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Social Platform Impersonation: Types, Consequences, and Defenses

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Omri Benhaim |
Michael Tyler
As the number of people who utilize social media for news and information increases, so do social media impersonations. In fact, impersonations overall remain the top threat type used against organizations, but Fortra research found that fake executive profiles surpassed brand and employee impersonations for a third straight quarter. It’s not a coincidence that trust and impersonations are growing...
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Executive Attacks on Social Media Hit All-Time High as Analysts Point to AI
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Blog

Executive Attacks on Social Media Hit All-Time High as Analysts Point to AI

By Jessica Ryan on Tue, 01/16/2024
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...
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Video

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 technology. This includes the latest social engineering...
Account Takeover Protection
Executive Protection
Online Impersonation
External Data Leaks
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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 Digital Risk Protection to proactively detect and...
External Data Leaks
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Video

Digital Risk Protection: Evolving Your Cyber Threat Intel Program Into Action HISAC

Digital Risk Protection is an emerging technology that is on the rise in Gartner’s latest Hype Cycle for Security Operations. In this H-ISAC Navigator Program Webinar, PhishLabs’ Founder and CTO, John LaCour, will break down Digital Risk Protection, explain how it works, and share recent use cases. You will learn how the Healthcare industry is using Digital Risk Protection to proactively detect...
External Data Leaks
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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 an...
Account Takeover Protection
Online Impersonation
Top Brand Threats and Defense Tactics
Guide
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...
Account Takeover Protection
External Data Leaks
Social Media Attacks Targeting Banks See Greatest Increase Since 2021
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Blog

Social Media Attacks Targeting Banks See Greatest Increase Since 2021

By Jessica Ryan on Thu, 09/07/2023
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
On-Demand Webinar

Inside the World of Social Media Phishing: Financial Scams

On a daily basis, most people will use some form of social media. From checking photos of your friends and pets, to communicating with coworkers and loved ones, social media is a large part of the connected world. Unfortunately, this also means that the more social media is used, the more likely that threat actors will try to exploit it. Join us as we discuss how social media is abused for...
On-Demand Webinar
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...
Common Social Media Scams and How to Avoid Them
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Blog

Common Social Media Scams and How to Avoid Them

Thu, 07/13/2023
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...
Social Media Attacks Targeting Banks and Retail Climb in Q1
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Social Media Attacks Targeting Banks and Retail Climb in Q1

By Jessica Ryan on Thu, 06/08/2023
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...
Impersonation Represents the Top Social Media Threat in Q4
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Impersonation Represents the Top Social Media Threat in Q4

By Jessica Ryan on Thu, 03/02/2023
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 thousands...
How to Recognize and Respond to Emerging Social Media Cybersecurity Threats
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Blog

How to Recognize and Respond to Emerging Social Media Cybersecurity Threats

Tue, 12/13/2022
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...
Attacks Targeting Businesses on Social Media Jump 40% YoY
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Attacks Targeting Businesses on Social Media Jump 40% YoY

By Jessica Ryan on Tue, 11/22/2022
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...
Social Media Mitigation Best Practices for All Financial Institutions
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Social Media Mitigation Best Practices for All Financial Institutions

By Jessica Ryan on Tue, 10/18/2022
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...
On-Demand Webinar
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...
Account Takeover Protection
Executive Protection
Online Impersonation
External Data Leaks
Fraud, Impersonation Fuel Q2 Increase in Social Media Attacks
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Fraud, Impersonation Fuel Q2 Increase in Social Media Attacks

By Jessica Ryan on Thu, 08/18/2022
In Q2, malicious attacks targeting organizations on social media have increased more than 20% over Q1, according to the latest Agari and PhishLabs’ Quarterly Threat Trends & Intelligence Report. Agari and PhishLabs analyze hundreds of thousands of phishing and social media attacks every quarter to identify the top threats targeting enterprises, their brands, and their employees. In this post, we...
Social Media Attacks Targeting Businesses Increase 105%
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Social Media Attacks Targeting Businesses Increase 105%

By Jessica Ryan on Thu, 06/09/2022
Social media attacks targeting enterprises have increased 105% from Q1 2021 to Q1 2022, according to Agari and PhishLabs’ latest Quarterly Threat Trends & Intelligence Report. Social media threat volume has consistently climbed quarter over quarter, as threat actors increasingly use social platforms to target business via fake pages, messaging, and advertisements. Every quarter, Agari and...
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