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45 percent | Increase of business email compromise attacks in Q4 2016. 45,000 | Number of email attacks examined by just Proofpoint between July and December 2016. billion | Total amount stolen via BEC attacks since 2013. Here are the numbers: $100 million | Amount of money stolen from hacker.

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JANUARY 16, 2020

The business email compromise (BEC) scam is a cybersecurity threat to businesses of all sizes, and the financial and security implications of a successful attack aren’t isolated to its target. The BEC scam can manifest in many forms. Beyond The BEC.

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JULY 25, 2018

If the Business Email Compromise (BEC) scam isn’t on the radar of every corporate finance executive, it certainly should be. The 2018 report, sponsored by JPMorgan , finds fraudsters are spinning their BEC webs even broader, targeting new channels of business transactions.

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DECEMBER 29, 2020

claimed the company was creating fake production records between 2010 and 2016 in order to access renewable fuel tax credits, which it would then launder, the AP reported. Many of them involve business email compromise (BEC) scams, while some target the vaccine distribution chain. There are also 2.3

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DECEMBER 6, 2016

KnowBe4 , a security awareness training and simulated phishing platform provider, launched a new tool designed to help IT managers combat CEO fraud, or Business Email Compromise (BEC) as it is referred to by the FBI. Those replies are then recorded and made available for IT managers to download and review if needed.

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JULY 15, 2019

The report noted there has been an 86 percent increase in fraud investigations done internally, with confirmation of fraud in as many as 75 percent of the cases investigated between 2016 and 2017, according to the report. The Justice Department reported that from January of 2014 through June of 2016, Earenest J. Grayson Jr.,

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MAY 2, 2017

Department of Justice (DoJ) announced plans to charge a man allegedly responsible for a $100 million business email compromise scam. The DoJ alleges that the man, Evaldas Rimašauskas, used a business email compromise (BEC) scam to trick Facebook and Google into paying fake invoices, impersonating manufacturer Quanta Computer.

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JANUARY 9, 2019

Among the most prevalent is the Business Email Compromise (BEC), a type of social engineering attack that received significant attention last year. The tactic is relatively simple.

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MAY 12, 2017

in 2016, losing a combined $16 billion — just over $1,400 per victim, on average. Analysts say these strategies comprised some 63 percent of the cybersecurity threats that hit SMEs in 2016. FBI Sees Wire Fraud Via Email Grow In 2016. A significant number of these attempts came in the last seven months of 2016.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2020

billion to business email compromise (BEC) scams last year, for example, and global businesses losing approximately $26 billion between June 2016 and July 2019. Fraudsters perpetrating these schemes send emails that convince firms to wire money into fraudulent accounts. companies losing roughly $1.77

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APRIL 14, 2017

But there are other ways the AFP found businesses are exposed to payments fraud, most notably through the BEC scam. I can imagine that by next January, when we collect the data for the next survey, the BEC scams will eventually see a drop,” he said. Thus, checks stay in the enterprise — and check fraud grows.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2019

Much has been said in this space about Business Email Compromise ( BEC ) scams, where bad actors frequently pose as corporate officials, directing targeted individuals to send money to different accounts, or they pose as suppliers and present phony invoices to be paid.

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OCTOBER 10, 2018

One of the biggest problems with wire, particularly in the B2B payments space, is its target for fraud, and the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) says instances of business wire fraud, commonly referred to as the business email compromise, are climbing. Thieves attempted to steal $5.3 counterparts are not available.

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MAY 7, 2018

In corporate payments, while fraud is typically linked to wire and checks , the rise in Business Email Compromise (BEC) and account takeovers means ACH fraud is a growing threat, same-day or not. billion in losses linked to fraud in 2016 and a 16 percent increase from 2014 levels. The risks, of course, are monstrous.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

When it comes to cyberattacks, there is one kind that Rojas believes cybercriminals will use to perpetuate fraud, regardless of speed of transaction, the payments system or type of technology: the Business Email Compromise (BEC) — popularly known as CEO fraud. 2016, according to the FBI. 2013 and Feb. A whopping $2.3

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MAY 3, 2017

She pointed to what she described as a “ridiculous surge” in Business Email Compromise (BEC) scams as one example of how cybercriminals are landing in the B2B payments realm with their crimes. Business Email Compromise is just one pain point,” she noted.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

Issues like phishing and the Business Email Compromise (BEC) are top concerns, yet ransomware cannot be ignored as a destructive force. Nearly half of the small businesses surveyed by Hiscox last year said they had been targeted by at least one cyberattack, while 44 percent said they were hit by between two and four attacks.

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MAY 5, 2017

Another testament to the security risks inherent in interconnectivity, security gaps on the fringes of the SWIFT cross-border payment network were found to have been leveraged by cybercriminals in a series of attempted and successful digital bank heists in 2016. Ransomware, Cyberespionage On The Rise.

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