Email Compromise news and trends

Easy Pickings for BEC Criminals?
News // October 05, 2018

The age of business email compromise is upon us.  And for the scammers, it’s not all that hard to do the scamming. The methods have been discussed in coverage by PYMNTS before, and in recent data from Digital Shadows, a digital risk management firm, the...

Home Buyers, Tricked By Business Email Scams, Lose Six-Figure Sums
Fraud Attack // September 04, 2018

A scam targeting homeowners is leaving some without the downpayment for their closing on the day the loan is to be signed. CNBC highlighted two victims who lost six-figure sums in what is known as a business email compromise scam, with one losing the home...

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Ex-FBI On The Onion Approach To Battling Cyber Criminals

April 05, 2019
When it comes to combating payments fraud, it helps to have insight from one who’s been in the trenches. Stacy Arruda, a former special agent with the FBI and now executive director of the state of Florida ISAO on cybersecurity, said that part of the problem is that when it comes to protecting credit unions — […]

Home Buyers, Tricked By Business Email Scams, Lose Six-Figure Sums

September 04, 2018
A scam targeting homeowners is leaving some without the downpayment for their closing on the day the loan is to be signed. CNBC highlighted two victims who lost six-figure sums...