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Categories: News Tags: Scam Tags: spam Tags: phish Tags: BEC Tags: business email compromise Tags: romance Tags: fake Tags: fraud Tags: wire Tags: money mule We take a look at a scammer, involved in both BEC fraud and romance scams, who has been jailed for a whopping 25 years. |
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Read MoreCredit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Thu, 05 May 2022 15:44:47 +0000
We take a look at the latest FBI report on Business Email Compromise which reveals $43 billion in losses from 2016 to 2021.
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Credit to Author: Roman Dedenok| Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2022 14:52:57 +0000
What company employees should know about fake notifications about account security.
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Credit to Author: Oleg Sikorsky| Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2020 15:43:29 +0000
Companies worldwide regularly fall victim to business e-mail compromise attacks. We explain the danger and how to minimize it.
Read MoreCredit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2020 15:28:35 +0000
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| On episode 2 of Lock and Code, we discuss the latest security news, including how to secure remote workers, security conferences cancelled because of coronavirus, and Google Play’s poor performance on stopping malware. Plus, we speak to two MSP representatives on the daily challenges of managing thousands of endpoints. Categories: Tags: becconfickercoronavirusfingerprint filesMSPphishing scamplay protectremoteskimmersmbv3spear phishing |
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Credit to Author: Alex Drozhzhin| Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2020 16:50:15 +0000
Phishing and business e-mail compromise attacks rely on fake e-mails. But why is it so easy for attackers to make them so convincing?
Read MoreCredit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Thu, 07 Nov 2019 21:49:16 +0000
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| Vendor email compromise (VEC) is a new cybersecurity term for a familiar practice, taken to the thousandth degree. Learn the similarities with business email compromise and how your organization can protect against them both. Categories: Tags: account takeoverACIDAgariAgari Cyber Intelligence DivisionATObecbusiness cyberattacksBusiness Email Compromisebusiness threatsNigerian scammerphishingSilent StarlingSocial EngineeringVECvendor email compromise |
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Read MoreCredit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2019 16:00:00 +0000
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| The European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation, or Europol, just released its annual Internet Organized Crime Threat Assessment (IOCTA) report. We highlight their key findings and remind readers how to better protect themselves. Categories: Tags: becBusiness Email Compromisechild sexual exploitationcseddoseuropolfraudinternet organized crime threat assessmentioctaphishingransomwarespear phishing |
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