Security Boulevard

JUNE 10, 2022

How seriously do you take the email threat? Cyber criminals often use email as a way to start an attack. According to many sources email is by far the most common way that attackers try to gain access to your business and personal systems. The UK government’s Cyber Security Breaches Survey 2022 reported that email […].

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Troy Hunt

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

What follows is the process I went through trying to work out what an earth this thing is, the confusion surrounding the data, the shady characters dealing with it and ultimately, how it's now searchable in Have I Been Pwned (HIBP), which may be what brought you to this blog post in the first place. And the column names line up!

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Healthcare Insurance Data breaches Scams 306

Anton on Security

AUGUST 30, 2023

So, if you are too busy to read our amazing (duh!) new blog “Revisiting Traditional Security Advice for Modern Threats” , here are the key ideas from it. Go read the blog , will ya? Don’t just read this blog about the blog, just read the blog. Threat-informed or Threat-owned?

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Webroot

MAY 6, 2024

As we navigate through 2024, the cyber threat landscape continues to evolve, bringing new challenges for both businesses and individual consumers. For businesses, this means implementing a comprehensive incident response plan that includes secure, immutable backups and regular testing to ensure rapid recovery in the event of an attack.

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Heimadal Security

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

While achieving compliance with industry standards is the minimum, it’s not enough to prevent insider threats, supply chain attacks, DDoS, or sophisticated cyberattacks such as double-extortion ransomware, phishing, business email compromise (BEC), info-stealing malware or attacks that leverage the domain name system (DNS).

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Healthcare DNS DDOS Phishing 109

McAfee

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Microsoft has released guidance on a workaround, as well as updates to prevent exploitation, but below are additional McAfee Enterprise countermeasures you can use to protect your business. Rule 312: Prevent email applications from spawning potentially malicious tools. Endpoint Security – Access Protection: Rule: 1.

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Heimadal Security

AUGUST 29, 2023

A new type of cyber-attack is currently spreading like wildfire in the Nordics, targeting email addresses indiscriminate of user profiles (i.e., small office/home user, home user, mobile user, power user, and large business user).

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Phishing Cyber Attacks Mobile 96

Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

If you received a link to LinkedIn.com via email, SMS or instant message, would you click it? At issue is a “redirect” feature available to businesses that chose to market through LinkedIn.com. The LinkedIn redirect links allow customers to track the performance of ad campaigns, while promoting off-site resources.

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Phishing Marketing Scams Accountability 326

Duo's Security Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2023

You must avoid email address and perform URL spot-checks as sender verification methods. Look beyond the email sender and website URLs used. This helps to ensure that any characteristics of the phish can be examined and company email filters can be improved.

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 13, 2022

A recent uptick in the reports of SMS-based business email compromise (BEC) messages may indicate a wider trend that has seen a surge of phishing scams via text messages. Phishing scams are prevalent in the SMS threat landscape, and now BEC attacks are also going mobile,” according to a Trustwave blog post that pointed to.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Cloud hosted email services have come into wide use as the go-to communication and collaboration work tools for businesses far and wide. Related: Weaponized email endures as top threat. Business email continues to be both the most widely used business communication tool – and the most wide-open, problematic attack vector.

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Marketing Financial Services Ransomware Software 222

Graham Cluley

APRIL 20, 2023

Three Nigerian nationals face charges in a US federal court related to a business email compromise (BEC) scam that is said to have stolen more than US $6 million from victims. Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog.

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Scams 92

Heimadal Security

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Email has remained a core part of our everyday digital life, even despite the rise and increasing popularity of instant messaging and collaboration tools. In virtually all industries, email is an integral part of regular business practices. The post What Is Email Security?

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Account Security Accountability 97

Heimadal Security

OCTOBER 17, 2022

This email attack aimed at over 21,000 users targeting the National Healthcare Company and managed to bypass Microsoft Exchange Email Security (a mail and calendaring server used by millions of businesses around the world). How the Attack Works […].

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Phishing Healthcare Cybersecurity 117

The State of Security

MAY 5, 2022

The FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) has issued updated statistics on Business Email Compromise (BEC) attacks which use a variety of social engineering and phishing techniques to break into accounts and trick companies into transferring large amounts of money into the hands of criminals.

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Social Engineering Engineering Phishing Internet 129

SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Her blog quickly grew beyond the simple joy of writing, and developed into a natural curiosity for WordPress design. services, WordPress maintenance, blog migrations, website setup and design, and social media management/consulting. She had read about SiteLock in a security article and decided to reach out. TheBlogging911.com

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Heimadal Security

MAY 5, 2022

You may know what BEC (Business Email Compromise) is, but have you heard of VEC (Vendor Email Compromise)? If your business transacts with vendors to supply products or services, VEC is a sophisticated cyberthreat you need to know about.

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Scams Cybersecurity 97

Adam Levin

MAY 7, 2020

The data was discovered by researchers at Safety Detectives, a security review website. The post Indecent Exposure: 7TB of Adult Streaming User Data Unsecured on Server appeared first on Adam Levin.

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Phishing Passwords Accountability Hacking 197

The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Within the last week we have identified 655,0000 QR codes for our customers, of which 1,000 contained suspicious text and 8,000 came from a domain with a low rank (a freemail or a new email address, which are both flags for malicious senders). Also, users generally receive the email on their device but scan the QR code with their phone.

