Collaborate Disseminate
In June of 2018, we blogged about a series of cases that the Department of Justice announced as “Operation: WireWire.” In particular, we wrote three pieces about the “South Florida Cases” where a Lebanese recruiter convinced people to set up shell comp… Continue reading The Next Miami Operation WireWire Case: Alfredo Veloso
The Threatpost team breaks down the strangest security stories this week – from Cartoon Network hacked to show stripper videos, to a church being scammed out of $1.75 million. Continue reading News Wrap: Cartoon Network Hack, the Catholic Church and Jason Statham Scams
An Ohio parish lost a whopping $1.75 million after attackers breached two employees’ email accounts – and then tricked other employees into sending wire transfers to a fraudulent bank account. Continue reading BEC Hack Cons Catholic Church Out of $1.75 Million
The Internet Crime & Complaint Center, IC3.gov, publishes annual statistics about the crimes which have been reported to them during the previous calendar year. The full report offers insights and analysis into current trends in cybercrime.&… Continue reading IC3.gov: BEC Compromises and Romance Fraud 2018
Overall, in 2018 the FBI received more than 351k reported scams with losses exceeding $2.7 billion. Continue reading FBI: BEC Scam Losses Almost Double To Reach $1.2 Billion
Business email compromise group London Blue is back with evolved email domain spoofing tactics and a newfound interest in targets in Asia. Continue reading BEC Scam Gang London Blue Evolves Tactics, Targets
Congratulations to our great friends at Dissect Cyber for receiving the DHS S&T Global Award for their work on BEC scams!
The FBI has been warning companies for several years now of the growing prominence of Business Email Compromise (BEC) scams as… Continue reading Dissect Cyber wins major DHS S&T Award for their BEC Work
Phishing has come a long way from the days when it most often involved cybercriminals urging people to provide personal details in exchange for lottery winnings or other incentives. Those attacks still occur, but they’ve gotten more advanced. It… Continue reading Can Victims of Phishing Scams Be Fired for Falling Prey?
Here’s our latest podcast – listen now! Continue reading Ep. 025 – Business Email Compromise and IoT surprises [PODCAST]
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 posin… Continue reading Google and Facebook scammed out of $123 million by man posing as hardware vendor