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Business Email Compromise is more than an email scam. It's a coordinated operation involving compromised accounts, financial research, and cash-out networks. Flare explores how underground forums reveal how BEC attacks are planned and executed. [...]
U.S. victims lost nearly $21 billion to cyber-enabled crimes last year, driven primarily by investment scams, business email compromise, tech support fraud, and data breaches, the Federal Bureau of Investigation says. [...]
A Ghanaian national pleaded guilty to his role in a massive fraud ring that stole over $100 million from victims across the United States through business email compromise attacks and romance scams. [...]
Medication Tech Firm Says Hacking Incident Contained to One Employee Email AccountA Florida firm that offers medication therapy management services to health plans is notifying nearly 150,000 individuals that their information was potentially compromised in a phishing attack affecting one employee's email account for only about an hour. Why do users still fall for phishing scams?
Crypto mines, BEC scams, fake passports, and a $300M fraud empire allegedly brought down during Serengeti 2.0 Interpol's latest clampdown on cybercrime resulted in 1,209 arrests across the African continent, from ransomware crooks to business email compromise (BEC) scammers, the agency says.…
The U.S. Department of Justice charged four Ghanaian nationals for their roles in a massive fraud ring linked to the theft of over $100 million in romance scams and business email compromise attacks. [...]
Cybercrime accounts for more than 30% of all reported crime in East Africa and West Africa, with online scams, ransomware, business email compromise, and digital sextortion taking off.
Interpol's Operation Secure arrested more than 30 suspects across Vietnam, Sri Lanka, and Nauru, and seized 117 command-and-control servers allegedly used to run widespread phishing, business email compromise, and other cyber scams.
Interpol's Operation Secure arrested more than 20 suspects across Vietnam, Sri Lanka, and Naru, and seized 117 command-and-control servers allegedly used to run widespread phishing, business email compromise, and other cyber scams.
An email campaign luring users with offers of free President Trump meme coins can lead to computer takeover via the ConnectWise RAT, in less than 2 minutes.
Fraudsters targeted local government, colleges, and construction firms in Texas and North Carolina Two British-Nigerian men were sentenced for serious business email compromise schemes in the US this week, netting them millions of dollars from local government entities, construction companies, and colleges.…
New FBI data reveals BEC scams have cost businesses more than $55bn since 2013
Manufacturing firm Orion revealed it has lost $60m in a business email compromise (BEC) scam, which targeted a non-executive employee
Timor-Leste is a known cybercrime hotspot Two days is all it took for Interpol to recover more than $40 million worth of stolen funds in a recent business email compromise (BEC) heist, the international cop shop said this week.…
INTERPOL said it devised a "global stop-payment mechanism" that helped facilitate the largest-ever recovery of funds defrauded in a business email compromise (BEC) scam. The development comes after an unnamed commodity firm based in Singapore fell victim to a BEC scam in mid-July 2024. It refers to a type of cybercrime where a malicious actor poses as a trusted figure and uses email to
Crook and his alleged co-conspirators said to have used Discord to coordinate A Nigerian national has been convicted of participating in a business email compromise (BEC) scam worth $1.5 million after a jury found him guilty on all counts.…
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) has sentenced a 31-year-old man to 10 years in prison for laundering more than $4.5 million through business email compromise (BEC) schemes and romance scams
Agency Spells Out Measures to Avoid Falling Victim to Costly SchemesHealthcare organizations should take steps to avoid falling victim to evolving threats involving costly business email compromise scams and related phishing schemes fueled by social engineering, warned the Department of Health and Human Services' Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center.
Cybercriminals are trafficking DocuSign assets that allow for easy extortion and business email compromise.
The Nigerian Police Form has arrested six suspects and dismantled a mentoring hub linked to cybercrime activities, including business email compromise, romance, and investment scams. [...]