Group-IB joins coalition to safeguard users from online dangers

Group-IB, an international cybersecurity company that specializes in preventing cyberattacks, has joined forces with a team of seven brand protection agencies and Ecommerce Foundation to fight online infringements faster. The new coalition is building a global blacklist, Scamadviser.com, to help consumers check if a website is legit or a possible scam, online store selling fake products using well-known names, or phishing. The combination of Group-IB’s cybersecurity and brand protection technologies, which ensures timely detection and accurate identification of toxic resources, with Scamadviser’s outreach capabilities will help to safeguard many ordinary users.

As part of the alliance, Group-IB along with Brandit, globaleyez, GCS-Risk, LdotR, Onsist, Pointer Brand Protection and REACT, will be providing infringing domain names directly to Scamadviser, an initiative by Ecommerce Foundation, via excel or API to help consumers to check if the resources are toxic. New infringements are directly communicated to social media and advertising platforms to take the opportunity away from scammers to sell counterfeits.

It is sometimes very hard to swiftly block infringing resource, website selling counterfeit or even phishing website. Meanwhile, such shady websites at the same time can deceive thousands of consumers in just a few days and cause significant reputational damage to the companies, whose brands are abused. Building a global blacklist Scamadviser.com, which is frequented by 2.5 million users a month, allows to give scammers less opportunity to continue their malpractice while legal action is taken.

Group-IB has been offering services designed to detect and eliminate threats to brands online Brand Protection that has been protecting the company’s clients against counterfeiting as well as Internet fraud. CERT-GIB, first 24/7 private certified emergency response service in Eastern Europe, since 2011 has been tasked with containing cyber threats, regardless of when and where they take place and who is involved. Thanks to the relentless efforts of the Brand Protection Team and CERT-GIB, and unique synergy between these two departments, Group-IB’s has compiled a large and comprehensive database of infringing websites, which is regularly updated by company’s analysts, which becomes available to Scamadviser users.

Group-IB leverages vast experience in successful fight against online infringements, scams and phishing of various kinds, accumulated in its Brand Protection department and CERT-GIB (Group-IB Computer Emergency Response Team). The participation in the alliance allows sharing our knowledge base of infringing websites with many ordinary users, who are very often fooled online, and fighting online counterfeits faster.

Aleksandr Kalinin

Head of Group-IB’s Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-GIB)

We continuously improve Scamadviser’s algorithm to identify online scams. With the domain names provided by brands, brand protection and cybersecurity agencies, we cannot only warn consumers about the websites provided but also identify other shady websites that have comparable markers. One manually identified site selling counterfeit products may reduce the Scamadviser trust score of hundreds of other websites.

Jorij Abraham

General manager of the Ecommerce Foundation

About Group-IB

Founded in 2003 and headquartered in Singapore, Group-IB is a leading creator of cybersecurity technologies to investigate, prevent, and fight digital crime. Combating cybercrime is in the company’s DNA, shaping its technological capabilities to defend businesses, citizens, and support law enforcement operations.

Group-IB’s Digital Crime Resistance Centers (DCRCs) are located in the Middle East, Europe, Central Asia, and Asia-Pacific to help critically analyze and promptly mitigate regional and country-specific threats. These mission-critical units help Group-IB strengthen its contribution to global cybercrime prevention and continually expand its threat-hunting capabilities.

Group-IB’s decentralized and autonomous operational structure helps it offer tailored, comprehensive support services with a high level of expertise. We map and mitigate adversaries’ tactics in each region, delivering customized cybersecurity solutions tailored to risk profiles and requirements of various industries, including retail, healthcare, gambling, financial services, manufacturing, crypto, and more.

The company’s global security leaders work in synergy with some of the industry’s most advanced technologies to offer detection and response capabilities that eliminate cyber disruptions agilely.

Group-IB’s Unified Risk Platform (URP) underpins its conviction to build a secure and trusted cyber environment by utilizing intelligence-driven technology and agile expertise that completely detects and defends against all nuances of digital crime. The platform proactively protects organizations’ critical infrastructure from sophisticated attacks while continuously analyzing potentially dangerous behavior all over their network.

The comprehensive suite includes the world’s most trusted Threat Intelligence, The most complete Fraud Protection, AI-powered Digital Risk Protection, Multi-layered protection with Managed Extended Detection and Response (XDR), All-infrastructure Business Email Protection, and External Attack Surface Management.

Furthermore, Group-IB’s full-cycle incident response and investigation capabilities have consistently elevated industry standards. This includes the 77,000+ hours of cybersecurity incident response completed by our sector-leading DFIR Laboratory, more than 1,400 successful investigations completed by the High-Tech Crime Investigations Department, and round-the-clock efforts of CERT-GIB.

Time and again, its solutions and services have been revered by leading advisory and analyst agencies such as Aite Novarica, Gartner®, Forrester, Frost & Sullivan, KuppingerCole Analysts AG, and more.

Being an active partner in global investigations, Group-IB collaborates with international law enforcement organizations such as INTERPOL, EUROPOL and AFRIPOL to create a safer cyberspace. Group-IB is also a member of the Europol European Cybercrime Centre’s (EC3) Advisory Group on Internet Security, which was created to foster closer cooperation between Europol and its leading non-law enforcement partners.