Resources

On-Demand Webinar

Identify and Disrupt Threats Before Attackers Strike

Join us as Fortra experts detail expanded capabilities, insight, and anti-threat measures to better address blind spots, proactively disrupt threat actors, prevent fraud, and enrich security. Attendees will learn about the newly expanded capabilities, including: Compromised Credentials Monitoring enables users to proactively defend against fraud...
On-Demand Webinar

Social Platform Impersonations: Types, Consequences, and Defenses

Social media is bigger than ever and threats are getting more sophisticated, but gone are the days when people could simply request to have an impersonation removed. Learn how to sift through the social media threat noise and get effective mitigation of social media threats including impersonations.
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Executive Attacks on Social Media Hit All-Time High as Analysts Point to AI

Executive impersonation on social media is at an all-time high as threat actors take advantage of AI to improve and scale their attacks. In Q3, accounts pretending to belong to high-ranking executives on social media climbed to more than 54% of total impersonation volume, surpassing brand attacks for the first time since Fortra began tracking this data. The volume and composition of these attacks...
Guide

Disrupt Counterfeit Threats

A Digital Risk Protection Playbook Counterfeit threats, such as fraudulent ads and look-alike domains, are on the rise especially with the expansion of e-commerce and online consumer-to-business interaction. However, the collection and mitigation of counterfeit activity can be complicated. Prioritizing relationships with platforms and providers along with collecting data showing evidence of...
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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...
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Digital Risk Protection: Evolving Your Cyber Threat Intel Program Into Action

Now Available On-demand Digital Risk Protection is an emerging technology that is on the rise in Gartner’s latest Hype Cycle for Security Operations. In this webinar, PhishLabs’ Manager of Solutions Engineering, Eric George, will break down Digital Risk Protection, explain how it works, and share recent use cases. You will learn how enterprises use...
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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...
Guide

Brand Threats Masterclass

In 2024, organizations face growing brand protection challenges with online impersonation attacks targeting their assets through non-traditional means. These attacks are spanning channels not typically protected by corporate controls and leveraging AI to generate lures, making detection increasingly broad and mitigation nuanced. To better understand the top brand risks, Fortra held a roundtable...
Blog

Social Media Attacks Targeting Banks See Greatest Increase Since 2021

Banks were targeted on social media more in Q2, after the largest spike in activity since 2021, according to Fortra’s PhishLabs. While cybercriminal focus on financial institutions remains high, the average number of social media attacks per business, per month in 2023 is trending lower than in 2022. In Q2 specifically, businesses experienced nearly 18 fewer attacks on social channels on average...
On-Demand Webinar

Social Media Intelligence: Real World Threats, Real World Impact

Each day, 3.5 billion people use some form of social media. This is close to half of the global population. Because of the wide spread use and adoption of these various platforms, threat actors are increasing the abuse of both the brands and their accounts faster than any other digital medium. Moreover, most platforms lack the necessary security controls to protect their users. This creates a...
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The Science Behind the Scenes: How Machine Learning Combats Phishing Attacks and BEC

Because email remains the most ubiquitous form of business communication, it continues to be a favorite attack vector for cybercriminals. Email has always been vulnerable because it was not originally designed with security or privacy in mind. As a result, email security vendors emerged to protect this critical communication channel. In the early days, many vendors used signature or reputation...
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Common Social Media Scams and How to Avoid Them

While there are an estimated 30,000 daily cyber attacks on business websites, there are roughly ten times as many attacks against social media accounts every single day, equating to roughly 1.4 billion accounts every month. Social media attacks and scams have become pervasive problems, with threat actors finding innovative new ways to deceive users and steal their information. While social media...
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Social Media Attacks Targeting Banks and Retail Climb in Q1

Social media attacks targeting businesses have jumped 12.2% in Q1 from the previous quarter, according to Fortra’s PhishLabs. Attacks on social channels are also trending higher than Q1 2022, with the average business experiencing more than 81 attacks per month. External platforms, such as social media, are widely used by cybercriminals to engage in fraud and distribute misinformation. Threatening...
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Impersonation Represents the Top Social Media Threat in Q4

Social media attacks targeting organizations closed out 2022 nearly 19% higher than Q4 of 2021, according to Fortra’s PhishLabs. Social platforms continue to act as a hotbed for malicious activity, leaving organizations of all sizes vulnerable to impersonation and abuse. As of Q4, businesses can expect an average of 72.54 attacks on social media per month. PhishLabs analyzes hundreds of...
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How to Recognize and Respond to Emerging Social Media Cybersecurity Threats

Facebook. Twitter. Instagram. LinkedIn. YouTube. Pinterest. Mastodon. The list goes on. Whether you love or loathe social media, these platforms have become integral to how we communicate as individuals and businesses. Cybercriminals have also taken note, embracing these communication channels wholeheartedly to reach vast audiences quickly, anonymously, and cheaply, successfully defrauding targets...
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Holiday Season Triggers Rise in Counterfeit Activity

Criminals are capitalizing on the urgency behind gift-giving celebrations such as Black Friday, Cyber Monday, Christmas, and Hanukkah. Counterfeit activity has grown more than 50% from September through November, with a 27% increase over the course of November alone, according to Fortra’s PhishLabs. These threats are impersonating brands on social media and the open web to target consumers with...
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Attacks Targeting Businesses on Social Media Jump 40% YoY

In Q3, the volume of social media attacks targeting the average business was 40.4% higher than the same time last year, according to the latest data from Fortra’s PhishLabs. Social media attack volume has grown significantly year-over-year with the average business in 2022 experiencing 84.5 malicious incidents per month versus 50.59 in 2021. Fortra analyzes hundreds of thousands of social media...
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Social Media Mitigation Best Practices for All Financial Institutions

The financial industry continues to experience the largest volume of abuse among all industries on social media. In Q3 banks, credit unions, and other F.I.’s contributed to nearly three-quarters of all attacks on social platforms, with national banks alone more than tripling the volume of the top targeted non-financial, retail. The top threats to financial institutions on social media consist of...
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How to Mitigate Online Counterfeit Threats

The broad scope of counterfeit campaigns and unclear boundaries of abuse make it challenging to successfully mitigate online threats targeting retail brands. There is a fine line between infringement and fair use of publicly made materials, as well as immeasurable online environments where counterfeit campaigns may live and grow. Additionally, bad actors are continuously modifying attack...