Domain Monitoring Services

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Protect Your Organization with Domain Monitoring

 
Cyber criminals use malicious domains to launch online attacks. Because domain registration is inexpensive and accessible, attackers can easily create fraudulent sites to steal credentials, redirect traffic, or sell counterfeit goods.
 
Scammers impersonate trusted brands using spoofed domains to conduct phishing emails and business email compromise campaigns. Fortra’s domain monitoring services detect such threats early and respond quickly with domain takedown services.

Stop Malicious Domains Before They Spread

Each year, attackers register thousands of lookalike domains and typosquatting variants to impersonate brands, launch phishing attacks, and steal sensitive data. Without domain name monitoring, these threats may become active before your business can respond.

Our domain monitoring services continuously scan new and existing domain registrations across global TLDs, including gTLDs and ccTLDs. By analyzing passive DNS, WHOIS data, SSL certificates, and domain activity, we identify suspicious domains linked to your brand and predict likely variants.

You receive alerts and risk scoring for newly detected domains, and can respond quickly with our automated website takedown services. 

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Advanced Domain Takedown Service

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Intelligence tools built to monitor new and existing domains for brand matches and variations tend to generate large volumes of false positives. Sorting through endless domain names can hamper actually detecting threats, yet security teams must sift through this noise to single out malicious domains.

Eliminate the headache of searching for look-alike domains. Our digital domain monitoring service combines advanced automated analysis and expert vetting of domain variations. This removes false positives from the haystack, allowing your team to focus on verified threats targeting your organization.

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Streamline Malicious Domain Mitigation

The only method of fully mitigating a malicious domain is to take it offline. Our domain monitoring service facilitates domain takedown by working directly with the domain registrar.

The domain takedown process can be highly complex and time-consuming depending on the type of threat and the registrar involved. Entities requesting domain takedown must provide detailed evidence of abuse, and ultimately it is up to the registrar to determine if the offending domain should be removed.

Fortra brand protection service gathers the evidence needed and gets malicious domains taken offline quickly. We know what types of abuse qualify for takedown and what evidence each registrar requires.

Through our deep network of trusted registrar partners, customers gain unmatched access to automated killswitches, prioritized escalation paths, and the industry's fastest, most successful malicious takedown capabilities.

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Automate Domain Monitoring and Takedowns at Scale

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Security teams lack the resources to manually track domain threats or investigate each new registration. Hackers and cybercriminals are fast, and any delay increases your risk.
 
Fortra domain monitoring software automates detection, prioritization, and response. Instantly identify malicious domains and initiate website mitigation without increasing your team’s workload.

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Extend the Power of Domain Monitoring

Attackers use spoofed and lookalike domains to send phishing emails, evade traditional security controls, and compromise user data.

Fortra DMARC Protection works with our domain monitoring services to enforce email authentication and stop domain spoofing at scale. Implement and maintain DMARC, SPF, and DKIM policies. Identify unauthorized and third-party senders, and apply strict DMARC reject policies to prevent abuse. Monitor your domain ecosystem to detect suspicious activity from lookalike domains and phishing campaigns.

With domain monitoring and takedown, Fortra blocks phishing emails, reduces fraudulent domain activity, and protects your brand across web and email channels. 

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Core Capabilities of Domain Monitoring

Defends Against Common Threats

  • Look-alike domains
  • Fake websites
  • Brand impersonation
  • Website traffic redirection
  • Credential theft phishing

Collection Methods

  • New domain registrations
  • Historical domain registration
  • SSL certificate registrations

Analysis and Intelligence

Domain analysis includes the capture and review of the following information when available:

  • Screenshots
  • Threat URLs
  • MX records
  • WHOIS data

Threat Mitigation

Fortra Brand Protection automatically pursues mitigation of confirmed malicious domains and will notify you of potential unauthorized domains for review.

Domain Monitoring

Fortra Brand Protection monitors confirmed malicious or unauthorized domains for changes and provides notifications if material changes are detected.

Fortra Domain Monitoring provides proactive, real-time detection of suspicious domains that could pose a threat to our brand or customers. The platform is intuitive, the alerts are timely and actionable, and the support team is always responsive and knowledgeable. 

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FAQs about Domain Monitoring Software

Domain monitoring tracks new and existing domains to identify those that may impersonate your brand and steal your customer data. Domain monitoring services analyze DNS records, WHOIS data, SSL certificates, and domain naming patterns to detect threats such as typosquatting, phishing sites, and fraudulent domains. When suspicious activity is found, security teams can investigate and respond promptly, often using a domain takedown service to remove threats.

Domain monitoring services scan global registrations and compare them to your brand name, keywords, and common spoofing patterns. They detect typosquatting, lookalike domains, and suspicious changes in DNS or hosting infrastructure. Many domain monitoring tools also use machine learning and threat intelligence to prioritize high-risk domains and trigger alerts more quickly.

Cost-effective DNS monitoring tools for brand spoofing emphasize early detection of suspicious domain activity without the need for large security teams. Choose software with automated alerts, global TLD coverage, and built-in risk scoring to prioritize threats. Many platforms integrate DNS and domain monitoring, enabling teams to identify and address spoofed domains before they are used in phishing or fraud. 

Enterprise brands need platforms that automate bulk domain takedowns to efficiently manage large volumes of malicious domains. Leading solutions combine domain monitoring with takedown services that can submit, track, and manage requests at scale. Seek automated workflows, direct integrations with hosting providers and registrars, and centralized dashboards for rapid and consistent threat removal. 

A domain takedown service identifies the hosting provider or registrar for a malicious domain and submits formal abuse reports to request removal. Many services automate this process, using established relationships and APIs to speed up response times. Once validated, the provider disables the domain or removes the malicious content, helping prevent further phishing, fraud, or brand impersonation.