Name: Web Beacons: The Secret Weapon Against Phishing Attacks
Start: 2023-05-30T17:00:00Z
End: 2023-05-30T17:00:40.000Z
Location: BrightTALK
Rating: 5

Thought provoking webinars featuring cybersecurity subject matter experts discussing recent trends on generative AI,  information security, phishing attacks, threat intelligence, large language models, trademark infringement, online scam and fraud, SecOps excellence, dark web insights, brand protection, and more!

The channels is educational for for CIOs, CISOs, S/VPs, Directors, Managers, Architects, Engineers, SecOps and Analysts in Security and IT. 

Security teams today are drowning in alerts—yet many still struggle to answer the questions that matter most: Are we under attack more than our peers? Which threats actually require our attention?

In this webinar, we’ll introduce Bolster AI Signals, the intelligence layer designed to turn raw detection data into real-time, actionable insight. Powered by AI, Signals helps you spot emerging phishing, impersonation, and brand abuse campaigns as they form—not after they’ve already caused damage.

You’ll see how Bolster AI Signals correlates millions of data points across the web to identify threat trends before they escalate, benchmarks your exposure against industry peers so you can prioritize with confidence, and surfaces early warning indicators that drive faster response and smarter investments.

Whether you’re part of a Security, Trust & Safety, Legal, or Brand Protection team, this session will show you how to move from reactive takedowns to proactive defense—and gain the full picture of your external threat landscape.

How to Stop External Threats Before They Reach Your Customers

In the world of security products, feedback isn't a suggestion box. It's a risk register. When product and customer teams miss the signal (or move too slow) the cost isn’t just churn. It’s breach, brand damage, and broken trust.
Join Bolster AI CEO Rod Schultz and executive advisor Amelia Forrest Kaye for a real-world fireside chat on how to evolve your product feedback loop in the AI era. You’ll hear stories from the frontlines: from manual takedown workflows that became deal-breakers, to AI-generated noise that drowned out the most critical customer asks. And you'll walk away with practical strategies for building the right things, faster, in the moments that matter most.
What we’ll cover:
- How to separate signal from noise when AI floods you with feedback
- Why security product teams need speed & clarity and how to balance both
- Why Bolster AI rebuilt its feedback loop for real-time, risk-first decisions
- What CS, Product, and Eng leaders can do today to move from backlog to trust
- For security PMs, CISOs, and CS leaders building in high-stakes, fast-moving environments, this isn’t just another product webinar. It’s a blueprint for building credibility before something breaks.

From Backlog to Breach: Getting Security Product Feedback Loops Right in the AI Era

When threat actors strike, speed matters. In this session, VP of Marketing at Bolster,  Lauren Barraco joins Bolster CEO Rod Schultz to share how his team reduced phishing takedown times from over 30 days to just 2—and made repeat scammers give up entirely.

Together, they’ll explore real-world examples of brand misuse (including one involving an unauthorized vendor website), the hidden reputational risks many teams overlook, and how automation and visibility helped shift from reactive response to proactive defense. Whether you're in security, legal, or brand protection, this session will offer practical insights you can take back to your team.

Cutting Takedown Time by 93%: A Real-World Phishing Defense Story

Phishing attacks are getting smarter—and more personal. Scammers are impersonating you and your brand to steal credentials, drain accounts, and exploit customer relationships. But here’s the problem: fraud is still treated as someone else’s job.

In this fireside chat, two seasoned security leaders unpack the convergence of cybersecurity and fraud—how these threats evolve, where defenses fall short, and how modern teams are closing the gap.

Anthony Lauderdale, now a fractional CISO, brings a rare blend of public and private sector experience. He began his career in threat intel with the FBI and has since served as a security leader at Motorola, United Airlines, Zoom, BetterUp, Dun & Bradstreet, and others. He's seen firsthand how these threats unfold across industries and at scale.

Rod Schultz, CEO of Bolster, is a 20+ year cybersecurity veteran who has led product and strategy teams at companies like Cisco, HP, Cylance, and Dust Security. At Bolster, he’s redefining how organizations detect and take down phishing and impersonation scams before they cause damage.

Beyond the Firewall: Why Fraud is Cybersecurity’s Blind Spot

Financial institutions are prime targets for phishing scams, brand impersonation, and fraud schemes that erode customer trust and lead to financial loss. With cybercriminals evolving their tactics daily, traditional security measures aren’t enough. Join us for an exclusive webinar featuring Megan Capdeville from SoFi, who will share firsthand how SoFi leverages Bolster’s AI-powered platform to detect, prevent, and take down digital threats in real time—before they impact customers and revenue.

