BEC scams

Tax Season is Upon Us, and So Are the Scammers
It’s still relatively early in the year, but bad actors are already targeting accounting and finance organizations as well as filers in the United States with tax-related scams. Researchers at cybersecurity company ...
Security Boulevard

Business Email Compromise Scams
Tom Eston | | BEC scams, business email compromise, Cybersecurity, cybersecurity awareness, Digital Privacy, email, Episodes, Information Security, Infosec, Monthly Edition, Phishing, Podcast, Privacy, security, Security Awareness
This month we discuss Business Email Compromise (BEC) scams. What are they, how to identify them, and why BEC scams have created over $1.8 billion worth of losses to businesses last year ...
Targeted Attacks Part 1 – OSINT and Reconnaissance
Tom Eston | | bec, BEC scams, Business Email Compromise scams, Cybersecurity, Episodes, Monthly Edition, OSINT, Phishing, Podcast, Privacy, Reconnaissance, Shodan, Targeted attacks
In our August monthly episode we start our three part series on targeted attacks. In this episode we focus on OSINT (Open Source Intelligence) and reconnaissance techniques used by attackers in phishing ...
Contact Tracing Apps, Business Email Compromise Scams, SPAM Phone Calls
Tom Eston | | bec, BEC scams, BEC Scheme, Business Email Compromise scams, canada, Contact Tracing, coronavirus, COVID-19, Cybersecurity, Data Privacy, FBI, health data, medical, Phishing, Podcast, Podcast Episodes, Privacy, TraceTogether, Weekly Blaze Podcast
In episode 116 for April 13th 2020: Privacy concerns with COVID-19 contact tracing apps, the FBI’s new warnings about business email compromise scams, and how to prevent unwanted and SPAM phone calls ...

How Do You Fight a $12B Fraud Problem? One Scammer at a Time
BrianKrebs | | 419 scams, A Little Sunshine, BEC Mailing List, BEC scams, business email compromise, FBI, Flashpoint, IC3, Internet Crime Complaint Center, M3AAWG, Messaging Malware Mobile Anti-Abuse Working Group, Nigerian prince scams, Ronnie Tokazowski, Web Fraud 2.0
The fraudsters behind the often laughable Nigerian prince email scams have long since branched out into far more serious and lucrative forms of fraud, including account takeovers, phishing, dating scams, and malware ...