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Why Do Phishing Emails Have Such Obvious Typos?

Have you received an email from a Nigerian prince asking for your help? Were you recently notified you won a lottery that you never participated in? If so, you’re in good company ...
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$43 billion stolen through Business Email Compromise since 2016, reports FBI

$43 billion stolen through Business Email Compromise since 2016, reports FBI

Over US $43 billion has been lost through Business Email Compromise attacks since 2016, according to data released this week by the FBI. The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) issued a ...
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Phishing Attacks Often Target Small Businesses – Here’s What to Watch for

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 ...
Court Lets Microsoft Seize Web Domains Used in COVID-19 Phishing/BEC Scams and Fraud

Court Lets Microsoft Seize Web Domains Used in COVID-19 Phishing/BEC Scams and Fraud

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 ...

The scammer who tried to launder over $500,000 through Business Email Compromise

A 64-year-old man has pleaded guilty in a Texan court to charges of money laundering after a series of attacks that defrauded companies out of hundreds of thousands of dollars. Kenenty Hwan ...
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Direct Deposit Scams: Don’t Get Fooled!

Direct deposit scams are widely prevalent and affect industries in all sectors. Find out how to protect your company in our April blog, "Direct Deposit Scams: Don't Get Fooled!" ...

Texas School District Lost $2.3M to Phishing Email 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 ...
Nikkei worker tricked into transferring $29 million into scammer's bank account

Nikkei worker tricked into transferring $29 million into scammer’s bank account

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 ...
Criminals target our emotions

Social-Engineer Newsletter Vol 09 – Issue 119

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 ...
New Phishing Attacks are Increasingly Clever

New Phishing Attacks are Increasingly Clever

Cunning phish are on the rise, according to industry experts at Microsoft. Additionally, phishing dry attacks continued to be the top attack vector through 2018. While ransomware attacks have decreased 60% since ...