Digital Risk Benchmark 2026: Online Threats by Industry
The 2026 digital risk benchmark shows that online threats vary sharply by industry. Financial services face heavy phishing and impersonation pressure. Retail and fashion face counterfeits and fake stores. Meanwhile, technology, gaming, healthcare, manufacturing, and travel face different external digital risks. Digital risk benchmark is a data-based way to compare online threats across industries, channels, […]
Customer Support Scams: How to Protect Your Customers
Customer Support Scams happen when criminals impersonate a legitimate company’s support team to trick customers into sharing information, sending money, installing software, or visiting fraudulent websites. These scams can damage customers directly while leaving the impersonated brand dealing with lost trust, complaints, and reputational fallout. Most frequently, these scams target less tech-savvy users, or the […]
AI Scams Are Surging: What Google Searches Reveal in 2026
Search interest in “AI scams” has surged in 2026, rising far faster than several established scam-related searches in a five-year Google Trends comparison. The trend does not prove AI scams are now the most common form of fraud, but it shows that AI has become a major part of how people understand and search for […]
Vibe coding just gave every scammer a web dev; Here’s the new AI phishing scams
AI phishing scams are becoming easier to create because vibe coding lets almost anyone build convincing fake websites, login pages, landing pages, and forms with natural-language prompts. Scammers can now clone brand experiences faster, launch more phishing pages, and relaunch campaigns quickly after takedowns. Vibe coding has changed who can build on the internet. Not […]
Branded gambling scams: how your logo ends up selling online casinos
Branded gambling scams use a trusted company’s name, logo, colors, or app identity to drive users toward online casinos. Fraudsters often earn affiliate commissions for each sign-up or deposit, while the impersonated brand is left with reputational damage, customer confusion, and potential compliance risk. Somewhere online, your brand may be advertising an online casino you […]
Viral Today, Counterfeited Tomorrow: The Squishy Dumpling Playbook
Counterfeit viral toys can appear almost as quickly as the trends they copy. When a toy explodes on TikTok or social media, counterfeiters can use fake stores, marketplace listings, copied product images, and lookalike domains to meet demand before many buyers know what is genuine. Counterfeit viral toys are unauthorized copies of trending toys that […]
The Next Phishing Site May Be Recommended by AI
AI assistants are becoming a new path to phishing sites, fake stores, and brand impersonation scams. As consumers rely on AI for shopping advice and trusted links, a phishing site can reach a potential victim through an AI-generated recommendation before a brand even knows the threat exists. A phishing site is a fraudulent website designed […]
BrandShield Listed on AWS Marketplace
BrandShield Resolve is now available on AWS Marketplace, giving security teams a faster way to deploy domain and phishing protection inside their existing AWS environment. Here’s what that means for procurement, deployment, and response.
AI Phishing Sites: How Scammers Clone Brands in Minutes (2026)
AI has made phishing sites faster and cheaper to create than ever before, driving a surge in brand impersonation attacks. Discover how security teams can detect and remove AI-generated phishing sites before they reach customers.
How BrandShield Combines Incident Response & Threat Hunting for Unparalleled Cyber Brand Protection
AI is accelerating phishing and brand impersonation at an unprecedented pace, but technology alone isn’t enough.