How to Protect Staff From AI-Powered Social Engineering Scams
Over the past months, a series of high-profile cyberattacks have highlighted how widespread the risk has become. Marks & Spencer, Jaguar Land Rover and even nursery schools have found themselves targeted by bad actors – the latter causing sensitive details of children and families being exposed. While these instances of cybersecurity breaches employ ransomware tactics, they’re not […]
Identify and investigate Business Email Compromise (BEC) scams
Business Email Compromise is an email-based phishing attack that specifically targets businesses and organizations to steal money, sensitive information, or account credentials. These attacks can be difficult to prevent as criminals may utilize social engineering techniques such as impersonation and intimidation to manipulate users. Threat actors will often prepare for BEC attacks by first performing […]
Agari Report: New BEC scam 7X more costly than average, bigger phish start angling in
Sophisticated threat actors, evolving phishing tactics, and a $800,000 business email compromise (BEC) scam in the second half of 2020 all signal trouble ahead, according to analysis from the Agari Cyber Intelligence Division (ACID). After attacks on Magellan Health, GoDaddy, and the SolarWinds “hack of the decade,” one thing is distressingly clear. Phishing, BEC, and […]