A Lithuanian man has been charged with tricking two US technology firms into wiring him $100m (£80.3m) through an email phishing scam. Posing as an Asian-based manufacturer, Evaldas Rimasauskas tricked…
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Medical practices targeted by CEO Fraud
The National Fraud Intelligence Bureau (NFIB) has seen an increase in the volume of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Fraud reports whereby medical practices are the targeted victim in recent months. …
Criminals switch tactics and now target foreign bank customers
The National Fraud Intelligence Bureau’s (NFIB) Proactive Intelligence Team has spoken to a convicted fraudster who said that organised crime groups (OCG’s) are now targeting foreign banking customers in preference…
Could you be sending your firm's cash to fraudsters?
CEO fraud causing major losses. By Jessica Bown, Technology of Business reporter What would you do if you received an email from your boss like this? “Hi, are you busy?…
Urgent! Log in for spear-phisher survey or your account will be deleted
Europol: Cybercrims getting more devious. By John Oates Europol’s annual cyber-crime survey warns that the quality of spearphishing and other “CEO fraud” is continuing to improve and “cybercrime-as-a-service” means an…
A Third of Exec Mobiles Are Exposed to Hackers
Exposure to network threats and malware are still very high. By Tara Seals Executives, on average, use more devices, and access more sensitive data from their mobile devices, at all…