Romance scammer and BEC fraudster sent to prison for 25 years
Two years of scamming + $10 million leeched = 25 years in prison. Just in time for #Cybermonth. Continue reading Romance scammer and BEC fraudster sent to prison for 25 years
Category Archives: BEC
Anxieties Of Hardware Bringup During Parts Shortage
[Dirksavage88] tells us a story about developing a simple BEC in times of chip shortage. He needed a small 5V/3A regulator board for a servo rail on his drone, and …read more Continue reading Anxieties Of Hardware Bringup During Parts Shortage
Europol nabs 106 criminals involved in SIM swapping, money laundering
By Waqas
Europol said that the suspects carried out a number of cybercrimes included phishing, SIM Swapping, and BEC (business email compromise.)
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Wanted: Disgruntled Employees to Deploy Ransomware
Criminal hackers will try almost anything to get inside a profitable enterprise and secure a million-dollar payday from a ransomware infection. Apparently now that includes emailing employees directly and asking them to unleash the malware inside their employer’s network in exchange for a percentage of any ransom amount paid by the victim company. Continue reading Wanted: Disgruntled Employees to Deploy Ransomware
What Every CISO Should Do to Fight Typosquat Attacks?
Attackers can use typosquatting domains to host a wide variety of scams. Typosquatting domains target vendors, customers and empoyees.
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Hushpuppi Pleads Guilty: Sentence Estimate? 11-14 Years
On July 27, 2021, Ramon Olorunwa Abbas, also known as Hushpuppi, decided that his best plan would be to avoid spending the rest of his life in prison was to plead guilty. I’ve actually never seen a plea agreement with so much redacting, but we c… Continue reading Hushpuppi Pleads Guilty: Sentence Estimate? 11-14 Years
S3 Ep42: Viruses, Nightmares, patches, rewards and scammers [Podcast]
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Top Cyber Security Challenges Post Lockdown
By Sam Jones | Cyber Tec Security
Not too long ago things were looking bleak for the world, still under the dark cloud of the COVID pandemic, but with vaccine rollouts now taking place worldwide, there is finally a light at the end of the tun… Continue reading Top Cyber Security Challenges Post Lockdown
Malicious Office 365 Apps Are the Ultimate Insiders
Phishers targeting Microsoft Office 365 users increasingly are turning to specialized links that take users to their organization’s own email login page. After a user logs in, the link prompts them to install a malicious but innocuously-named app that gives the attacker persistent, password-free access to any of the user’s emails and files, both of which are then plundered to launch malware and phishing scams against others. Continue reading Malicious Office 365 Apps Are the Ultimate Insiders
Wall Street targeted by new Capital Call investment email scammers
Business Email Compromise (BEC) scammers, who have made rich returns in recent years tricking organisations into transferring funds into their accounts, have found a new tactic which attempts to swindle Wall Street firms out of significantly larger amo… Continue reading Wall Street targeted by new Capital Call investment email scammers