Q3 2011 Fraud Intelligence Report

The MarkMonitor Fraud Intelligence Report for the third quarter of 2011 is now available. The findings are: Retail/Service phishing continued to increase, growing 43% to 14,572 attacks. The Financial sector continued to be the most phished industry, accounting for 44% of phish attacks, while the Payment Services sector accounted for 20%... more»

The Spookiest DDoS Attacks in History

In the spirit of Halloween, we've compiled a few chilling tales of the most ghoulish cyber attacks on some of the largest corporations in the world. We only hope that after you finish reading our stories, you live to tell the tale of the most horrifying distributed-denial of service (DDoS) attacks in history. more»

MarkMonitor Fraud Intelligence Report Released for Q2 2011

The MarkMonitor Fraud Intelligence Report for the second quarter of 2011 is now available. Phish attack volume declined 3% from the previous quarter to 97,241 attacks. The number of targeted organizations also decreased 3% from the first quarter to 498. more»

Businesses Lack Safeguards Against DDoS Attacks and DNS Failures, New Research Shows

A significant percentage of organizations are ill-equipped to prevent and respond to web infrastructure failures caused by distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks and Domain Name System (DNS) failures, according to two new research studies commissioned by Verisign, Inc. more»

Q1 2011 Fraud Intelligence Report

Phish attack volume increased 17% from the previous quarter to 99,800 attacks. The number of targeted organizations increased 11% from the fourth quarter of 2010, to 511. more»

The Botnet-Counterfeit Drugs Connection

Spam levels have declined dramatically since the March 16 takedown of Rustock, the world's largest botnet, but how long will this victory last? Rustock was responsible for sending almost half of all global spam and up to 44 billion spam emails per day... more»

Q4 2010 Fraud Intelligence Report

The MarkMonitor fourth quarter 2010 Fraud Intelligence Report is now available. Here are the main findings from the report. more»

Report Sheds Light on Scale and Complexity of Online Piracy and Counterfeiting Problem

Sites offering pirated digital content draw the lion's share of the 53 billion annual visits while sites selling counterfeit goods, including prescription drugs and luxury goods, generate more than 92 million visits per year. more»

Secondary Market Buyers: Please Do Your Due Diligence!

As with all business transactions online, there are certain people who will try to prey on the public through scams masquerading as legitimate business deals. The same is true in connection with the sale of .CO domain names on the secondary market. more»

Acquisition Extends Anti-Piracy Capabilities for Digital Content

MarkMonitor announced today that it has acquired DtecNet®, a market leading global anti-piracy company. With the addition of DtecNet technology, MarkMonitor expands its Brand Protection platform, adding greater breadth in targeting both the distribution points and promotional vehicles for pirated digital content. more»