Business email compromise

Despite ransomware getting the lion’s share of the tech pub headlines, business email compromise (BEC) attacks are alive and well…and having a material impact. New data from Arctic Wolf’s 2024 State of Cybersecurity report shows that BEC attacks – whether attempted or successf Read More

The malware-less and seemingly benign nature of business email compromise emails, mixed with impersonation techniques, are difficult to spot as being malicious, making them even more dangerous. I’ve covered both the threat of business email compromise and response-based email Read More

The FBI last week published a public service announcement updating its warnings about the continuing threat of business email compromise (BEC, also called CEO fraud). The problem has reached shocking proportions: between June of 2016 and December of 2021, the Bureau counted Read More