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With the business emailcompromise (BEC) phishing attack a continuously growing threat for businesses large and small, organizations are exploring how strategic cybersecurity investments can protect them when bad actors attempt to steal company cash or redirect business payments.
When it comes to B2B payments fraud, it’s not a matter of if it happens, but when. While eliminating paper is a much-needed first step to combatting B2B payments fraud, electronic payments aren’t immune to the risk, either. “Everybody needs to be suspicious,” he said.
In this week's B2B Data Digest, PYMNTS breaks down the numbers behind the latest cases of fraud, including the growing risks of small business loan fraud, a case of expense fraud, and the ever-persistent Business EmailCompromise risk intensified by Brexit uncertainty.
companies via the Business EmailCompromise scam, reports in The East African said last week. Through Operation reWired, we are sending a clear message to the criminals who orchestrate these Business EmailCompromise schemes that ‘I will keep coming after you, no matter where you are.’”.
Although it occurred under dire circumstances, 2020 was the year that many organizations finally ditched the paper check in B2B payments — or, at the very least, helped to move the needle toward electronic payments. B2B payments are messier than B2C payments," said Chanda. Empowering Finance Professionals.
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As Travelex works to regain control of its systems, restore operations and mitigate any future fallout from the incident, the cyberattack is yet another reminder that one company’s cyber vulnerabilities can have far-reaching effects throughout the B2B supply chain.
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Mike Vigue, vice president, product strategy, cyberfraud and risk management at B2B payments firm Bottomline Technologies , warns that ongoing use of paper checks, fraudulent emails and general ignorance of cyberthreats will continue to place businesses — and their payment activities — at the center of thieves’ targets.
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The FBI has once again sounded the alarm on the proliferation of digital fraud like ransomware and the business emailcompromise (BEC) scam, releasing new stats on the financial damage such criminal activity has caused in the U.S. million, a reflection of how B2B invoices can be used to defraud government entities, too.
This week’s B2B Data Digest takes a look at the latest data points behind more cases of B2B payments fraud. 2,100 corporates were targeted in a widespread business emailcompromise (BEC) scam recently uncovered by cybersecurity company Agari , the firm revealed last week.
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The Association for Financial Professionals (AFP) came out with some scary statistics this month: B2B payments fraud is not only on the rise, but at its highest levels ever since the AFP began recording this information. With that in mind, it may not be so surprising that check fraud has increased, he said. “I
Employees certainly need more training to be able to detect a business emailcompromise (BEC) when they see one. Here’s the problem: The professional who falls victim to eInvoice scams like the business emailcompromise is, more often than not, a C-Suite executive. Additional Attacks Putting the Enterprise at Risk.
The 2020 Association for Financial Professionals (AFP) Payments Fraud and Control Survey underwritten by JPMorgan found that business emailcompromise (BEC) was the most noted origin of tried or actual fraud incidents in 2019, according to an announcement. That figure marks the second-highest percentage in the past 10 years.
The Business EmailCompromise is now a top concern for the enterprise and security providers alike, especially since regulators have released warnings against the crime. One startup wants to safeguard corporate email and has just received new venture capital to move forward with its efforts.
The Business EmailCompromise (BEC) continues to evolve. Fraudsters are adding new twists to what has become an increasingly common scam targeting businesses’ B2B payments activity. BEC is not the only cyberattack causing corporate losses, however, as ransomware threats continue to ramp up as well.
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judge has sentenced a Nigerian man to three years and five months in prison for his role in a business emailcompromise scam. Reports said Adindu was arrested in 2016 and allegedly carried out business emailcompromise scams between 2014 and 2016.
In separate news, researchers at Agari were warning of Silent Starling, the newest cybercriminal ring using a vendor emailcompromise (VEC) scam to purloin company cash from supply chains per news in October.
He described this as a “group of both business emailcompromise , BEC as it’s called, or CEO fraud.”. And, as of now and looking ahead, among the more prevalent criminal methods focused on business, according to Divitt: new relationship fraud. So beware, or at least view skeptically, what is in your inbox.
In Australia, news came that police have charged a quartet of alleged fraudsters with running a business emailcompromise (BEC) scam. Mobile means one can do just about anything by using their device: order food, bank online, read the news … even commit payments fraud, sometimes from the unlikeliest of places.
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