We’ll explore key industry challenges, including:
- Fraudulent websites and fake banking apps impersonating trusted brands
- Account takeover scams that exploit customers
- Phishing campaigns targeting employees and clients
- Compliance risks tied to unchecked digital threats

Learn how SoFi and other leading financial institutions use Bolster to provide continuous monitoring, automated threat takedowns, and actionable insights—reducing fraud, protecting brand integrity, and maintaining regulatory compliance. Don't miss this opportunity to hear from industry leaders and gain insights into proactive, AI-driven brand protection.

Fortifying Financial Services: How SoFi Protects Its Brand and Customers with Bolster

Phishing threats reported by customers can be challenging to manage, often relying on slow, manual processes that drain resources and risk damaging customer trust. In this 30-minute webinar, join our CEO, Rod Schultz, and Kelly Brown, Info Security Specialist at McAfee, as they share how McAfee has transformed their approach using AI Security for Email. Learn how this innovative solution automates phishing detection, analysis, and takedowns to protect customers and reduce churn. Featuring real-world insights from McAfee’s success, a live 5-minute demo, and an interactive Q&A, this session will provide actionable strategies to streamline threat management and safeguard your brand.

How Leading Brands Automate Customer-Reported Phishing Threats

Discover the latest applications of generative AI in effectively detecting and eradicating phishing and scam websites. The internet is vast and full of malicious threats targeting your organization through multiple channels. With the new developments in AI, it is now possible to enable the detection of hacker activity and remove any malicious content at the source, wherever it may be on internet. Watch this demo to see how Enterprises today are using genAI to scale up and down the removal of malicious content and thus provide a safe online experience for their employees, partners, and customers.

Using AI to Detect and Eradicate Phishing Threats at Internet Scale

Back in January, we brought you the latest in phishing and scam trends based on 2023 data. Stay in the loop with the next edition of our phishing insights series, highlighting key trends from 2024 so far.  

Phishing and scam trends are constantly evolving to reflect new technology accessible to hackers, as well as consumer interest and spending habits. Bolster has tracked phishing and online scam data across the web, social media, mobile app stores, and the dark web since launching our products in 2019, and are continuing to share our insights to help elevate the global digital ecosystem against cyber attacks.  

Join our webinar on Thursday August 1st to learn: 
- How the 2024 US Presidential Election is impacting phishing attacks 
- The mid-year updates on daily phishing site frequency, geo-specific scam data, and industry phishing trends 
- How attackers aren’t limiting phishing schemes to one channel vector, but instead how multi-channel attacks are the name of the game 
- What the Bolster Research Lab predicts for the rest of 2024 

Register today to join our free event!

2024 Phishing and Scam Trends: Key Data from the First Half of the Year

Executive impersonation attacks enable cybercriminals to exploit the authority and trust associated with high-level executives to deceive employees and facilitate fraudulent activities. One study found executive impersonation attacks increased by 131% between Q1 2020 and Q1 2021, costing enterprises around $1.8 billion in damage. 

From fake recruitment campaigns, to texts from company leaders looking for an “urgent favor”, executive impersonations play on real human emotion, often mimicking a conversation a victim might really expect from an executive or employer. This webinar aims to shed light on the alarming rise of executive impersonation attacks and provides businesses with actionable strategies for detection and mitigation. 

Join us on July 23rd to hear from our experts in scam detection to learn:  
- How to identify executive impersonation attacks targeting your business and consumers 
- Tips for quick remediation of executive impersonation attacks 
- Real-world stories from Bolster customers on impersonation scams they experience 
- How to monitor for and manage executive impersonations in the Bolster platform 

Register today!

Master of Disguise: How to Identify and Remove Executive Impersonation Scams

Business Email Compromise (BEC) attacks continue to be a significant and evolving threat to organizations of all sizes. These attacks often involve impersonating high-level executives, vendors, or trusted contacts within an organization to manipulate recipients into complying with fraudulent requests, including transferring funds, sharing sensitive information, or taking actions that benefit the attackers. 

 According to Gartner “73% of organizations reported at least one BEC attempt in 2023, with financial losses estimated by the FBI at $2.9 billion”. BEC scams and executive impersonation attacks are becoming more realistic and human-centered, making them increasingly difficult for employees to identify. Businesses need to have multi-channel protection measures in place to proactively identify early indicators of BEC attacks, and stop them before they hit inboxes. 

