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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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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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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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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
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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
The Email Security Gaps in Your Cloud
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Blog

The Email Security Gaps in Your Cloud

Thu, 12/14/2023
It’s not news that most enterprises operate in the cloud. Migration to the cloud leads to better collaboration, data storage, and lower costs compared to on-premises resources. Odds are your organization is currently enjoying the conveniences of the cloud. The cloud has reshaped the way organizations operate, but with the migration comes new obstacles in email security, and the cloud has its own...
New Cyber Security Intelligence Article Covers Fortra’s Insights, Actions Against QR Phishing
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New Cyber Security Intelligence Article Covers Fortra’s Insights, Actions Against QR Phishing

By Jessica Ryan on Thu, 10/19/2023
QR phishing is currently considered a high priority risk capable of bypassing existing security controls, according to the latest article from Cyber Security Intelligence. QR Phishing, otherwise known as Quishing, is an extension of phishing attacks that is gaining popularity among threat actors who understand many email systems have difficulty reading the contents of the code. Similar to...
Threat Actor Profile: Strox Phishing-as-a-Service
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Threat Actor Profile: Strox Phishing-as-a-Service

Thu, 10/12/2023
Threat Background & History Beginning in the first half of 2022, Fortra has monitored a significant ongoing upward trend in fraud activity originating from various Phishing-as-a-Service (PhaaS) operations. Some of these services have thrived, while the popularity of others has diminished. One PhaaS operation that has notably been present throughout the past two years is known as Strox (aka Strox...
Cyber Defense Magazine: New PhishLabs Research Details .ZIP Abuse
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Cyber Defense Magazine: New PhishLabs Research Details .ZIP Abuse

By Jessica Ryan on Thu, 09/21/2023
Fortra’s PhishLabs has identified two separate incidents of new Google top-level domain (TLD) .zip used in phishing attacks. The attacks, detailed in the September issue of Cyber Defense Magazine, use .zip to impersonate a social media conglomerate and global technology company. Look-alike domains using common file extensions are increasingly used to enhance the perceived legitimacy of cyber...
Social Media Attacks Targeting Banks See Greatest Increase Since 2021
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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...
The Science Behind the Scenes: How Machine Learning Combats Phishing Attacks and BEC
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Blog

The Science Behind the Scenes: How Machine Learning Combats Phishing Attacks and BEC

Thu, 07/20/2023
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...
Common Social Media Scams and How to Avoid Them
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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...
The Royal BlackCat Ransomware: What you Need to Know
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The Royal BlackCat Ransomware: What you Need to Know

Thu, 07/06/2023
The US healthcare sector continues to be aggressively targeted by ransomware operators. Royal and BlackCat are two of the more recent – and highly sophisticated – ransomware threats. These two new flavors of ransomware pose serious potential impacts on the healthcare sector, but there are appropriate mitigation and defense strategies that organizations can take to protect against them. What is...
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...
What is the Relationship Between Ransomware and Phishing?
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Blog

What is the Relationship Between Ransomware and Phishing?

Thu, 03/30/2023
Ransomware and phishing are usually put in two separate categories when cyberattack methodologies are discussed. However, ransomware operators are increasingly leveraging phishing tactics to deploy their malicious payloads, and the potential for compromise is exponentiating as a result. Ransomware and Phishing - a match made in heaven Phishing is the number one delivery vehicle for ransomware...