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US minerals company says crooks broke into email and helped themselves to $500K
A painful loss for young company that's yet to generate revenue
Cyber-crime20 Feb 2025 | 10
BEC
Business Email Compromise is a common online fraud scam that redirects funds from legitimate company invoices to scammers' accounts using social engineering and malware takeovers of business accounts.
Blue Yonder ransomware termites claim credit
Infosec in brief Also: Mystery US firm compromised by Chinese hackers for months; Safe links that aren't; Polish spy boss arrested, and more
Security09 Dec 2024 | 3
Crook breaks into AI biz, points $250K wire payment at their own account
Fastidious attacker then tidied up email trail behind them
Cyber-crime19 Nov 2024 | 12
Criminals open DocuSign's Envelope API to make BEC special delivery
Why? Because that's where the money is
Research05 Nov 2024 | 4
Two British-Nigerian men sentenced over multimillion-dollar business email scam
Fraudsters targeted local government, colleges, and construction firms in Texas and North Carolina
Cybersecurity Month03 Oct 2024 | 13
Mind your header! There's nothing refreshing about phishers' latest tactic
It could lead to a costly BEC situation
Research12 Sep 2024 | 2
BROADER TOPICS
Police take just 2 days to recover $40M stolen in business email scam
Timor-Leste is a known cybercrime hotspot
Cyber-crime07 Aug 2024 | 9
Nigerian faces up to 102 years in the slammer for $1.5M phishing scam
Crook and his alleged co-conspirators said to have used Discord to coordinate
Cyber-crime14 Jun 2024 | 9
Uncle Sam seeks to claw back $5M+ stolen from trade union through spoofed email
Funds are currently seized after being sent to offshore accounts
Cyber-crime06 Jun 2024 | 8
Crypto scams more costly to the US than ransomware, Feds say
Latest figures paint grim picture of how viciously the elderly are targeted
Cyber-crime19 Mar 2024 | 9
Facebook, Instagram now mine web links you visit to fuel targeted ads
Infosec in brief Also: Twitter hijackings, BEC arrest, and critical vulnerabilities
Patches08 Jan 2024 | 20
Suspected bank-infecting OPERA1ER crime boss cuffed
Cops reckon gang swiped as much as $30M from financial orgs
Black Hat and DEF CON05 Jul 2023 |
US extradites Nigerian charged over $6m email fraud scam
Maybe our prince has come at last
Cyber-crime14 Apr 2023 | 9
Microsoft grows automated assault disruption to cover BEC, ransomware campaigns
There’s no HumOR in cyberattacks
Security24 Feb 2023 | 8
Email hijackers scam food out of businesses, not just money
In brief Also, TLC gets schooled by Karakurt, and Cloudflare is offering free zero trust stuff to some small companies
Security17 Dec 2022 | 16
Instagram star gets 11 years for $300m email scam plot
Hushpuppi swaps private jet, Dubai penthouse for prison duds and $1.7m to victims
Cyber-crime10 Nov 2022 | 34
Double-check demand payment emails from law firms: Convincing fakes surface
Crimson Kingsnake impersonates legit attorneys, fakes email threads from your colleagues in far-reaching BEC campaign
Research04 Nov 2022 | 15
Online romance scamlord who netted $9.5m jailed for 25 years
Hello, love, I need $32k to fix my oil rig
Cyber-crime03 Oct 2022 | 15
Biting the hand that feeds IT
