PYMNTS

JULY 1, 2019

As noted in a report by FireEye, the bad guys are continuing to leverage a tactic known as business email compromise (BEC), where that method of communication seeks to impersonate persons of authority from within a firm, or alternatively, legitimate business partners, to requests funds be sent to accounts (and then of course, pilfered).

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Business email compromise (BEC) scams continue to ravage company coffers. Just last week, IBM cybersecurity experts uncovered a widespread BEC attack targeting players in the coronavirus vaccine supply chain. But the BEC scam is not the only kind of business payments fraud plaguing firms today.

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PYMNTS

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. It is so easy for attackers to pull off these kinds of scams,” he said.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 17, 2020

In this week’s Data Digest, PYMNTS rounds up the latest cases and research into how corporates are being targeted with crimes like the business email compromise (BEC) scam, as well as how they’re fighting back. When it comes to fraud threats, no company — large or small — is immune.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 3, 2020

That’s especially important as criminals seek to use eCommerce to commit what might be termed “authorized fraud” as bad actors get hold of card details or log-in credentials, pose as legitimate account holders and send payments. Authorized fraud also encompasses business email compromise (BEC) scams, too, said Tharle.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 4, 2019

Meanwhile, instances of the Business Email Compromise (BEC) are also on the rise: About 47 percent of all incidents examined last year were the result of a hack or malware — and, of those, about half were BEC scams. Through the spear phishing campaign, an unwilling employee inputs those credentials for the criminal.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 21, 2020

Business email compromise (BEC), B2B phishing scams, synthetic identities, fake accounts and trillions of aid dollars flooding out at a time of maximum uncertainty make this a fraudster’s paradise. COVID-19 has afforded internet villains what will certainly go down as the greatest cybertheft opportunity of their shadowy lifetimes.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 15, 2018

It’s a twist on the business email compromise (BEC) scam that typically involves scammers emailing business owners and seeking payment via wire transfer, ACH or paper check. “No legitimate business or utility will call you and ask you to make a payment using a Green Dot card,” AG Frosh said in a statement.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 5, 2019

The attacks are targeted ones, said Arruda, who noted that hackers don’t usually directly try to hack banks or credit unions, but instead try to get access through the aforementioned email campaigns, where the credentials are stolen and the stolen credentials are leveraged to gain access to the FI.

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PYMNTS

MAY 5, 2017

The compromised Sabre system reports offering seamless connectivity to over 120 property management, 7 revenue management, 7 CRM and 18 content management solutions according to the company’s website. To begin, some 32,000 properties use the travel tech company’s reservation system. But that’s not all.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

40 legitimate email accounts of company executives have been compromised in a phishing campaign targeting businesses , according to Gov Info Security reports. Cybercriminals are using the tactic to steal company credentials, including executive email addresses, which are then sold on the dark web.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 24, 2020

This week's B2B Data Digest looks at the rising threat of the business email compromise (BEC) scam and invoice fraud on companies of all sizes in the U.S., 389 percent more BEC scams hit U.S. businesses between Q1 and Q2, per new Abnormal Security research revealed in its Quarterly BEC Report for Q2 2020.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 17, 2019

An unidentified group is reportedly putting much effort into a complicated scam to steal the login credentials of government personnel. The victim is then offered a choice of logging in through email credentials from providers such as Google, Microsoft and Yahoo. Anomali, a security firm, says it has found bogus websites of the U.S.,

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