Outpost24 expands platform for data & social threat defense

Outpost24 has announced the integration of two new Digital Risk Protection modules into its External Attack Surface Management platform.

The new Social Media and Data Leakage modules are offered alongside the existing Leaked Credentials and Dark Web modules. The company said these modules are designed to enhance customer insights into the entire attack surface, supporting organisations as they aim to identify threats across a broader range of digital channels.

According to Outpost24, the Social Media DRP module enables organisations to monitor their social media profiles as part of their attack surface. This module tracks social media impersonation, external breaches, and internal leaks in real-time, providing security teams with earlier visibility into threats originating from such platforms.

Meanwhile, the Data Leakage DRP module is built to detect potentially leaked documents and source code. By promptly bringing these exposures to security teams' attention, the module aims to provide companies enough time to respond and mitigate potential consequences before sensitive information is misused.

The company highlighted that these modules leverage access to private and exclusive sources, strong automation capabilities, and advanced threat intelligence to give organisations a more comprehensive view of their external threats and risks. Outpost24 said this broader overview is intended to empower security teams to be more proactive and better prioritise their response efforts.

"Organisations often forget that threat actors use the information on public social media profiles to launch targeted attacks or even to impersonate executive leadership. But they absolutely do, and it's extremely important that security teams track this. We've built our DRP modules for Social Media and Data Leakage based on rich threat intel and accelerated automation so that organisations can get the full context behind each new alert," Omri Kelter, Chief Product Officer at Outpost24, said, explaining the capabilities of the new modules.

Outpost24 stated that by employing these monitoring modules, companies may be able to respond faster to threats emerging on social media, detect and address leaked documents or code before they become problematic, protect their reputations, and reduce the risks of phishing or fraud. Early detection is positioned as a preventive measure to stop confidential information from spreading.

The company noted that threat actors have increasingly been using information from social media profiles to plot attacks against companies of all sizes. Monitoring these activities, it said, supports organisations in maintaining timely awareness of new or emerging risk vectors that might not be addressed with traditional security approaches.

The inclusion of these modules extends the capabilities of Outpost24's EASM platform, which now covers additional facets of the attack surface and potentially enables customers to gain earlier warnings and more context for security incidents involving external-facing assets.