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Cosmic Lynx responsible for more than 200 BEC attacks against corporations

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GlobeX Data to protect against coronavirus-related BEC scams

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GIACT: Business Email Compromise, still a growing threat

Business Email Compromise (BEC) has become an increasingly sophisticated and elusive fraud tactic, according to a new report from GIACT.

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Internet fraud cost Americans USD 3.5 mln in 2019, FBI says

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Aging reporting used by scammers for Business Email Compromise

Ancient Tortoise has been targeting accounts receivable specialists by tricking them into sending over aging reports and thus collecting info on customers they can scam in later attack stages.

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BEC scammers steal USD 29 million from media company Nikkei

Nikkei has lost USD 29 million dollars after an employee of the Nikkei America subsidiary was tricked by scammers to send the funds to a bank account they controlled.

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Business Email Compromise attacks still on the rise

The latest Email Security Risk Assessment (ESRA) from Mimecast (MIME) has found that there is a significant increase in Business Email Compromise (BEC) attacks.

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CelebrEIGHT cyber security training

Paul Caulfield, Executive Vice President and Chief Risk Officer at IDB Bank, offers valuable market intelligence and must do`s for an effective cyber security program

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Microsoft and Amazon the most impersonated brands in email attacks

Nearly two-thirds of all advanced email attacks have used emails impersonating Microsoft or Amazon, according to new research by Agari.

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