Brand Impersonation Monitoring and Queries

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Silent Push provides tools to monitor and detect brand impersonation attempts through various query types: Domain Impersonation, Email Impersonation, Favicon Impersonation, and HTML Title Impersonation.  All modules are located under Reconnaissance > Impersonation.

These tools help organizations track potential threats, protect brand integrity, and respond proactively to phishing and impersonation attacks.

Domain Impersonation is the primary and most commonly used module. It has been redesigned to work primarily with asset lists, support scheduled background processing, and provide a simpler experience. The previous Domain Impersonation experience is marked as Legacy.  

Monitor Brand Impersonation Results

The Monitor feature lets you track results for any Brand Impersonation query and receive email alerts about changes every 24 hours. Key benefits include:

  • Real-time Threat Surveillance: Continuous tracking of domains and sites that may impersonate your brand, alerting teams to new threats as they emerge.

  • Rapid Phishing Detection: Quickly flags impersonation attempts, enabling proactive responses to reduce phishing risks.

  • Brand Integrity Protection: Minimizes damage to brand reputation and user trust by addressing impersonation issues early.

  • Efficiency for Security Teams: Automates detection, freeing teams from manual searches to focus on analysis and mitigation.

  • Threat Actor Insights: Identifies trends in impersonation tactics and provides data to enhance security strategies.

Set Up Monitoring for a Brand Impersonation Result Set

  1. Run one of the following Brand Impersonation queries:

    1. Domain Impersonation

    2. Email Impersonation

    3. Favicon Impersonation

    4. HTML Title Impersonation  

  2. On the results (receipt) page, click Save.
    This also saves your input parameters. You can update an existing saved search or save as a new one.

  3. After saving, use the schedule menu to enable recurring runs.
    Frequency is managed by the system.
    Note: There is currently no single-click “Save and Schedule” button.

  4. Monitors run every 24 hours and send email alerts for new results.  

Saved searches can be viewed and filtered (manual vs scheduled) in your search history.