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How to protect your small business from social engineering

May 1, 2023 admin 2022 internet crime report, baiting, bec, Business Email Compromise, ceo fraud, FBI, most damaging fraud, most reported fraud, o'neill bragg & staffin, personal, phishing, pretexting, small business week, small business week 2023, tailgating

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Small businesses are frequent targets of social engineering. Here’s what it is and how to protect against it.

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A week in security (February 6 – 12)

February 13, 2023 admin bec, Business Email Compromise, DDos attack, Facebook, fake facebook, goanywhere, ion, killnet, lockbit ransomware, malwarebytes application block, malwarebytes mobile security, news, ransomware, Reddit breach, ryuk, safer internet day, vmware esxi

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The most interesting security related news from the week of February 6 to 12.

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$800,000 recovered from Business Email Compromise attack

February 10, 2023 admin bec, Business Email Compromise, fraud, malware, news, phish, phishing, SCAM, wire transfer

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We take a look at a business email compromise attack which nearly resulted in a very costly loss for one US based business.

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A week in security (January 30 – February 5)

February 6, 2023 admin av-test top product, bec, blog roundup, Business Email Compromise, cisa, dark patterns, data wiper, eileen gun, Facebook, GitHub, League of Legends, learnpress, lock and code, malvertising, multi-threat ransomware, news, ransomware, ransomware monthly, riot games, roomba, supply chain attacks, Week in security

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The most interesting security related news from the week of January 30 – February 5.

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Business Email Compromise attack imitates vendors, targets supply chains

February 3, 2023 admin accounting, bec, Business Email Compromise, email, news, SCAM, social engineer, Supply chain, vendor, wire transfer

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We take a look at a smart social engineering ploy being used in Vendor Email Compromise attacks.

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BEC scammers go after more than just money

December 21, 2022 admin bec, Business, Business Email Compromise, domain mimicry, fbi. fda, news, spear phishing, usda

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Business email compromise is not just after money alone anymore, they will take truckloads of agricultural products as well.

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Romance scammer given 25 years of alone time

October 7, 2022 admin bec, Business Email Compromise, fake, fraud, money mule, news, phish, romance, SCAM, spam, wire

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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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A week in security (May 2 – 8)

May 9, 2022 admin a week in security, airdrop phishing, apple, Business Email Compromise, cyberpunk ape executives, declaration for the future of the internet, discord, Facebook, get rich with bitcoin, google, google pixel, instagram, microsoft, nigerian tesla, opensea, ransomware, rEvil

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The most important and interesting stories in security from the last seven days.

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