There’s an email scam going around that involves scammers claiming to have webcam footage of people watching porn, with threats to release the info if not paid a hefty ransom in bitcoin, according to a report by Fortune. Oren Falkowitz, who heads an anti-phishing company...
Proofpoint finds in a new study that BEC scams have financial service firms in the crosshairs, with attacks on that sector up 60 percent at the end of last year. Separately, Nissan’s Ghosn allegedly charged millions in questionable expenses to his former firm, while NASA...
A new type of phishing scam targets the HR departments of companies and asks for reroutes on direct deposit accounts, CNBC reported. Once the changes are made, a paycheck will go directly into a criminal’s account. KVC Health Systems, a child welfare nonprofit based out...
New year, and perhaps new fears for executives as fraudsters look to siphon off payrolls of unsuspecting firms via email scams, according to research from Agari. Other studies show that expense audits are only done sporadically, with the implication that much fraud goes unnoticed.
December 16, 2022
Criminals are using BEC scams against small businesses to steal hundred-thousand-dollar food shipments. They are spoofing emails and domains to impersonate employees at real firms, according to a joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) issued Thursday (Dec. 15) by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Food and Drug Administration Office of Criminal Investigations (FDA OCI) and the U.S. […]
May 15, 2019
There’s an email scam going around that involves scammers claiming to have webcam footage of people watching porn, with threats to release the info if not paid a hefty ransom...
April 09, 2019
A new type of phishing scam targets the HR departments of companies and asks for reroutes on direct deposit accounts, CNBC reported. Once the changes are made, a paycheck will...
June 13, 2017
Some of the highest-placed executives of the biggest banks on Wall Street fell prey to an email scam that had also snared some heavy financial hitters across the pond, including...
