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Identify and Disrupt Threats Before Attackers Strike

Hear Fortra experts detail expanded capabilities, insight, and anti-threat measures to better address blind spots, proactively disrupt threat actors, prevent fraud, and enrich security. Learn about the newly expanded capabilities, including: Compromised Credentials Monitoring enables users to proactively defend against fraud generated by stolen credentials. Threat Engagement and Disruption...
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Dark Web Monitoring

See how Fortra's Threat Intelligence services empower enterprises to take proactive measures against threats by delivering critical insight to disrupt threat actors, prevent fraud, and enrich security controls.
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2023 Domain Impersonation Report - Key Findings

2023 Domain Protection Report – Key Findings The average brand is targeted by 40 look-alike domains per month. Domain impersonation is the foundation for a multitude of online threats. Watch Elyse Neumann, Fortra’s Sr. Director of Client Operations, and Eric George, Fortra’s Director of Solutions Engineering, as they discuss the key findings from Fortra’s 2023 Domain Impersonation Report. Learn...
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2023 Domain Impersonation Report

Current Domain Threats, Trends, and Techniques Domain impersonation is the foundation for a multitude of online threats. Because a domain is dynamic, identifying when and how it will be used for malicious purposes can be challenging for security teams, and requires constant monitoring for behavior that will validate removal. In the 2023 Domain Impersonation Report, we review look-alike domain...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 George, Director of Solutions Engineering at Fortra...
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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...
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COVID-19 Cyber Threat Intelligence

How threat actors are abusing the global pandemic The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is giving opportunistic threat actors new methods to deploy malicious lures on unsuspecting targets. As the pandemic spreads, industries of all shapes and sizes are finding themselves targeted by cyber attacks leveraging the fear and uncertainty associated with the virus. Access the recording of this web event to...
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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 content, and stolen intellectual property. Threat...
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Domain Impersonation Whitepaper

Preventing Domain Impersonation: How to Stop Look-Alike Domains and Spoofing In the first half of 2023, cybercriminals targeted company brands using an average of 40 look-alike domains per month. Domain impersonation threats trick users into giving away sensitive information by convincing them an email is from a trusted source or a website is authentic. It’s crucial that companies take preventive...
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How to Defend Against Look-alike Domain Threats: A Digital Risk Protection Playbook

Look-alike domains are one of the most versatile tools a threat actor can use to attack an organization. They lay the foundation for a wide range of cyberthreats, including reputation abuse, phishing sites, and email scams. This playbook breaks down: The domain lifecycle and how domains are abused Threats criminals use to deceive and defraud their targets How look-alike domain attacks are created...
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Dark Web Threats Targeting the Airline Industry

The allure of airline status and points, along with the abundance of personally identifiable information (PII) of customers and employees, make the airline industry a prime target for threat actors on the dark web. Depending on the goal of the actor and the nature of the stolen data, criminals can find airline-specific materials for sale on a variety of markets. Nick Oram, security operations...
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LastPass Fortra's PhishLabs Partnership: A Focus on Proactive Customer Protection Pays Off in 2023

As we approach the end of the year, LastPass Labs has reviewed the last 12 months to take account of the threat environment and how it has changed, as well as our accomplishments. Throughout 2023, the Threat Intelligence, Mitigation, and Escalations (TIME) team focused on rapidly expanding our capabilities to protect our customers from phishing sites and/or infostealers. A major part of this...
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IT Security Wire: Cybersecurity in 2023: Top Three Predictions

In this IT Security Wire article, cybersecurity experts Eric George and Tom Gorup, Vice President of Security Operations at Fortra’s Alert Logic, share their 2023 cybersecurity predictions. Originally published in IT Security Wire “PaaS (phishing-as-a-service) platforms simplify the creation and execution of credential theft phishing attacks which target the customers or employees of enterprise...
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U.S. News Highlights Fortra’s Tips to Protecting Against 401k Scams

Is your 401k a target for cybercriminals? According to the latest article from U.S. News, warning signs such as missing contributions and unexplained transactions could indicate your retirement funds are at risk. Check out the article here to learn what signs could indicate that something is amiss, and best practices from Fortra’s security expert Eric George on how to protect your accounts.
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Visibility: An Essential Component of Industrial Cyber Security

In July 2021, the White House established a voluntary initiative for industrial control systems (ICS) to promote cooperation between the critical infrastructure community and the federal government. The fundamental purpose of the initiative was “to defend the nation’s critical infrastructure community by encouraging and facilitating the deployment of technologies and systems that provide threat...
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Dark Web Attacks on Credit Unions Exceed All Other Industries in Q2

According to Forta’s Phishlabs, credit unions became the top targeted industry on the dark web in Q2, surpassing banking institutions for the first time since we began reporting on this data in 2021. Financial institutions as a whole experienced the vast majority of abuse, with compromised credit card data leading all threat types on the dark web. Every quarter, Fortra’s PhishLabs analyzes...
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QBot Operations Peak Pre-Takedown, O365 Attacks Increase in Q2

Cybercriminals doubled down on popular threat types and preferred malicious software in Q2, with O365 phish and QBot malware dominating inboxes by significant margins. QBot operations eclipsed all other malware once again, reaching their highest volume of share just before a multinational takedown Tuesday removed malicious code from more than 700,000 computers. Similarly, but lacking in disruption...