Business Email Compromise scams
Authorities Arrest ‘Prominent’ Nigerian BEC Threat Actor
No doubt remote work has tilled fertile ground for miscreants bent on executing business email compromise (BEC) scams, which is why it’s good news that authorities have one operator—from Nigeria—in custody. As ...
iPhone Zero-Click Exploit, BEC Email Auto-Forward Scams, COVID-19 Vaccine Cold Chain Attacks
In episode 150 for December 7th 2020: Details about a now patched iPhone zero-click Wi-Fi exploit, the FBI warns of business email compromise scammers using email auto-forwarding in attacks, and how nation-state ...
Targeted Attacks Part 1 – OSINT and Reconnaissance
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
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 ...
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 ...
