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By uniting Bolster's intelligence with ThreatQuotient's platform, security teams can connect the dots earlier in the kill chain-spotting a phishing site before the email lands, identifying a fake app before users report issues, and linking leaked credentials to specific adversary campaigns.

Seamless integration allows users to scan links from directly within the Microsoft ecosystem for faster detection of phishing scams and fraudSANTA CLARA, Calif., June 5, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Bolster AI , a leader in external threat protection for companies, brands, and customers, today announced its popular URL and webpage scanner, CheckPhish is now available as a plugin for Microsoft Security Copilot. The CheckPhish plugin provides users with an easy way to run phishing and malware link checks from within the Microsoft ecosystem, simplifying security workflows and allowing security teams to quickly launch takedowns and remediation."AI is critical for cybersecurity, empowering organizations to protect themselves at machine speed at a time when cyber-attacks are happening faster than ever before, and talent shortage is impacting defender teams. Microsoft is fortunate to have partners committed to harnessing the power of AI and bringing the best-in-class security protection to their customers." - Vasu Jakkal, Corporate Vice President, Microsoft Security.Introducing the CheckPhish plugin for CopilotBolster's new CheckPhish integration with Microsoft Copilot allows security teams to investigate phishing and malware threats using natural language prompts — without ever leaving their Microsoft environment. Users can ask simple questions like "Is this link safe?" and instantly receive comprehensive threat analysis powered by Bolster's multi-source intelligence engine, which includes data from Microsoft Threat Intelligence, ReversingLabs, Shodan, and more. The integration streamlines threat detection and investigation workflows, making it faster and easier for teams to identify and respond to emerging attacks."This integration marks a major step forward in how we protect brands and customers from AI-driven scams," said Rod Schultz, CEO of Bolster. "With CheckPhish now embedded in Microsoft Copilot, we're making threat detection as easy as asking a question — giving analysts the speed, scale, and intelligence they need to stay ahead of emerging attacks

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) warns that threat actors are taking advantage of recent IT outage via phishing scams and other malicious activitySANTA CLARA, Calif., July 22, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Bolster , a leader in multi-channel phishing protection, today announced that its free CheckPhish site , one of the most popular phishing and scam detection sites on the internet, has detected a spike in malicious activities, with more than 40 phishing and phony lookalike domains created in the first 24 hours following the CrowdStrike software incident.CheckPhish is a free, real-time URL scanner that uses an array of machine learning algorithms to determine if a site is malicious or not. Since its inception in 2018, it has scanned more than 6.5 billion URLs. With CheckPhish, you can scan suspicious URLs and monitor for typosquats and lookalikes variants of a domain."We have been watching the reality behind the CISA's warning play out in real-time. In the early hours of July 19, scammers began trying to lure victims into various scams. Within the first 24 hours, more than 40 typosquat domains were targeting CrowdStrike users and had been added to the CheckPhish site," said Abhilash Garimella, vice president of Research at Bolster. "A typosquat, or lookalike domain, resembles a legitimate domain but with variations, such as common misspellings or additional characters