On The Hunt: A Sneak Peek Into Cyber Threat Hunting
Last year, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) recognized cyber threat hunting as an official discipline. A lot of what threat hunters do remains a mystery, so we sat down for a conversation with a cyber threat hunting professional, team leader Or Mauber, who has been at BrandShield for 18 months and was […]
Seeing Dollar Signs Flash? Anti-Phishing In Finance A Growing Need
The financial sector is uniquely vulnerable to security challenges, primarily because it handles large sums of money, Personal Identifiable Information (PII), and provides sensitive services to customers such as loan processing, investment management, and transaction facilitation. This industry is a prime target for cybercriminals, not only due to its lucrative nature but also because of […]
64% of CISOs Doubt Their Anti Phishing Tools, Do You?
Attackers have more ways than ever to access an organization’s data. Companies often think they’re on top of things only to learn the hard way.
The Dark Side of Holiday Shopping: Why Brands Need Protection Against Counterfeiters
‘Tis the Season to protect your brand; as the air gets crisp and the festive decorations go up, shoppers and counterfeiters are getting ready for the biggest retail event of the year. Online holiday spending is set to hit a record $241B, (up 8.4% from 2023), making brand counterfeiting a more critical threat than ever. […]
Pollogen – Holistic Brand Protection At Its Best
Pollogen Ltd., a company of Lumenis, is a global leader in providing innovative, safe, and effective solutions in the aesthetics market. Founded in 2006, Pollogen creates a unique combination of proprietary technology, offering skin treatment products, which are sold in over 60 countries.
Beyond the CISO: CMO’s & Business Leaders are Adopting Cybersecurity
This is a guest blog post from CHEQ, the leader in Customer Acquisition Security. Cybersecurity has always been the exclusive concern of the “security team.” Traditionally speaking, cybersecurity has always been a “security team” concern, aimed at protecting data, securing infrastructure, managing access and permissions, preventing various forms of cyber attacks and securing networks and […]
Stay Ahead of the Hook: Phishing Scams to Watch in 2025
Digital transactions have surged significantly in the past few years, in fact, in 2023, a study by McKinsey found that for the first time, more than nine out of ten consumers had used some form of digital payment over the course of that year. This is a true reflection of consumers being open to new […]
Don’t Sell Out: Proven Amazon Brand Protection Tactics
As the world’s biggest eCommerce marketplace, Amazon has always been a key target for counterfeiters. But since the pandemic, this problem has increased dramatically, with Amazon reporting a 67% rise in fake listings that has led the company to block around 10 million suspected listings last year alone. For brand owners looking to protect their […]
Better Safe: Proven Online Brand Protection Tactics
The importance of brand protection couldn’t be more apparent. An OECD report stated that counterfeit goods reached 3.3% of the overall global trade, and in 2020, U.S. Customs seized $1.3 billion worth of counterfeit products. Phil Lewis, Director General of the Anti-Counterfeiting Group, stated that “The counterfeiters exploit every possible avenue to profit.“
Stop Your Business from Becoming a Whaling Statistic
Whaling attacks are on a continuous rise. In 2018, the FBI estimated that the cost of such phishing scams to businesses surpassed $12.5 billion, and one in four businesses suffered a whaling attack. A year later, the FBI announced that the frequency of whaling attacks has doubled.