The Urgency of Phishing Site Takedown
Phishing remains a top cyber threat worldwide, driven by human interaction and amplified by time. The longer a phishing site stays online, the more damage it does enabling fraud, data breaches, and account takeovers.
The most effective way to stop credential theft is simple in concept but hard in execution: take the phishing site offline fast.
But rapid takedowns require more than just detection. To successfully disrupt phishing at the source, organizations need:
Established relationships with hosts, registrars, and infrastructure providers
High-fidelity threat intelligence trusted by takedown partners
Seamless technical integrations that power fast, automated mitigation using verified abuse submissions
Speed and trust make all the difference. Without them, takedowns stall and attackers win.
Global Takedown Network
Fortra Brand Protection employs an extensive range of takedown services within the industry to ensure the fastest mitigation possible.
Killswitch Integrations
A rapid retort that deactivates features to stop the spread of threats only granted to entities, including Fortra, with an in-depth relationship with service providers. This type of integration does not come easily and is only available for trusted partnerships.
Takedown APIs
Fortra Brand Protection simplifies digital threat mitigation by automating the submission and management of takedown requests for sites or posts infringing on your copyrighted content or intellectual property. Unlike manual takedown processes that can be delayed by long queues, Fortra’s established relationships with service providers accelerate removal, ensuring threats are taken offline faster and more reliably.
Strategic Relationships
Established, long-term relationships with infrastructure providers worldwide enable prioritized, high-confidence takedowns.
Browser-Blocking
As a fail-safe measure, browser-blocking prevents users from accessing malicious sites flagged as security risks.
DMCA Takedowns
Leveraging the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), this process enables rights holders to take action against copyright violations by removing infringing content from online platforms.
Accelerating Takedowns with Automated Killswitches
Automated killswitches go directly to the organization’s infrastructure to automatically take down a threat in rapid time. This alleviates the damage a threat can create, especially with little downtime. Traditional mitigation methods take more time creating a larger window of opportunity for threat actors to engage targets.
Speed is everything when it comes to stopping cyber threats, but acting fast isn’t always straightforward. With an ever-evolving threat landscape and a patchwork of service provider protocols and regulations, quick action can be challenging. Effectively neutralizing phishing attacks takes more than awareness; it requires deep expertise, a strong grasp of global and local requirements, and seamless coordination with service providers. It’s this kind of collaboration that helps cybersecurity teams stay ahead and protect users at scale.
Fortra Brand Protection leverages one of the most robust mitigation networks in the industry, significantly reducing the latency often encountered when organizations attempt takedowns independently. Our team has spent years establishing direct integrations and trusted relationships with registrars, ISPs, and hosting providers worldwide. This foundation enables a streamlined, infrastructure-level mitigation process. Through our unlimited model, confirmed malicious content is disabled automatically using embedded killswitches, ensuring rapid, scalable takedown without manual intervention.
Unmatched Success Rate and Speed
Fortra Brand Protection streamlines domain takedown by working directly with domain registrars to accelerate threat remediation. Typically, domain takedown requests require extensive evidence of abuse, and final action rests with the registrar’s discretion. By leveraging established registrar relationships and a deep understanding of abuse criteria, we simplify this process, facilitating faster, more effective domain removals while ensuring all necessary documentation and compliance standards are met. Our Domain Monitoring service gathers the evidence needed and gets malicious domains taken offline quickly.
We know what qualifies for takedown and what evidence each registrar requires. Having cultivated an extensive network of trusted registrar partners, our customers benefit with access to automated killswitches, takedown APIs, preferred escalation procedures, the highest success rate, and the fastest speed of malicious takedown in the industry.
Phishing Site Takedown That Protects Your Online Presence
When it comes to protecting credentials from online threats, time is not on your side. Minimize attacker dwell time by accelerating phishing site takedowns. Your organization needs the help of a trusted security solution with established relationships, reputation, and technical integrations built by years of experience. Learn more about Fortra Brand Protection's Customer Phishing Protection.
See how our trusted relationships, automated killswitches, preferred escalation procedures, unlimited takedown model, and relentless approach can eliminate phishing sites faster and more effectively than anyone else in the industry.
