Fortra’s Brand Threats and Fraud Report Is Out

Fortra has analyzed hundreds of thousands of domains, social media, counterfeit, and dark web attacks targeting enterprises, their employees, and brands. This report uses the data from those attacks to present key trends shaping the threat landscape.

Some of the key findings include:

  • 60% surge in social media attacks on brands in Q2 alone.
  • 55% increase in counterfeit websites mimicking well-known brands.
  • The rise of New Generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs) like .dev and .vip being used in phishing attacks, outpacing legacy domains such as .com.
  • Fraud tools targeting enterprises more than doubled on the dark web, now representing one of the highest-growing threats.

You can read the report here.

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