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Account Takeover Defense
Use Case

Account Takeover Defense

Stop Account Takeovers Before Damage Spreads

The Challenge

Account takeovers turn legitimate accounts into fraud and financial loss tools. Stolen credentials fuel corporate and executive account hijacking. Manual monitoring cannot keep pace with threats emerging across social and dark web channels.

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Massive Credential Exposure Fuels Attack1

Credential reuse accelerates compromise. Single leaks cascade across accounts, applications, and partners.

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Credentials Drive Most Breaches2

Attackers focus on what works. A small subset of exposed credentials enables most ATO incidents.

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in ATO Fraud Losses Hit Record High3

Impact compounds fast. Once an account is hijacked, damage spreads across customers, employees, and partners.

Real-world scenarios where ZeroFox protects your organization

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ZeroFox Intelligence for Account Takeover Defense

ZeroFox combines intelligence, monitoring, search capability, detection and investigations, and response into a closed loop that stops account takeovers before damage spreads.

Continuously monitor TOR, I2P, Telegram, Discord, paste sites, and forums for leaked credentials tied to your employees, executives, or brand using AI-driven scanning. Learn more. 

The ZeroFox Advantage: The Intelligence Loop

ZeroFox operates a continuous cycle that transforms raw threat data into rapid, automated action. We Discover threats across your external attack surface, Validate with AI and analyst expertise to confirm real risk, and Disrupt through automated takedowns and sustained suppression. Each phase feeds the next, creating a closed loop that degrades attacker momentum over time.

Discover

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Blind spots in social and dark web channels

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Continuous AI-powered collection across all sources

Validate

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Uncontextualized alerts without prioritization

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Analyst-vetted notifications with attribution and risk scoring

Disrupt

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Analyst-vetted notifications with attribution and risk scoring

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Automated takedowns and account freezing executed in hours

CASE STUDY

National Convenience Chain

A popular convenience store chain with over 150 locations had limited visibility into threats across social and digital channels. With ZeroFox, they expanded coverage to deep and dark web, identifying stolen gift cards before customers were harmed.

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total alerts identified

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posts scanned

Director of Information Technology
"ZeroFox gives us critical visibility into channels that were previously blind spots for us. The intelligence gained from the ZeroFox Platform helps us prevent the loss of revenue to bad actors online and ultimately protect our customers from scams."

See What Attackers See. Act Before They Do.

Gain visibility into leaked credentials and social channels where account takeovers begin before attackers hijack corporate or executive accounts.

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  • [1] 16 billion passwords exposed in record-breaking data breach: what does it mean for you?, 2025, cybernews
  • [2] 2025 Data Breach Investigations Report, Verizon
  • [3] Identity Fraud and Scams Cost Americans $47 Billion in 2024, 2025, AARP