PHISHING
Phishing threats evolve and adapt quickly. Even before one phishing domain is taken down, many more emerge. It can become a game of whac-a-mole for security and IT teams with a lot on their plates. Keeping track of newly emerging phishing threats is necessary to protect users. As more and more processes go digital, bad… Continue reading Compare the Top 8 Open Source Phishing Threat Intel Feeds
June 06, 2023
5 MIN
Domain phishing attacks cause some of the biggest disruptions for security and risk teams because they’re both common and easily unnoticed. There are over 4.2 million fraudulent websites targeting consumers on any given day, with consumers spending $1.2 trillion on fraudulent goods and services purchases from these sites that hide unnoticed by domain phishing protection… Continue reading What You Need to Know About Domain Phishing Protection
April 27, 2023
4 MIN
Phishing and online scam sites have become exceedingly sophisticated in their tactics, with around 4.2 million fraudulent websites causing over $323 billion in losses to brands worldwide. According to Verizon, phishing accounts for 36% of all data breaches. A report by IBM showed that phishing breaches take nearly 300 days to identify and contain, costing… Continue reading Don’t be a Victim of Online Scams: 6 Anti-Phishing Software Choices to Protect Your Business in 2023
April 25, 2023
4 MIN
Phishing attacks are the most common attack vector for hackers targeting brands of all sizes, costing brands across the market an average of $323 billion in damages yearly. With fraudulent emails, malicious links, and fake profiles inundating your employees and customers, it takes a robust cybersecurity detection and takedown strategy to fend off hackers that… Continue reading Web Beacons: How To Effectively Use Them For Phishing Detection
April 13, 2023
5 MIN
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
Phishing and scam websites often use SSL certificates to create a false sense of trust and security for their victims. By displaying the padlock icon and the “https” protocol in the URL, these websites try to appear legitimate and secure. However, SSL certificates alone do not guarantee a website’s safety or legitimacy. Anyone can obtain… Continue reading How SSL Monitoring Can Help Safeguard Your Brand’s Identity
March 02, 2023
6 MIN
The concept of brand protection has fallen solely within the realm of IT security due to concerns about rising rates of cyberattacks in recent years. While previously this may have been a marketing or legal problem, cybercriminals continue to exploit brands and their customers by engaging in activities like phishing through typosquatting domains, thus making… Continue reading The Top 8 Phishlabs Competitors for 2023
January 27, 2023
4 MIN
Bolster has scanned over 1 billion websites and counting to detect phishing and counterfeit pages. We have been reporting on trends for four years and continue to observe an increase in the number of phishing and scam/counterfeit pages. In 2019, Bolster detected 4.2 million phishing and scam/counterfeit pages. In 2020, that number increased by 66%… Continue reading Phishing Trends: 2019-2022: The Evolving Threat Landscape
January 25, 2023
2 MIN
In a recent incident involving the NuGet, PyPI, and NPM packages, threat actors uploaded approximately 144,000 malicious packages to these open-source package repositories, containing links to phishing and scam websites. These packages contain links to phishing and scam websites. These packages were part of a BlackHat SEO / Search Engine Poisoning campaign, intended to manipulate… Continue reading SEO Poisoning Attack Linked to 144,000 Phishing Packages
December 22, 2022
5 MIN
Business Email Compromise scams are a surging problem that grew in damages from $1.2 billion in 2018 to $1.8 billion in 2020. Also known as a ‘man-in-the-email’ attack, a BEC scam is intended to defraud companies, their customers, partners, and employees by duping them into sending money or sensitive information to fake accounts, sites, or… Continue reading Best Strategies For Stopping Business Email Compromise (BEC) Scams
November 15, 2022
5 MIN
