Netcraft
Netcraft detects, disrupts and takes down phishing, fraud and other cybercrime threats for brands.
- Categories
- Digital risk and brand protection, Threat intelligence, Fraud and payment fraud prevention, DMARC and email authentication
- Based in
- London, United Kingdom
- Ownership
- Private
About Netcraft
Netcraft provides digital risk protection and brand protection. It sells to organisations of all types and sizes, including financial services, internet infrastructure, retail, media, technology, healthcare, public sector, and transit. The company uses predictive threat intelligence and automated takedown to disrupt phishing, fraud, scams, and other cyber attacks. It processes over 23 billion data points each year and uses a global proxy network to classify more than 100 attack types. Netcraft claims a median takedown time of 33 minutes for phishing threats and says its customers see 70% fewer attacks than non-customers. It also offers threat intelligence feeds licensed by web browsers and antivirus companies, protecting billions of users.
Products
- Verified Attack IndicatorsSignals that let clients disrupt threats before attacks go live.
- Screenshot ToolA tool to safely explore attack sites and capture evidence without virtual machines.
- Threat FeedsFeeds that deploy countermeasures automatically when threats are detected.
- Scam IntelligenceA service that detects and intercepts scams in encrypted conversations.
- FraudcastA capability that restricts access for billions of downstream users.
Ownership and deals
- Netcraft acquired FraudWatchReport on Netcraft buying FraudWatch (opens in a new tab)
- Raised $100m in private equity fundingInvestor Spectrum EquityReport on the Netcraft funding round of July 2023 (opens in a new tab)
Acquisitions come from SecurityWeek's monthly M&A round-ups from 2021 onwards, from Cybersecurity Ventures' quarterly M&A reports for 2020, and a few from Wikipedia lists. Funding rounds from 2022 onwards come from Return on Security's weekly Security, Funded newsletter. These are dated to the month. A few deals added from the news are dated to the day. Smaller deals may be missing. Amounts are in US dollars.