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Malicious accounts used in BEC attacks against 6,600 organizations

Cybersecurity Attacks, Messaging Security, Phishing / By Frank Crast / August 11, 2020 August 11, 2020 / AOL, Barracuda, BEC, Gmail, hackers, phishing, Scam, Shark Tank

Hackers are using thousands of legitimate emails accounts to launch impersonation and business email compromise (BEC) attacks against thousands of organizations.

‘Shark Tank’ star loses (and recovers) almost $400K in BEC scam

Messaging Security, Phishing / By Frank Crast / March 3, 2020 March 3, 2020 / BEC, phishing, Scam, Shark Tank

“Shark Tank” star Barbara Corcoran lost nearly $400,000 to a phishing scam late last month after scammers tricked people in her office into wiring funds to a bank in Germany. The good news is Corcoran ended up recovering the funds before the money could be transferred to the fraudster’s bank account in China.

Active BEC scams target Fortune 500 companies

Cybercrime, Messaging Security, Phishing / By Frank Crast / February 21, 2018 March 3, 2020 / BEC, email, phishing, Scam, Security

Threat actors from likely Nigerian origin are using business email compromise scams (BECs) to target Fortune 500 companies.