Vigilante, based in Phoenix, is taken over by ZeroFOX

ZeroFox, the leading provider of External Threat Intelligence and Protection, is proud to announce the collaboration with Vigilante, a world-renowned expert in Dark Web Threat Intelligence, to expand its intelligence portfolio. Vigilante is the second company to join the ZeroFox family in the last three quarters following the merger with Cyveillance announced in October 2020. With over a decade of experience targeting threat hunting and cultivating trustworthy personalities in the underground economy, Vigilante serves sophisticated intelligence needs for a wide range of companies from a variety of industries, including many of the Fortune 50. The global team of seasoned employees and analysts at Vigilante is integrated with ZeroFox to provide access to unique datasets and exotic threat research that is beyond the reach of other providers. ZeroFox’s now improved platform offers the industry’s most robust ability to understand public attack surface exposures and protect businesses from dark web activity to an even greater extent.

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Companies are increasingly challenged by cybercriminal activities on the dark web and in the criminal underground. In 2020, the number of compromised records exceeded 37 billion, up 141% from 2019, and ransomware increased 100%. Organizations need to identify and contextualize threats, remove sensitive information from the Internet, resolve ransomware incidents, and respond quickly to other cyber incidents, but they lack the resources and expertise to carry out these efforts. The addition of Vigilante will provide customers with information and protection resources and increase decision-making efficiency through a combined solution that focuses on deep expertise in human intelligence and AI processing of massive data sets from dark web sources.

“This announcement marks another major milestone for ZeroFox and confirms our commitment to be the global leader in threat detection and protection. The dark web and the criminal underground are critical requirements for modern threat intelligence programs and the agitators are moving fast, ”said James C. Foster, chief executive officer of ZeroFox. “Attacks and breaches are happening at an all-time high, and companies need a clear view of the shadow economy, how bots are attacking them or whether their credentials, credit cards, personally identifiable information (PII) and other information might be traded there, as well as understanding new tactics, Exploits and vulnerabilities to stay ahead. This new feature increases the scope and scope of our dark web intelligence capabilities for our customers and protects their business, employees, customers and information. “

The combined ZeroFox and Vigilante platform offers robust dark web intelligence in the form of:

  • Breach Intelligence & Response: Best-in-class data on security breaches, response to external incidents, attribution and involvement of threat actors, trend identification and asset recovery
  • Data delivery: Unique targeted content including risk information on compromised credentials and botnets, network information on infected and vulnerable hosts, and eCrime information on threat actors and threat indicators (IOCs)
  • Botnet exposure monitoring: Access information about active infections and historical botnet logs to identify sessions in which infected devices accessed internal or client-side assets
  • Operational Intelligence: Global researchers and staff conduct threat monitoring, search and mapping, and provide early warning and prioritization of dark web threats

“The combination of our otherwise inaccessible data sets, our team of researchers and employees, and the size and artificial intelligence of ZeroFox now form the only truly complete dark web intelligence service in the industry,” said Mike Kirschner, co-founder of Vigilante. “We are proud to be a part of ZeroFox and to bring our industry-leading capabilities to a wider range of customers. The new combination is the most robust dark web offering on the market. The unique focus on taking action to get results really protects the organizations we work with. “

Vigilante will be immediately integrated with ZeroFox, giving customers access to an exclusive Dark Ops offering that gives customers exclusive access to the criminal underground through a team of elite dark web agents who do actor attribution, asset recovery and more carry out. Find out more about our Dark Ops features here.

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