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How Phishing Website Takedowns Actually Work
A phishing site comes down only when the host, registrar or registry acts. Here is who holds the off switch, what evidence each party needs, and how long it takes.
Oct 7, 2026 · 9 min read
AI Impersonation Attacks: How Attackers Clone Brands and Executives, and How to Respond
AI impersonation uses deepfake video, cloned voices, fake profiles, and spoofed websites to pose as trusted people and brands. Here is how it works and how security teams respond.
Sep 21, 2026 · 6 min read
Digital Risk Protection: Comparing 6 DRP Tools (and Which Ones Actually Fit Lean Teams)
What Is Digital Risk Protection? Digital risk protection (DRP) is the practice of monitoring the open, deep, and dark web for threats that target your brand, executives, employees, and vendors from outside your network p
Aug 10, 2026 · 8 min read
Digital Footprint Management: What It Means for Security Teams
What Is a Digital Footprint in Cybersecurity? Your digital footprint is every online asset, account, system, and data trail tied to your company. That includes the assets your team owns directly, such as: It also include
Jun 5, 2026 · 9 min read
The Perimeter Moved: Your External Attack Surface in 2026
Is Your Security Budget Where The Risk Actually Is? Most security money stacks up inside the network. A disproportionate amount of budget today goes entirely to endpoint protection, network security, and building out the
Jun 3, 2026 · 6 min read
Shadow IT Data Leakage: How Unapproved Tools Expose Data
Why Is Shadow IT a Data Leakage Problem? Most teams do not find shadow IT through a planned audit. They find it after company data appears in a tool, account, or folder that security never approved. That might be a custo
May 29, 2026 · 11 min read
What Is Smishing? How to Spot a Scam Text in 2026
What is Smishing? Smishing is phishing by text message. The word combines “SMS” and “phishing.” The goal is the same as email phishing: get you to tap a link, hand over information, or send money. Attackers usually prete
May 28, 2026 · 9 min read
Business Email Compromise (BEC): How to Catch the Attack Before the Email Lands
What Business Email Compromise Actually Is Business email compromise, or BEC, is a targeted scam where an attacker uses trusted business identities to get money, data, or account access. That trusted identity could be: I
May 28, 2026 · 11 min read
Pretexting: How Attackers Use Your Public Footprint Against Your Team
What is Pretexting in Cybersecurity? Pretexting is a type of social engineering where someone invents a story to trick a person into giving up information, money, or access. The story drives the attack. Remember, the att
May 26, 2026 · 9 min read
CEO Fraud Defence: How to Catch the Signals Before It’s Too Late
CEO fraud is a scam in which an attacker impersonates a senior executive (usually the CEO or CFO) to trick an employee into authorizing a fraudulent payment, sharing sensitive data, or changing the bank details on a vend
May 21, 2026 · 7 min read
What Is Typosquatting?
Typosquatting is the practice of registering domain names that look almost identical to a real brand’s. That could mean a swapped letter, a missing character, a different top-level extension, or a character from another
May 20, 2026 · 7 min read
Brand Trust Management for Enterprises: Why Security Now Owns Part of the Brand
Brand trust management for enterprises used to sit mostly with marketing, PR, and legal. That made sense when the main risk was bad press, customer complaints, or trademark misuse. That is not the world in which enterpri
May 14, 2026 · 11 min read
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