Reports - PhishFort | AI-Powered Brand Protectionhttps://phishfort.com/resources/blog/reports/PhishFort delivers agentic brand protection: detecting and eliminating phishing sites, fake apps, and impersonations across every digital channel.Hugo -- gohugo.ioen-USMon, 03 Aug 2026 15:04:04 +0000The Anatomy of Brand Attacks in the First Half of 2026https://phishfort.com/intelligence-report-2026/Thu, 30 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0000https://phishfort.com/intelligence-report-2026/PhishFort’s Digital Threat Intelligence Report for January–June 2026: seven trends reshaping phishing and brand impersonation, and what closes the gap.

The anatomy of brand attacks in the first half of 2026

Seven shifts in phishing and brand impersonation we tracked in real time this semester, benchmarked against the leading industry threat research and matched against what actually crossed our own detection and takedown desks.

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The old advice for spotting phishing stopped working. Here's what we're seeing instead.

14x in one month
The exact week AI-generated phishing stopped being the exception
A month-by-month breakdown, and why “check for typos” is now useless advice.
Nearly 1 in 2 breaches
The category almost no one was tracking a year ago
Now present in close to half of all confirmed breaches, per the newest DBIR.
The metric that barely moved
Attack volume isn't the number to watch anymore
A side-by-side comparison table shows exactly what’s accelerating instead.
4 operational gaps
Where most brand protection setups quietly fail
Plus what closes each gap, drawn from real takedown casework.
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Everything the full report covers

Seven sections, from the executive summary and trend deep-dives through to the operational gaps, recommendations, and the takedown casework behind them.

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  • 01 Executive summary & key findings
  • 02 Seven trends, at a glance
  • 03 Trend deep-dives
  • 04 Where current defenses fall short
  • 05 Recommendations
  • 06 How PhishFort responds
  • 07 Real results, real numbers

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