Lookalike domains are now going up

I joined a webinar last week, and the accompanying article Original Research from Fortra Reveals Pervasiveness, Types of Look-Alike Domains Targeting Brands was talked about on last Saturday’s security hour and this week’s TSB to be released later on today.

Here are the highlights.

• • In H1 2023, the average brand was targeted by nearly 40 look-alike domains every month
• 77% of look-alike domains deemed malicious hosted phishing sites
• Cybercriminals are now paying to register look-alike domains after free registrations of top-level domains decreased by 80% in Q1 2023
• For the first time since reporting on domain data, Fortra has seen cybercriminals favoring Country-Code Top-Level Domains (ccTLDs)
• More than 62% of spoofed email display names impersonated well-known brands, including Microsoft and Google

The highlight all of the staff we have between the mix and the jrn is …

77% of look-alike domains deemed malicious hosted phishing sites

Please read the full article, check out the report, and we’ll have the webinar out as a full podcast here soon. We played it last Saturday with the question and answer portion removed, so check out TSN on the mix.

I’d love to hear from you!