OSINT for Brand Protection: Find Squatters, Counterfeits and Phishing
From typosquatted domains to social-media impersonators to counterfeit listings, Skopio's bulk OSINT capabilities help IP-protection teams find brand abuse before it costs revenue.
Overview
Brand abuse is industrial-scale. A consumer brand may have hundreds of typosquatted domains, dozens of impersonator social accounts, thousands of counterfeit listings on marketplaces. Skopio's enterprise API supports bulk OSINT operations to find brand abuse at scale: domain-pattern enumeration via Certificate Transparency, social-handle squatting across 12 platforms, image-brand-abuse via reverse image search across 350+ sources.
Real-world scenarios
5 concrete situations and how Skopio solves each.
Typosquat domain enumeration
Your brand is 'examplebrand.com'. You want to find all permutations registrants have squatted on.
Domain category + bulk API. Run permutations through CT-log enumeration to find every typosquat with its registrant and creation date. Send takedown notices.
Social impersonator detection
Counterfeit accounts use your brand name on Instagram / TikTok / VK. You need a list of all matches.
Username search across 12 social platforms by your brand name. Bulk API returns every match with confidence scoring (active vs squatted).
Counterfeit-listing image scanning
Counterfeiters use your product photos on Aliexpress / Wildberries / similar. You need to find every listing using your imagery.
Reverse image search across 350+ sources. Each match shows the platform and timestamp. Feed list to your DMCA process.
Phishing-domain attribution
Phishing campaign uses lookalike of your domain. You want registrant infrastructure to support takedown and prosecution.
Domain category + WHOIS + CT-log + DNS history identifies the registrant, related domains, and infrastructure. Hand off to legal team.
Counterfeit-marketplace seller mapping
Counterfeit seller operates across multiple platforms. You want to map their full network.
Email + phone + username from one listing → social and platform cross-link reveals other listings under same operator. Coordinate takedown across platforms.
Time savings
Manual brand-protection research: 20-30 minutes per case (typosquat search + WHOIS + CT-log + reverse image). Skopio API collapses this into one query per case, batchable. For a brand-protection team handling 100+ cases per month, that's 30-50 hours recovered.
Skopio outputs are OSINT intelligence supporting your IP-protection workflow. Takedown notices, DMCA filings, and legal action remain your responsibility. Skopio data is decision-support; combine with internal IP-rights documentation and legal counsel for binding actions. We are GDPR-compliant; subjects of takedown have rights under GDPR.
Frequently asked questions
Can Skopio do continuous monitoring of brand abuse?+
Skopio is on-demand search, not continuous monitoring. For 24/7 brand monitoring, pair Skopio (for investigation/enrichment of flagged cases) with a continuous-monitoring vendor (Red Points, MarkMonitor, Corsearch).
Can I bulk-submit brand-name permutations?+
Yes. Enterprise API accepts bulk submission. Process up to 100K queries/day per partner. We can pre-discuss workflow integration with your IP-protection platform.
Image-search across counterfeit marketplaces (Aliexpress, etc.)?+
Yes. Reverse image search hits 350+ sources including major marketplaces where counterfeits often appear.
Will alerted counterfeiters notice me investigating?+
No. All Skopio queries are server-side and passive. The investigation is invisible to subjects.
Pricing for high-volume brand work?+
20K queries/pack at $0.07/query. Enterprise contracts at higher volumes drop further. Contact via /support for custom pricing.
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