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Fraudsters are trying to steal $8.7 million every single day through Business Email Compromise
Fraudsters are attempting to steal much more money through Business Email Compromise than previously believed.
Read more in my article on the Bitdefender Business Insights blog.
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$1.7 million still missing after North Carolina county hit by business email compromise scam
Money intended for the construction of a brand new high school was instead placed in a bank account controlled by scammers by officials of a North Carolina county.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
Smashing Security #126: Zombie chickens and fast-food victims
What’s the worst that can happen if you join a Hollywood hard man’s Facebook page? What drove a man to hijack a website’s name at gunpoint? And can you solve the mystery of the Canadian Hamburglar?
Find out in the award-winning “Smashing Security” podcast with Graham Cluley, Carole Theriault, and special guest Mark Stockley from Naked Security.
Nine men arrested in United States for stealing millions through business email compromise and romance scams
Nine men have been arrested in the United States in connection with a string of scams that allegedly netted them a cool US $3.5 million.
Hackers steal $1.75 million from Catholic church in Ohio
Fraudsters hacked into email system, and tricked church staff into believing that a construction company’s bank account details had changed.
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Google and Facebook scammed out of $123 million by man posing as hardware vendor
Even the most tech savvy companies in the world can fall for business email compromise.
A Lithuanian man has this week pleaded guilty to tricking Google and Facebook into transferring over $100 million into a bank account under his control after posing as a company that provided the internet giants with hardware for their data centers.
Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog.
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Business payroll compromise – a new way for criminals to steal from your company
Firms are being warned about a threat which evolves traditional business email compromise scams into a whole new way of extracting money from unwary companies.
Read more in my article on the Bitdefender Business Insights blog.
Smashing Security #112: Payroll scams, gold coin heists, web giants spanked
Business email compromise evolves to target your company’s payroll, how the world’s largest gold coin was stolen from a Berlin museum, and are internet giants feeling the heat yet over data security?
All this and much more is discussed in the latest edition of the award-winning “Smashing Security” podcast by computer security veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault, joined this week by people hacker Jenny Radcliffe.
Smashing Security #106: Google Maps, Fed phishing, and Grinch bots
How are scammers stealing your money through Google Maps? Why did the FBI create a fake FedEx website? And how are US senators hoping to stop Grinch bots ruining Christmas?
All this and much more is discussed in the latest edition of the award-winning “Smashing Security” podcast by computer security veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault, joined this week by Maria Varmazis.
And don’t miss our special bonus interview about passwords with Rachael Stockton of LastPass.
bitdefender.com
School district fails to reclaim $120,000 wired by bank to scammer
A school district in Indiana which had $120,000 transferred from its bank account after its email account was hacked, has failed in an attempt to reclaim the cash.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
When the FBI rather than the fraudsters make a fake FedEx website
Fraudsters beware! The Feds are prepared to use your own tricks against you.
Smashing Security #104: The world’s most evil phishing test, and cyborgs in the workplace
Does your employer want to turn you into a cyborg? Was this phishing test devised by an evil genius? And how did a cinema chain get scammed out of millions, time and time again…?
All this and much more is discussed in the latest edition of the award-winning “Smashing Security” podcast by computer security veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault, joined this week by Scott Helme.
tripwire.com
BEC-as-a-service offers hacked business accounts for as little as $150
New research has revealed that business email compromise is being made easier for any criminal to add to their arsenal. Is your company doing enough to protect itself?
Read more in my article on the Tripwire blog.
bitdefender.com
Business email compromise scams have netted $12.5 billion, says FBI
The FBI is warning businesses of the serious dangers posed by business email compromise (BEC) scams, saying that losses globally have risen by 136% since December 2016.
Read more in my article on the Bitdefender Business Insights blog.
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Form W-2 data thefts are rocketing, warns FBI
Businesses beware! Online criminals have ramped up their attempts to steal W-2 information from the finance and human resources departments of organisations, according to a warning issued by the FBI.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
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Business Email Compromise scammer sentenced to 41 months in prison
A US judge has sentenced a Nigerian man to three years and five months in a federal prison after he pleaded guilty to taking part in a business email compromise scam that targeted organisations around the world.
Read more in my article on the We Live Security blog.