FBI Warns of Increase in Fraudulent Payments Due to BEC Scams
The FBI said it had seen an increase in the use of virtual meeting platforms as a way to trick organizations into sending payments to the wrong accounts as part of a type of...
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FBI: BEC attacks spreading to virtual meetings
FBI: BEC attacks spreading to virtual meetings click here to read full Article Read More on latest Security Updates
Nigerian police, Interpol arrest members of SilverTerrier BEC gang
Interpol said that, based on a forensic analysis of the data extracted from phones and computers seized during house searches, the 11 suspects were linked to attacks on more than 50,000 targets. click here...
Email Filters Duped by Tiny Font Size in BEC Phishing Attacks
A new BEC scam targeting Microsoft 365 consumers employs highly developed obfuscation techniques in phishing emails that can trick natural language processing filters and go unnoticed by users. click here to read full Article...
Week in review: MITRE ATT&CK v10 released, BEC scammers’ latest tricks, WFH security tactics
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles and interviews: Released: MITRE ATT&CK v10 MITRE Corporation has released the tenth version of ATT&CK, its globally accessible (and free!) knowledge base...
Banking Insider Accused of Role in $1m BEC Scheme
Onyewuchi Ibeh, 21, of Bowie, Maryland, Jason Joyner, 42, of Washington, DC and Mouaaz Elkhebri, 30, of Alexandria, Virginia, were charged with money laundering and aggravated identity theft. click here to read full Article...
US arrests 33 BEC scammers linked to Nigerian crime syndicate
The arrests, which took place last week, targeted individuals part of Black Axe, a transnational organized crime syndicate originating from Nigeria and operating across the globe. click here to read full Article Read more...
Europol Nabs 106 Italian Mafia Members for SIM Swapping, BEC Scams, Phishing
The suspects defrauded hundreds of victims through phishing attacks and other types of online fraud before laundering the money through a wide network of money mules and shell companies. click here to read full...
Key email threats and the high cost of BEC
Area 1 Security published the results of a study analyzing over 31 million threats across multiple organizations and industries, with new findings and warnings issued by technical experts that every organization should be aware...
Microsoft: Scammers bypass Office 365 MFA in BEC attacks
The attackers compromised target mailboxes using phishing and exfiltrated sensitive info in emails matching forwarding rules, allowing them to gain access to messages on financial transactions. click here to read full Article Read more...
Microsoft Teams: Very Bad Tabs Could Have Led to BEC
Attackers could have stepped through a security hole in Microsoft Teams that would have let them masquerade as a targeted company’s employee, by reading and sending email on their behalf. click here to read...
FBI Warns of BEC Attacks Impersonating Construction Companies to Target Critical Infrastructure
The FBI warned private sector companies of scammers impersonating construction companies in BEC attacks targeting organizations from multiple US critical infrastructure sectors. click here to read full Article Read More on latest vulnerability and...
Global BEC Campaign Victimizes Over 120 Organizations via Gift Card Scams
In this campaign, attackers targeted a variety of companies in the consumer goods, process manufacturing and agriculture, real estate, discrete manufacturing, and professional services sectors. click here to read full Article Read more on...
US Imprisons BEC Scammer
According to court documents, the 30-year-old would obtain fake passports in the names of other people, then use these fraudulent documents to open bank accounts and set up sham businesses. click here to read...
Phishing Campaign Used Fake Office 365 Update Messages
A recent phishing scheme used fake Microsoft Office 365 update messages to target financial executives and others in an effort to harvest their credentials, according to the security firm Area 1. click here to...
BEC Scammer Infects own Device, Exposes their Activity
In some media depictions, criminal and state-backed hackers are constantly portrayed as cunning and sophisticated, gliding inexorably toward their most recent information heist. These digital operatives are, obviously, human and inclined to botches...
