The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Virginia last week indicted three men - including an ex-employee of Bank of America and TD Bank - with money laundering and aggravated identity theft after the men allegedly conducted an extensive business email compromise scheme.
Australia is currently the 10th largest ecommerce market in the world by revenue. The ecommerce market value is at $33.1 billion, with an estimated growth rate of 8.9% in 2021.
As digital transformation accelerates initiatives like revenue collection, customer loyalty, and brand awareness are now primarily online....
Yes, you know they are coming. And yes, the fraudsters have raised their game. But that doesn't mean you still can't help your employees do a better job of spotting and stopping social engineers before they pull of their scams. Mike Britton of Abnormal Security tells how.
Even the world’s most successful organizations have significant weaknesses in their cybersecurity defenses, which today’s determined hackers can exploit at will. There’s even a term for it: Assume Breach.
But assuming you’ll be hacked isn’t an option for you. Your organization can’t afford a loss of...
No matter how much security technology we purchase, we still face a fundamental security problem: people. This webinar will explore the different levers that social engineers and scam artists pull to make us more likely to do their bidding.
Join Javvad Malik, Security Awareness Advocate for KnowBe4, as he provides...
Business email compromise attacks, which balance low-tech tactics with the potential for big profits, remain popular. Attackers continue to refine their tactics, including subverting legitimate redirect services as well as recruiting English-speaking business partners and cryptocurrency tumbler operators.
In the first half of 2021, Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs detected a 10-fold increase in weekly ransomware activity as compared to 2020. This is just one of the trends detailed in the Global Threat Report for the first half of 2021. Derek Manky of FortiGuard Labs analyzes the trends and takeaways.
A Six-Step Plan for Stopping Payment Redirection, Supplier Invoicing Fraud and Gift Card Scams
Sometimes, that email from your boss isn't really an email from your boss. Business email compromise (BEC) has become the costliest form of cyber crime, tricking victims out of more than $1.8 billion in 2020 alone. These...
Europol says it used a sting operation to derail an organized crime group that waged an email fraud campaign that stole about 1 million euros ($1.1 million).
Microsoft 365 comes with native email protection. But in today's shifting threat surface, a layered security approach ensures greater defense. Sham Miah and Filipe Lopes of Cisco Security discuss the power of alternative security solutions.
In this eBook with Information Security Media Group, Miah and Lopes...
The cases of ransomware jumped up as the world moved to work from home amidst the pandemic. As threats have not ceased to increase, measuring the world's most critical businesses’ internet exposure is of paramount. The 2021 Industry Cyber-Exposure Report evaluates five areas of cybersecurity that are both critical...
Microsoft has announced the takedown of 17 domains that an unnamed threat group operating out of West Africa used to host fake Microsoft websites when conducting business email compromise attacks.
As today’s cyberthreats become increasingly sophisticated, it’s critical your organization has the security it needs to outpace new, advanced threats.To help prepare you for the evolving threat landscape, Unit 42 (formerly Crypsis) published the Incident Response and Data Breach Report. Derived from more than...
A campaign that uses remote access Trojans and malware-as-a-service infrastructure for cyberespionage purposes has been targeting large international energy companies for at least a year, according to cybersecurity company Intezer.
Cybercriminals have added a devious weapon to their attack arsenals - malicious browser notifications. And the worst part is they’re not blocked by any current cyber defense. These innocuous looking pop ups can wreak havoc on your network while remaining completely undetected. They look more realistic than...
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