Brandshield Ltd.

09/08/2026

$20.9 billion lost to internet crime in 2025.

But the risks look very different depending on your industry.

Our new 2026 Digital Risk Benchmark brings together current data across financial services, retail, fashion, gaming, technology, healthcare, manufacturing, and travel.

A few findings stand out:
• 98% of financial-sector breaches were financially motivated
• 99% of retail breaches involved external actors
• 62% of seized counterfeit goods were clothing, footwear, or leather goods
• 99% of healthcare breaches were financially motivated
• 98% of financial-sector breaches were financially motivated
• 99% of retail breaches involved external actors
• 62% of seized counterfeit goods were clothing, footwear, or leather goods
• 99% of healthcare breaches were financially motivated

The key takeaway: there is no single digital-risk profile.

Phishing may dominate one industry. Counterfeits, impersonation, fake stores, or rogue apps may matter more in another.

The real question is whether you're monitoring the threats that matter most to your industry.
Read the full 2026 Digital Risk Benchmark: https://hubs.ly/Q04vTYyH0

09/07/2026

Peace of mind comes from knowing your brand is protected around the clock.

For Gopher Sport, BrandShield’s proactive monitoring and agile technology help ensure online threats are detected and handled before they can impact the brand.

Thank you, Marc Mutchler, for the kind words and continued trust in BrandShield.

09/03/2026

Say hello to our newest Enforcement Manager 👋

Petersen has joined BrandShield's US team, bringing a passion for helping brands protect their intellectual property while safeguarding consumers from fraud.

Welcome aboard, Derek!

08/31/2026

The Nepal floods are creating another crisis alongside the physical devastation: fake donation campaigns.

Nepal Police have already warned about fraudulent relief pages, unauthorized QR codes, fake social profiles, phishing links, and requests to send money to personal bank accounts or e-wallets.

A few warning signs to look for before donating:

- A brand-new social account created immediately after the disaster
- An official-sounding name with no verifiable organization behind it
- Donations routed to a personal e-wallet, bank account, PayPal account, or crypto wallet
- QR codes where the recipient name does not match the organization
- Stolen, recycled, or AI-generated disaster imagery
- Identical fundraising messages appearing across unrelated accounts
- Pressure tactics such as “Donate now” or “Every second counts”
- Requests for PINs, OTPs, card details, or unnecessary personal information

The safest approach is simple: Go directly to the official government relief fund or a recognized charity, verify the recipient before approving payment, and check who is actually behind the campaign.

08/25/2026

AI isn't creating brand-new scam categories. It's just supercharging the ones that already exist.

It's making phishing emails more convincing, impersonation content faster to produce, fake sites more real looking, and fraudulent campaigns easier to scale across websites, social media, ads, domains, and messaging platforms all at once.

For brands, that's the message you need to pay attention to.

Protecting your organization can't stop at your own website and network perimeter anymore — the threats are showing up across the entire digital environment, and they're moving faster than ever.

Read more about the changes in the last 5 year here - https://hubs.ly/Q04tk3b50

08/19/2026

AI just gave every scammer a web developer.

With vibe coding, scammers no longer need technical skills to build convincing phishing pages, fake login screens, cloned websites, or branded landing pages.

They can use AI to create polished copy, realistic designs, localized versions, and new variations almost instantly.

That changes the phishing playbook.

For brands, this is no longer just an email security problem. It is a brand protection, customer trust, and external cybersecurity risk.

Our latest article breaks down how vibe coding is changing AI phishing scams, why fake websites are becoming harder to detect, and what brands can do to respond faster.
Read the full article: https://hubs.ly/Q04slvR20

08/17/2026

Fake ads, fake endorsements, fake executive quotes: AI has made brand impersonation faster and easier to scale.

In a new piece for media and technology attorney Sterling lays out how brands can get ahead of AI-generated fake content, highlighting BrandShield as one of the tools companies are using to monitor for unauthorized use of executive likeness across social platforms, ad networks, and domain registrars.
Read the full piece:

AI-generated fake content is putting executive identities at risk, requiring leaders to strengthen protections, contracts, and response plans.

08/13/2026

Your brand could be promoting an online casino right now, without you knowing.

Fraudsters are using trusted logos, app icons, AI-generated videos, and cloned landing pages to drive users to gambling sites and collect affiliate commissions.

The brand gets the blame.
The scammer gets paid.
The brand gets the blame.
The scammer gets paid.

These campaigns are fast, geo-targeted, and often invisible to the teams monitoring owned channels.

Our latest article breaks down how branded gambling scams work, why AI is making them harder to detect, and what brands can do to shut them down faster.

Read the full article: https://hubs.ly/Q04slyVR0

08/06/2026

BrandShield is proud to be mentioned in TechTimes for its role in combating the growing market for counterfeit GLP-1 medications.

As demand for weight-loss drugs continues to surge, so do the scams exploiting consumers.
To date, BrandShield has helped take down more than 250 websites selling counterfeit GLP-1 drugs, helping protect both patients and pharmaceutical brands from online fraud.

GLP-1 fraud charges hit Asheville as Blackford Wellness owner Priscilla Hendrix faces 10 felony counts for allegedly diagnosing clients, forging prescription records, and distributing tirzepatide injections at doses double the FDA-approved maximum — while clients lost thousands and regulators

08/05/2026

A toy goes viral on TikTok and within a short space of time, the fakes are live.

Fake domains. Counterfeit listings on Alibaba for $1 a unit. Brand impersonation sites copying the packaging down to the steamer basket.

This isn't a Squishy Dumpling problem. It's the same playbook used on so many other "trending" and popular items and the window between viral moment and counterfeit flood is now measured in days, not months.
See some examples of what we found here. 👉

A viral toy trend became a counterfeiting target in weeks. Here's the playbook fraudsters run—and how proactive,