The Vitality of Phishing Site Takedown
Phishing continues to be the most prevalent cyberattack worldwide, driven largely by human interaction. The longer a phishing site remains active, the more effective it becomes—fueling fraud, data breaches, and account takeovers. That’s why swift takedown of phishing websites is critical.
The only true way to stop customer credential theft and prevent account compromise is to take these malicious sites completely offline, cutting off the attack at its source.
Rapid takedowns are easier said than done. To take down phishing sites quickly and successfully, organizations need:
- Strong established relationships with service providers
- A proven reputation for high-fidelity threat intelligence
- Streamlined mitigation via trusted technical integrations leveraging extensive high-quality abuse report submissions with legitimate threats.
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
A process of digital threat mitigation with Fortra Brand Protection that enables organizations to automate the process of submitting and managing site and post takedown requests that have infringed their copyrighted content or intellectual property. Our customers benefit from a trusted partnership between service providers and Fortra because the threat is removed quicker than those who manually submit their takedown request through a queue that may or may not be backed up for several days.
Strategic Relationships
Years of strong relationships with operating managers of global hosts, registrars, and authorities to create trust for faster takedowns.
Browser-Blocking
As an additional fail-safe threat mitigation method, browser-blocking is designed to block access to a website determined to be a security threat to web browsers and site visitors.
DMCA Takedowns
A threat takedown, supported by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), that protects copyrighted digital content, and enabling right holders to request the removal of infringing content from websites and social media 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 critical in minimizing the damage from cyber threats, but with countless threat scenarios and varying service provider protocols, quick action isn’t always easy. To effectively neutralize phishing attacks, cybersecurity companies must not only understand the global threat landscape but also navigate complex local and international regulations. Deep expertise and seamless collaboration with service providers are essential to accelerate threat mitigation and protect users at scale.
Fortra Brand Protection offers the strongest mitigation network, helping organizations avoid cumbersome waiting periods that often occur when managing the problem alone. Instead, we invested years in working with registrars, ISPs, and hosts. This work allowed us to refine our threat mitigation process and build an unlimited model where automated killswitches go directly into the infrastructure — automatically taking down threats when we confirm it’s malicious.
Unmatched Success Rate and Speed
Fortra Brand Protection's service facilitates domain takedown by working directly with the domain registrar to provide streamlined and effective threat elimination. Normally, entities requesting domain takedown must provide detailed evidence of abuse, and ultimately it is up to the registrar to determine if the offending domain should be removed. 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.
Protect Your Online Presence With Phishing Site Takedown Solutions
When it comes to protecting credentials from online threats, time is not on your side. Don’t allow threat actors the luxury of utilizing phishing sites due to helpless wait times. 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.
