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SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

Employees certainly need more training to be able to detect a business email compromise (BEC) when they see one. A fifth of survey respondents who had been hit by some type of cyberattack said it was the result of a BEC, making this cybercrime the number one tactic fraudsters use. billion in total losses since 2013.

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APRIL 4, 2019

As a result, 71 percent of ransomware attacks are now targeting small businesses, according to a report released by Beazley Breach Response (BBR). The latest research in small business cybersecurity has revealed the relentless nature of the threat, with new strategies emerging and new strains of ransomware rearing their ugly heads.

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OCTOBER 12, 2020

Healthcare is another major industry that Whitney said is one of “the most at-risk for ransomware and data breaches” with federally mandated patient privacy requirements (HIPPA) being widely implemented and having a compliant IT security framework that is up to date and in place is essential.

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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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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 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. Fraud scams targeting these wire transfers have long been an issue, with U.S. companies losing roughly $1.77

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MAY 12, 2017

This consumer concern translates to a decrease in confidence in large organizations—which is then exacerbated by data breaches and other security events. From October 2013 through December 2016, a new report from the FBI suggests cybercriminals used business email compromise (BEC) scams to try and steal some $5.3

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NOVEMBER 7, 2017

In a survey of business professionals, researchers found that a slight majority (52 percent) acknowledge that a security breach will happen to them at some point — a slight increase from 51 percent last year. Further, 42 percent said they are unsure of how to handle a targeted cyberattack and other types of threats. Targeted Attacks.

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DECEMBER 24, 2018

In short, cumulatively, hundreds of millions of records breached. He described this as a “group of both business email compromise , BEC as it’s called, or CEO fraud.”. It may seem like 2018 was the year of the fraudster, of bad guys and gals acting in concert to steal money, steal privacy and use data for any number of gains.

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MAY 7, 2018

In its analysis of the Same-Day ACH rollout, NACHA found no evidence that it led to an increase in fraud attempts or successful breaches. 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.

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AUGUST 10, 2018

Those threats are vast, but Womply’s own research has found that most of these attacks are in the form of phishing and business email compromise (BEC) scams. On the other side of this coin is the cybersecurity threats that inevitably come with establishing a digital presence of any kind. ”

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FEBRUARY 1, 2021

The Interstate Technology & Regulatory Council (ITRC) released new data on the state of cyberattacks and data breaches with some surprising news: data breaches were actually down in 2020 year-over-year. 19 percent fewer data breaches occurred in the U.S. The campaign is targeting businesses across the U.S.,

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JULY 23, 2020

For example, in 2018, 23andMe entered a $300M deal to sell data to drug giant GlaxoSmithKline, while in 2019, MyHeritage experienced a data breach that exposed details from 92M+ accounts. New variations of BEC have emerged during the pandemic. Source: Abnormal Security. Early detection and remediation have real cost benefits.

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