world examples, participants provide insight into brand protection strategies that organizations can apply to their security playbooks today....
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External Data Leaks
Q3 Payload Report
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Q3 Payload Report

By Jessica Ryan on Thu, 10/26/2023
QBot, the leading payload family in Q3, was disrupted as part of a coordinated, multinational operation led by the FBI on August 29, 2023. This resulted in the removal of 700,000 QBot payloads from infected devices across the globe, and interrupted the activity of one of the most active malware families since the former juggernaut Emotet, which was disrupted in 2021. While QBot led all other...
Account Takeover Protection
On-Demand Webinar

ҰourDoma1п.com: How Look-alike Domains Drive BEC, Brand Abuse, and More

Domains are often the first source of interaction with customers. However, anyone can register a look-alike domain, create a fraudulent website, and start impersonating a trusted company – quickly diminishing brand credibility. In this webinar, PhishLabs’ Founder and CTO, John LaCour, will cover why cyber criminals register hundreds of thousands of look-alike domains every year and how they use...
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On-Demand Webinar

Quarterly Threat Trends & Intelligence Webinar (August 2022)

John Wilson, Senior Fellow for Threat Research at Agari by Fortra Throughout Q2, Agari and PhishLabs detected and mitigated hundreds of thousands of phishing, social media, email, and dark web threats targeting a broad range of enterprises and brands. The Quarterly Threat Trends & Intelligence Report provides an analysis of the latest findings and insights into key trends shaping the threat...
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Executive Protection
Online Impersonation
External Data Leaks
10,000 organisations targeted by phishing attack that bypasses multi-factor authentication
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10,000 organisations targeted by phishing attack that bypasses multi-factor authentication

Thu, 07/21/2022
Courtesy of Tripwire by Fortra. Microsoft has shared details of a widespread phishing campaign that not only attempted to steal the passwords of targeted organisations, but was also capable of circumventing multi-factor authentication (MFA) defences. The attackers used AiTM (Attacker-in-The-Middle) reverse-proxy sites to pose as Office 365 login pages which requested MFA codes, and then use them...
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Customer Phishing Protection Couldn’t Be Easier with PhishLabs
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Customer Phishing Protection Couldn’t Be Easier with PhishLabs

By Monica Delyani on Thu, 07/07/2022
It’s not news that cybercrime is a constant battle—large enterprises and small businesses everywhere are susceptible to a myriad of advanced email threats and socially engineered attacks, such as executive or brand impersonation. According to IC3’s Internet Crime Report, over $44 million in losses in 2021 were a direct result of malicious phishing and advanced email scams. Despite billions having...
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Dramatic Increase Detected in Impersonation Attacks on Social Media
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Dramatic Increase Detected in Impersonation Attacks on Social Media

By Jessica Ryan on Thu, 06/02/2022
Impersonations of brands and executives on social media have grown more than 300% and 250% year-over-year, respectively, according to the Agari and PhishLabs Quarterly Threat Trends & Intelligence Report. This highlights the overall increase in social media activity and ease of accessibility for bad actors to repurpose stolen trademarks and intellectual property (IP) for a variety of malicious...
Executive Protection
On-Demand Webinar

Quarterly Threat Trends & Intelligence Webinar (May 2022)

Throughout Q1, Agari and PhishLabs detected and mitigated hundreds of thousands of phishing, social media, email, and dark web threats targeting a broad range of enterprises and brands. The Quarterly Threat Trends & Intelligence Report provides an analysis of the latest findings and insights into key trends shaping the threat landscape. Join our Quarterly Threat Trends & Intelligence webinar...
Account Takeover Protection
Executive Protection
Online Impersonation
External Data Leaks
On-Demand Webinar

Quarterly Threat Trends & Intelligence Webinar (Feb 2022)

Throughout 2021, PhishLabs detected and mitigated hundreds of thousands of phishing, social media, email, and dark web threats targeting a broad range of enterprises and brands. The PhishLabs Quarterly Threat Trends & Intelligence Report provides an analysis of the latest findings and insights into key trends shaping the threat landscape. Join our Quarterly Threat Trends & Intelligence webinar...
Account Takeover Protection
Executive Protection
Online Impersonation
External Data Leaks