BEC attacks
Microsoft, Law Enforcement Disrupt RedVDS Global Cybercrime Service
Jeffrey Burt | | Account Takeover Fraud, BEC attacks, bitsight, cybercrime as a service, Microsoft Threat Intelligence, phishing threats, Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS), RedVDS
Microsoft and law enforcement agencies in Europe disrupted the operations of RedVDS, a global cybercrime service that sold cheap and disposable dedicated virtual servers to threat actors that used them to run ...
Security Boulevard
How AI-Generated Content is Fueling Next-Gen Phishing and BEC Attacks: Detection and Defense StrategiesÂ
Paul Reynolds | | AI anomaly detection, AI attack prevention, AI cyberattacks, AI email scams, AI in Cybercrime, AI phishing, AI phishing defense, AI security awareness training, AI security strategies, AI threat intelligence, AI threat landscape, AI-generated lures, AI-generated phishing, anti-phishing AI tools, BEC attacks, business email compromise, cybersecurity 2025, deepfake attacks, Deepfake Detection, MFA, phishing detection, phishing mitigation, sme cybersecurity, social engineering, SpamGPT, UK cybersecurity, zero trust
With AI phishing attacks rising 1,760% and achieving a 60% success rate, learn how attackers use AI, deepfakes and automation — and discover proven, multi-layered defense strategies to protect your organization in ...
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16 Billion Leaked Records May Not Be a New Breach, But They’re a Threat
Cybernews researchers reported that since the beginning of the year, they've detected 30 datasets containing 16 billion stolen credentials exposed on the internet, most of which had not been previously recorded and ...
Security Boulevard
GhostGPT: A Malicious AI Chatbot for Hackers
A malicious generative AI chatbot dubbed "GhostGPT" is being advertised to cybercriminals on underground forums as a tool for more quickly and efficiently creating malware, running BEC attacks, and other nefarious activities, ...
Security Boulevard
Five Types of Business Email Compromise Attacks and How to Prevent Them
Barry Strauss | | Account Compromise, attorney impersonation, bec, BEC attacks, business email compromise, CEO fraud, data exfiltration, fake invoice schemes, FBI
In a recent blog, we cited the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and its Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) latest 2022 report, which emphasized a steep and significant rise in Business Email Compromise ...
Beware! It’s Not the IRS Texting, Emailing, or Calling You
There are many compelling reasons why tax returns are valuable to hackers, but all are related to monetary gain. Tax returns are dense with personal information, including social security numbers, dependents’ PII, ...
Email Cybersecurity Must Evolve to Combat Threats
Every business that takes cybersecurity seriously has a multi-layered approach to defending its uptime and data against the ocean of current threats. In 2021, those menaces range from ransomware to software supply ...
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What Does Your Current Security Infrastructure Look Like?
sln_admin | | BEC attacks, Malware, Phishing, phishing website lists, security infrastructure, threat detection, threat intelligence feeds
Commissioned research shows that more security influencers and decision makers want security infrastructure that goes beyond what they currently have in place ...

