Collaborate Disseminate
Scammers target businesses with phishing emails all the time, pretending to be legitimate customers or vendors asking for payment. While any company can be vulnerable to this type of attack, small- to medium-size companies are particularly vulnerable b… Continue reading Phishing Attacks Often Target Small Businesses – Here’s What to Watch for
A U.S. court order has allowed Microsoft to seize control of key domains controlled by fraudsters to halt criminal activity after an increase in scams targeting users of Office 365. The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia this week… Continue reading Court Lets Microsoft Seize Web Domains Used in COVID-19 Phishing/BEC Scams and Fraud
A recent phishing scam targeted Puerto Rico’s Industrial Development Company. Continue reading Puerto Rico Gov Hit By $2.6M Phishing Scam
A school district in Texas announced that it lost approximately $2.3 million after falling victim to a phishing email scam. On January 10, the Manor Independent School District (MISD) published a statement on Twitter and Facebook in which it revealed t… Continue reading Texas School District Lost $2.3M to Phishing Email Scam
Nikkei, one of the largest media companies in Japan, with an empire spanning broadcasting, digital media, magazines, and newspapers such as the Financial Times, says that its US subsidiary, Nikkei America, has been scammed out of $29 million. In a pres… Continue reading Nikkei worker tricked into transferring $29 million into scammer’s bank account
In September, a Nikkei America employee transferred $29 million to BEC scammers who were purporting to be a Nikkei executive. Continue reading BEC Scam Costs Media Giant Nikkei $29 Million
In This Issue: “Criminals Target Our Emotions.” The Infosec community gained important perspectives from the 2019 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR). Of the 2,013 confirmed breaches, 33% included social attacks. For each stat… Continue reading Social-Engineer Newsletter Vol 09 – Issue 119
At Infosecurity Europe, Threatpost gets a behind-the-scenes look at the discovery of BEC cybergang Scattered Canary. Continue reading Podcast: Behind-the-Scenes Look at Scattered Canary BEC Cybergang
At Infosecurity Europe, researchers detailed a cybergang that grew from a one-man shop launching Craigslist scams to a full-on enterprise BEC group. Continue reading Newly-Identified BEC Cybergang Targets U.S. Enterprise Victims