Abhishek Dubey
Shockwaves were felt when news hit Friday March 10th that a West Coast billion-dollar banking giant was predicted to collapse before the end of the day. This came at the heels of a earlier announcement that a prominent crypto-focused bank was expected to shut down operations. Not long after, another billion-dollar East Coast banking giant… Continue reading How Bank Collapses Impact Phishing and Scam Activity
March 16, 2023
5 MIN
Elon Musk recently highlighted a big problem with Twitter: bots. We all know bots have been a significant problem on Social Media platforms. What makes bots so bad? Aside from the well-known issue of fake comments creating social toxicity and polarity, bots are also responsible for running financial scams on social media platforms. Examples include… Continue reading Elon, Bots, and Rampant Fraud on the Web
October 18, 2022
4 MIN
Introduction Shashi and I started Bolster in 2017. Our first product was an AI-powered web-based phishing and fraud detection service. We complemented our detection engine with an automated takedown service. This way, we can detect and takedown phishing and fraud without human intervention. Since we started selling our web-based brand protection product with automated detection… Continue reading Why Early Detection Matters in Phishing & Fraud Detection
April 26, 2022
5 MIN
Got a Phishy Looking URL? Phishing, spear phishing and business email compromise (BEC)…however you identify the threat, the worry is always the same. As a security analyst how do you know for certain that the link or links in a suspected phishing email are indeed malicious? There are several tactics you can employ. Conventional techniques… Continue reading URL Scanner Comparison – CheckPhish vs. UrlScan.io vs. ScamAdviser
November 09, 2021
6 MIN
Los Altos, CA – Bolster is proud to be Certified™ by Great Place to Work© for the first time. The prestigious award is based entirely on what current employees say about their experience working at Bolster. This year, 97% of employees said it’s a great place to work – 38 points higher than the average… Continue reading Bolster Earns 2021 Great Place to Work Certification™
August 24, 2021
2 MIN
Introduction There has been much talk lately in the media around Homograph attacks and Punycode domains following the disclosure of a browser vulnerability by Xudong Zheng. The technique itself is not new, as we’ve seen several talks in the past at security conferences from as early as 2012. The good news is most modern browsers… Continue reading Punycode Domains: Best Ways of Hunting in 2023
April 11, 2020
3 MIN