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Phishing Scams Education Malware 202

CSO Magazine

MAY 22, 2023

Cybersecurity activity around business email compromise (BEC) spiked between April 2022 and April 2023, with over 150,000 daily attempts, on average, detected by the Microsoft Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit (DCU). Successful BEC attacks cost organizations hundreds of millions of dollars annually.”

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Webroot

APRIL 5, 2024

Focus on layering your security posture to focus on threat prevention, protection, and recovery. Check out three healthcare organizations that are strengthening their cyber resilience with layered security tools. Webroot Email Encryption powered by Zix provides the solution. But there is hope. Read the full case study.

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Healthcare Data breaches Encryption Ransomware 103

Security Boulevard

APRIL 12, 2023

In a recent blog, we cited the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and its Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) latest 2022 report, which emphasized a steep and significant rise in Business Email Compromise (BEC) growth. The FBI documented victim’s adjusted losses reaching over $2.7 billion for the year.

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Internet Internet Accountability 52

The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 7, 2023

We all get spam emails, and while it’s annoying, it’s not usually anything to worry about. People suddenly getting a lot of spam emails may be the target of a sophisticated cyber-attack. Related: How AI can relieve security pros What causes spam emails? Wider harm So why does it matter if someone has your email?

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Accountability DDOS Data breaches Passwords 188

Heimadal Security

MAY 10, 2021

Recently, Microsoft revealed a huge-scale business email compromise (BEC) campaign that has […]. The post Microsoft Reveals Extensive Business Email Compromise Campaign appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog.

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Hacking Social Engineering Engineering Phishing 95

Security Boulevard

MAY 24, 2023

Shopify has made it incredibly easy for businesses to build an online store with a sleek and streamlined dashboard that allows the sale of products via social media, digital marketplaces, blogs, emails, and other public forums. appeared first on Securiti. appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Media 105

Heimadal Security

JUNE 10, 2021

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has recently warned that scammers are now posing as construction companies in business email compromise (BEC) attacks. BEC fraud is a scheme used by cybercriminals to gain access to a legitimate business email through social engineering or computer […].

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Social Engineering Engineering Cybersecurity 91

Webroot

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Depending on the size of the business, one-third to two-thirds of businesses suffer malware attacks in any given year. In 2022, American businesses lost $10.3 The best way to weather these challenges is to become a cyber resilient business. In this article, we’ll discuss the importance of data security and protection.

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Encryption Cyber Insurance Cybercrime Phishing 88

Heimadal Security

JUNE 28, 2022

A new spearphishing campaign has been detected in the wild, specifically targeting Romanian businesses under the guise of ANAF, the Romanian counterpart of the IRS. Business owners are being informed via email that they have outstanding taxes and, therefore, are solicited to make the payment as soon as possible.

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Cybersecurity 104

Graham Cluley

MARCH 29, 2023

31-year-old Solomon Ekunke Okpe, of Lagos, was a member of a gang that devised and executed a variety of scams - including business email compromise (BEC), romance scams, working-from-home scams, and more - between December 2011 and January 2017. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.

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Scams 81

Jane Frankland

APRIL 17, 2024

Is it the security of personal information, the reliability of online transactions, the authenticity of digital identities? Without upholding digital trust, with every click, we not only risk security breaches, fraud and the misuse of our data but one’s own company’s reputation and the very foundation of our business operations.

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Identity Theft Digital transformation Technology Risk 204

The State of Security

MARCH 4, 2021

Business Email Compromise (BEC) scammers, who have made rich returns in recent years tricking organisations into transferring funds into their accounts, have found a new tactic which attempts to swindle Wall Street firms out of significantly larger amounts of money. Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog.

Accountability 136

Accountability 136

Graham Cluley

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

The FBI has issued a warning that organisations should be on their guard against BEC (Business Email Compromise) attacks involving virtual meeting platforms. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.

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Heimadal Security

JUNE 10, 2022

In today’s business environment, email is regarded as vital to the functioning of an organization, so it is mandatory to be reliable. Your concerns about server uptime and email capacity will disappear if you use the cloud instead of hosting your own exchange server. The post What Is Cloud Email?

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Technology Cybersecurity 94

Heimadal Security

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

A new Business Email Compromise (BEC) operation aimed at Microsoft 365 consumers employs a variety of highly developed obfuscation techniques in phishing emails that can trick natural language processing filters and go unnoticed by users.

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Phishing Cybersecurity 114

Heimadal Security

OCTOBER 5, 2022

In an effort to trick targets into handing over large sums of money, a Business Email Compromise (BEC) campaign uses an email thread that claims to have been forwarded by the manager. The post Your Manager Forwarded You a New Email? Always Double-Check It appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog.

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Cybercrime Cybersecurity 86

Heimadal Security

MARCH 4, 2022

Have you, a colleague or a friend ever received a suspicious email? It is of paramount importance to know how to report email fraud in order to avoid all the unpleasant consequences that might come from it, especially if we’re talking about the compromise of your business email – revenue loss, data breach, reputation damage, […].

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Data breaches Education 95

The Last Watchdog

JULY 26, 2021

Related: Dangers of weaponized email. This happened rather quietly as Google announced the official launch of VMCs in a blog post on July 12. Henceforth companies will be able to insert their trademarked logos in Gmail’s avatar slot; many marketers can’t wait to distribute email carrying certified logos to billions of inboxes.

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