Phil Muncaster The Business Email Compromise (BEC) epidemic shows no signs of abating, after Proofpointrevealed a 17% increase in attacks last year. The security vendor analyzed over 160 billion emails sent…
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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…
Hacker takes down CEO wire transfer scammers, sends their Win 10 creds to the cops
‘Whaling’ attackers fall for poison PDF ‘invoices’. By Darren Pauli HITB Florian Lukavsky hacks criminals profiting from out-of-control multi-billion dollar CEO wire transfer scams… and they hate him for it.…
Action Fraud warning after serious rise in CEO fraud
Action Fraud is warning businesses to be on high alert after increased reports and financial losses from CEO fraud. A recent report from the City of London Polices National Fraud…
The 'bogus boss' email scam costing firms millions
The growing problem of whaling. By Marie Keyworth & Matthew Wall, Technology of Business reporters It’s a boss’s worst nightmare. You return from a trip to find that hundreds of…