Cybercriminals impersonate legitimate brands to trick users into downloading malicious software, turning a brand's reputation into a weapon against its own customers.
How it targets brands: lookalike domains hosting malware; trojanised versions of your software on third-party download sites; malvertising that uses your brand name and imagery; malicious code injected into tools and plugins associated with your brand.
How it hurts: the average cost of a malware-related brand incident exceeds $2.7 million. Customer data breaches get attributed to your brand, trust is lost for years, and GDPR and CCPA exposure and incident response add to the bill.
How CyberWipe helps: we work with domain registrars, hosting providers, and abuse teams to shut down malware distribution domains impersonating your brand within hours, not weeks; we detect lookalike domains, fake app listings, and malvertising; and we coordinate with CERTs, law enforcement, and industry partners against larger distribution networks.