Cybersecurity for Brand Protection: Methods to Detect Digital Threats

Background: Brand protection is one of the pillars of your online business. When your digital presence is impactful, various threat actors and similar entities may try to exploit it by impersonating your business. As a result, your customers may become confused and unknowingly provide sensitive data to these malicious actors. In this guide, I want to share a simple method to automate the scanning of impersonated domains, especially when you receive reports indicating that domain impersonation has been detected.

Technical implemenation strategy: First, we need a strategy to detect impersonated domains. For this, we can analyze factors such as the domain title, favicon, JavaScript code, domain registrar information, and more. However, this data alone will not be sufficient without a centralized database where we can search data based on the criteria mentioned above. Finally, we will need a DMCA letter template to use in the process of taking down the domain.

Technical Implementation Steps: - First of all predefine object with IOC's keys - Connect your objects with Fofa platform API and over iteration generate unique search pattern for each IOC type like title, js_name_path, js_md5, icon_hash - For the results, create a DMCA dropdown template letter and send it via email to the domain registrar along with the evidence. - Project Scratch in Github

Conclusion: In modern business models, teams should not only focus on income but also be aware of their business reputation, which can have a crucial impact on revenue. For this reason, it is important to proactively hunt for threats that may be connected to your domain, as it is the first entry point for your customers into your digital environment.

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