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APWG Q3 Report: Four Out of Five Criminals Prefer HTTPS
The Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG), known for its collaborative analysis of phishing attacks and identify theft techniques, has released its Phishing Activity Trends Report for Q3 of 2020. Highlights from the report ...
Protect Your Employees from Business Email Compromise Attacks
Menlo Imposter Threat Detection Flags Payloadless Attacks that Impersonate Senior Executives and Other VIPs Cyberattacks aren’t always delivered via a payload such as a link to a malicious URL or an infected ...
APWG: SSL Certificates No Longer Indication of Safe Browsing
The Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) has released its Phishing Activity Trends Report analyzing phishing attacks and identifying theft techniques reported by its members for Q2 of 2020. Key highlights of the report ...
Your Comprehensive Guide to Prevent Email Spoofing
With technology making revolutionary advancements, the rate of cybercrime has subsequently increased in the last decade. With hackers coming upContinue reading The post Your Comprehensive Guide to Prevent Email Spoofing appeared first ...
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 ...
Massive BEC Scheme Run by Nigerian National Dismantled by FBI
A Nigerian national faces charges in the United States emanating from various cybercrime schemes that included business email compromise (BEC) frauds and a number of other alleged infractions. Ramon Olorunwa Abbas, 37, ...
Battling Payments Fraud: Know Your Enemy
Almost 80% of organizations have been the victim of payments fraud, according to one survey. Depending on the size of the organization, thousands—sometimes millions—of customers are affected. In fact, if we combine ...
A Single Phishing Email Can Cost a Small Business $100K – Here’s How to Protect Your Office Against Fraud
Phishing and business-email-compromise (BEC) schemes are on the rise, causing losses in the $50,000 to $100,000 range to small businesses across the United States. More than a third of organizations said they ...
Europol and Singapore Police arrest suspect behind €6 million Coronavirus money laundering scheme
As the cybercrime landscape continues to expand amid the Coronavirus pandemic, governments around the world have joined forces to fight the rising criminal activity. In a press release from April 6, Europol ...
“Shark Tank” TV star loses almost $400,000 in Business Email Compromise scam
Barbara Corcoran, one of the business moguls who head up the judging team on US TV’s “Shark Tank” investment show, has lost nearly $400,000 to an email scammer. According to media reports, ...