This webinar aims to explore the anatomy of a BEC attack by diving into the early indicators that can help organizations identify and mitigate these threats effectively. Join Bolster leaders as they discuss: 
- The 5 most common types of attacks, including fake invoices, account compromise, and more 
- The attack sequence of a BEC attack and why they are so effective 
- Where in the attack sequence you can add security measures to mitigate risk 
- How to stop these attacks at the source  

Register today to gain valuable insights into the best mitigation strategies for combatting BEC attacks. With the right AI-powered detection, your business can prevent financial and reputational impacts of BEC attacks targeting your consumers, employees, and prospects.

Anatomy of a BEC Attack & How to Stop at the Source

When your team discovers an app impersonating your business, or a website pretending to sell your products, it's your top priority to take down the malicious content. Dealing with various hosting providers can become a time-consuming, tedious process if the right technology isn’t utilized, resulting in slower takedown speeds and more expansive attacks across multiple channels. 

In this webinar, we discuss how we have trained and deployed state-of-the-art Security Operations co-pilot here at Bolster to elevate the takedown process for our customers. These models plug into our infrastructure on multiple levels, and fully automate our workflows from detection and monitoring, through takedown, based on years of takedown experience.  

Join us to hear from our Bolster Machine Learning Engineer Adithya Singh on how to integrate leading automation and LLM solutions like Bolster’s co-pilot into software pipelines to better protect your business, including:  

- Bolster’s state-of-the-art co-pilot, highlighting automated non-API based takedowns to facilitate the takedown process with registrars and hosting providers. 
- Real-world tips for utilizing state-of-the-art generative AI-based LLM to eliminate the need of any human intervention in takedowns. 
- How Bolster has simplified the training and testing of our models with HuggingFace’s Transformer API.  
- The explosion on the Natural Language Processing landscape, our predictions for the future, and how Bolster is harnessing this technology. 

Join us for this live discussion!

Fly Through Phishing Takedowns: How CoPilots Protect From Multi-Channel Attacks

Join us in this informational webinar where we cover 5 easy ways you can integrate Large Language Models (LLMs) in your current phishing detection strategy. Adithya Singh, Machine Learning Engineer at Bolster, will explore the practical applications of Large Language Models (LLMs) in enhancing security measures within your organization. These state of the art have optimized Bolster’s brand detection, takedown workflows and computer vision metrics. We discuss how Bolster has utilized LLMs to enhance security against phishing attacks and typosquat scams. Also, find out new upcoming ways Bolster will be using LLMs in 2024 to enhance your cybersecurity. 

In this session, you will learn about: 
- LLMs in brand detection 
- Webpage Intent detection 
- The SecOps Copilot 
- LLMs in threat hunting 
- Full threat detection with LLMs

5 Easy Ways to Use LLMs to Better Detect Phishing Attacks

The dark web has always been a troublesome place for cybersecurity leaders; but it's important now more than ever to monitor the dark web to identify threats targeting your business. From credit card information, to stolen credentials, to personally identifiable data (PII) on your customers and employees, any amount of information is bad when found to be in the hands of threat actors. 

With proper dark web monitoring technology and resources in your toolbox, your business can quickly identify risks, prioritize the biggest threats, and take steps to remediate before risks result in data breaches or other cybersecurity incidents. Join us on Thursday March 28th at 11am PST/2 pm EST for a live discussion on dark web monitoring success with our Bolster experts. 

In this webinar, Bolster’s VP of Product & Strategy Alain Mayer will discuss how to effectively protect your business on the dark web, including: 

- What trends we are seeing on the dark web in 2024 
- How Bolster customers are monitoring the dark web, what’s working and not working 
- What changes we can make to our dark web monitoring strategies to combat attacks 
- What steps to take when data is discovered on the dark web 
- A demo of Bolster’s AI-driven Dark Web Monitoring platform (including some new updates)

5 Steps to Successful Dark Web Monitoring for Real-World Threats

Join us as we dive into Bolster’s annual report, “2024 State of Phishing and Online Scams”, where we review the key findings from our Bolster threat research team. In this exclusive webinar, Abhilash Garimella, Head of Research at Bolster, sits down with Monnia Deng, Head of Marketing at Bolster, as they talk through research methodology, key insights, and never-before-seen phishing kit analysis that was uncovered this past year.

In this exclusive sit down, expect to get answers to the following questions:
• How has this past year’s volatility in the financial markets affected phishing techniques?
• What can organizations across different verticals expect month to month? 
• How the infrastructure to the phishing attacks have shifted? 
• What are the most common types of attacks and the best ways to mitigate? 

