A takedown is the process of removing sites, URLs, files and content that violates a host or network’s terms of service (TOS). Takedowns typically occur when a complainant reports the violation with evidence to the host or network (such as a social media provider or domain registrar) and formally requests its removal or suspension. Every takedown request must adhere to specific guidelines and processes that are unique to the network provider’s own policies. Once a takedown request has been reviewed and accepted by the network provider, the violating content is removed from the internet.

What are some examples of violating content eligible for takedown?

Some common examples of violating content that are eligible for takedown with most reputable hosts and network providers include phishing and malware hosting domains, impersonating social media accounts, spoofed domains that infringe on copyrights and trademarks, fraud and scams, threats of violence, harassment and abuse, etc.

Why does having proven takedown capabilities protect your organization?

Takedowns are one of the most effective actions security organizations have against external threats. Optimizing an effective takedown strategy and leveraging the expertise and automation of ZeroFox can help you to effectively remediate a detected threat and disrupt the effectiveness of wide-scale attack campaigns across channels.

What does ZeroFox takedowns do?

ZeroFox provides automated takedown request processing and an industry-leading managed service composed of experienced disruption analysts who work directly with the world’s top networks to quickly take down large volumes of violating content on your behalf.

Will ZeroFox integrate with my organization’s cybersecurity strategies?

Yes, ZeroFox’s takedown services are meant to act as an extension of your security team. ZeroFox platform users can easily request takedowns with just a few simple clicks from an alert and rely on the expertise of our own analysts to process, submit and pursue the request with the provider. And because we manage this all in-house, we have the unique advantage of having the most expertise, efficiency and transparency over the entire process.

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What are takedowns?

Takedowns are the formal process of removing sites, profiles and content that violate a network provider’s terms of service. Takedowns are often considered a security organization’s most effective weapon against external attacks. ZeroFox combines efficient platform automation with the expertise of disruption analysts to process, pursue, and remove malicious, violating, and infringing content such as social media impersonations, phishing domains, rogue mobile app store listings, PII on data broker websites, and more.

Why takedowns matter

As adversaries continue to evolve and scale attacks outside the perimeter, security teams must respond with enhanced takedowns. ZeroFox manages takedowns fully in-house with expansive breadth of coverage, expertise, and success across 100+ networks. Offering automated request processing and complete visibility and transparency every step of the way, ZeroFox provides the comprehensiveness, speed, and scale to fight back against today’s sophisticated adversaries, which is why Forrester named ZeroFox best-in-class for takedowns.

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How ZeroFox rapidly takes down threats at scale

With ZeroFox, you’ll have access to every type of takedown to protect your brands, domains, and people outside your perimeter across 100+ networks. Our 100% in-house team executes nearly 700K successful takedowns per month, from the most common use cases to the most complex. So you can easily and proactively take swift action to minimize your digital risk.

Supports all use cases

Impersonating social media accounts
Fraudulent mobile apps and marketplace listings
Infringing content
And more

Responds rapidly

Automated, proactive blocking actions
Distribution of threat intel to common security black lists
Removal of attacker infrastructure

Ends the threat

Verification of requests submitted in minutes
Total dashboard visibility over the entire takedown process
Transparent reporting, tracking, and status updates

Social Media Takedowns

Detect and remove brand, executive, and customer threats

Quickly identify and take down social media threats such as impersonating accounts, fraud, scams, infringing content, harassment, and more that put your brands, executives, and customers at risk.

Stop the Proliferation of Phishing

Monitor and remove accounts that post phishing URLs to disrupt wide-scale attack campaigns and keep customers safe.

Gain wide depth and breadth of network coverage

Automate requests and pursue takedowns of violating content across the most widely used global social media networks such as Twitter, Facebook/Meta, Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, LinkedIn, and more.

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Domain Takedowns

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Comprehensive takedown use cases

Threat Type	Use Case
Social Media	Social Media
Brand Impersonations & Misuse of IP	Accounts/pages that misappropriate protected brand names Misappropriating brand logos/Images
Executive/VIP Impersonations	Accounts/pages that use impersonating names and pictures relating to an executive/VIP No clear disclosure that it’s not a fan or parody account/page
Counterfeiting & Piracy	Accounts/posts sharing images, names, or calls to action for unauthorized sale of counterfeit goods Accounts/posts illegally hosting or distributing copyrighted digital content
Fraud & Scams	Accounts/posts targeting employees and/or customers with fraudulent information or calls to action with the intent to defraud, deceive or cause harm to users Examples include: money flipping, fake coupons, etc.
Violence, Harassment Misinformation	Accounts/posts with targeted abuse or threats of harm toward an individual, brand, or public figure
Web Domains	Web Domains
Phishing Domains	Live, hosting malicious content Impersonating domain or subdomain of a legitimate name Using branded content (ie. logos, website code, etc.) Often includes form or call to action
Phishing Email Addresses	Email addresses used to send phishing emails May be private domain or public ISP
IP Infringement	Live, hosting content that abuses IP or copyrighted material Impersonating protected domain name/ branded content