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APRIL 10, 2019

The Association of Financial Professionals released new data this week that revealed the threat of payments fraud continues to climb, particularly for large enterprises, as scams like ACH fraud and the Business Email Compromise climb to record levels. But the latest analysis of U.S.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2019

20 percent of Business Email Compromise scams request payroll diversions new data from the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) revealed in a report published last week. Only 15 percent say they are confident about supply chain cyber risk mitigation strategies.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

B2B Software-as-a-Service company Blackbaud recently notified its customers that in February of this year it fell victim to a ransomware attack and was not aware of the issue until about three months later. As a supplier of computing software services, Blackbaud is only the latest example of how cyberattacks aren't isolated to its targets.

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JANUARY 23, 2017

Businesses face mounting risk thanks to things like geopolitical uncertainties and regulation but are also threatened by something as seemingly arbitrary as group chat platforms. But researchers questioned whether the increase is due to more breaches or simply more publicly available data on the topic.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Citing 2018 data from Verizon, Mastercard noted research that suggested the majority of cyberattacks are actually targeted at SMBs, ranging from phishing scams and the Business Email Compromise (BEC) to malware and ransomware attacks.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2017

More than a third (36 percent) of survey respondents said fraud monitoring and risk mitigation are the areas in which CFOs are most falling short. That’s followed closely by performance risk management and strategic/operational risk management, each cited by 32 percent of survey respondents as areas in which CFOs fail to deliver.

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JUNE 23, 2016

For some, like small suppliers, a compromise of sensitive data and credentials can lead to a few hundred or thousand dollars fraudulently obtained from a business client, often via the Business Email Compromise scam.

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