Don’t miss this first-hand conversation between the authors of the “2024 State of Phishing and Online Scams” report as they reveal top emerging threat vectors and attack techniques utilized by online scammers, as well as the best ways organizations can protect themselves.

2024 State of Phishing and Online Scams: Key Findings

Vision Transformers are quickly emerging as the top method in solving computer vision tasks for anti-phishing use cases due to the immense success of transformers in the NLP domain. For the longest time, CNNs and hashing systems have been go-to methods to solve image classification problems. However, many limitations of these methods have given rise to powerful vision transformers like SWIN which is taking the field of computer vision by storm. 

Join us as we do a technical deep dive into how image similarity search to solve image classification and remarkable capabilities of SWIN transformers, which leverage the power of self-supervised learning and visual recognition to identify sophisticated phishing campaigns.  

Adithya Singh, Machine Learning Engineer at Bolster, will discuss how SWIN transformers can be used for:  
- Analyzing complex visual cues for threat categorization  
- Detecting subtle manipulations in the visual data 
- Distinguishing with high fidelity legitimate websites from malicious ones;  
- and being added to your existing tools for phishing and scam detection

Sink or SWIN? Image Similarity Search with ViT to Stop Phishing Attacks

Struggling with malicious or suspicious domains mimicking your brand and targeting your customers and employees? Join our master class where Bolster covers delves into in-house malicious domain takedowns and best practices and helpful tips. 

In this webinar, you will learn all the best tips and tricks to take down domains like a pro! Femi Igberase, Principal Solutions Engineer at Bolster, will share how to develop an In-house takedown strategy, tools and techniques for investigation, legal considerations, effective takedown techniques, and more. You will get firsthand demonstration on: 

• Building the takedown strategy tailored to your organization’s needs
• Leveraging the tools and techniques used in the investigation and evidence gathering process
• Understand the legal considerations and navigate jurisdictional challenges effectively
• Using proven takedown techniques and best practices for successful takedowns

Mastering In-House Malicious Domain Takedowns: Strategies and Best Practices

Along with the new year, it’s time to level up your cyber defense strategies with the newest developments in AI technology as it pertains to security use cases. GPTs (Generative Pre-Trained Transformers), a part of Artificial Intelligence (A.I.), are creating new problems for security practitioners and the battle against the evolving surging phishing threats. To combat against these evolving threats aided by A.I., security practitioners need to get wise about the new trends in digital fraud.   

In this webinar, we’ll dive into new hacking tools that leverage GPTs, and their effectiveness at taking down traditional security defenses. From conversational A.I. that provides hacking aid, to A.I. that autonomously creates malware, GPT-based hacking tools are gaining rapid popularity (and for good reason). 

Register for the webinar to learn: 
- Our predictions for the evolving use of A.I. for digital fraud 
- The ethical concerns surrounding these new GPT tools 
- What businesses can do to mitigate novel digital attacks arising in 2024

2024 Trends for GPTs in Digital Fraud

The holiday season is upon us, and unfortunately that means so are the phishing and scam attacks. Hackers utilize the heightened consumerism and deal-centered shopping days to target unsuspecting customers and brands. Our Bolster Research Team is back for the second year in a row to discuss this year’s trends, and help you protect your digital assets. 

2023 Has been quite the year for scammers targeting the retail industry; we uncovered one of the largest brand impersonation attacks towards large retail companies earlier this year, and the trend has continued since. Join us for our upcoming webinar to hear the latest on phishing and scam attacks targeting businesses, including: 

- The most common holiday scams in 2023 
- Real-world examples of phishing scams targeting brands (and lessons learned from the attacks) 
- How to safeguard your business against holiday-specific scams, including phishing sites, gift card scams, fake sales, and more 
- Actionable steps to respond to an active threat against your business

Protecting Your Customers (& Your Business) from Holiday Scams: The 2023 Edition

While there are many strategies to combat phishing, there is one strategy that often goes unnoticed—web beacons.  A web beacon is a technique used on web pages that triggers an alert when someone accesses the page. 

While web beacons are more infamously known for their use in online and email tracking, they are surprisingly a highly effective tool for protecting against phishing attacks.

In this webinar, Abhilash Garimella, Head of Research at Bolster, explains how organizations can leverage web beacons to:
• Detect phishing attempts against their domains and users
• Gain valuable insights on how to implement web beacons for better security
• Protect against data breaches with proven best practices

Web Beacons: The Secret Weapon Against Phishing Attacks

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