- Security
- By Sergiu Gatlan
- December 13th, 2018
Cybercrooks Steal $1 Million from Save the Children Charity via BEC Attack
The international NGO still has to recover $112,000
- Security
- By Sergiu Gatlan
- October 29th, 2018
Secret Service Confirms Focus on Email Compromise Cybercrimes Worth $12 Billion
Reports real estate BEC 1100% incident increase over 2 years
- Security
- By Sergiu Gatlan
- October 15th, 2018
More Than $600K Lost by Henderson ISD After BEC Attack
Crooks stole $609,615 from the Independent School District
- Security
- By Sergiu Gatlan
- October 6th, 2018
$12 Billion Lost Because of E-mail Account Compromise Incidents in Five Years
Bad actors offer mail hacking services for as little as $150
- Security Blog
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- September 17th, 2016
Wall Street Software Firm Sued After Losing $6 Million in Email Scam
Victim claims breach of procedures, carelessness
- Advisories
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- August 4th, 2016
Nigerian Scammers Evolve with the Times, Move On to BEC and RATs
SecureWorks uncovers Nigerian WWG1 threat group
- Advisories
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- July 26th, 2016
Online Scam Trends: Turkey Coup, Tinder, BEC, and a Lot of Tech Support Scam
Online scams remain a very lucrative cyber-crime category
- Advisories
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- June 17th, 2016
Losses from Business Email Scams Reach a Whopping $3 Billion
BEC scams grew by 1,300%, hit companies hard
- Incidents
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- May 26th, 2016
Company Fires CEO After Falling Victim to $56-Million Online Scam
Company manages to recuperate around 20% of the stolen money
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- May 25th, 2016
FBI: Ransomware Complaints Doubled in 2015
BEC scams caused the most damages: $246 million
- Advisories
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- April 7th, 2016
FBI Warning: Companies Lost $2.3B in the Last 2.5 Years to Business Email Scams
BEC scams increased 270% in the past year
- Incidents
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- March 31st, 2016
Toy Maker Mattel Loses $3M in BEC Scam, Then Fights for It and Gets It Back
Chinese bank holiday stops the crooks from getting the money
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- December 27th, 2015
Businesses Saw an Increase in CEO Fraud Attacks This Year
Whaling attacks rise, despite FBI warning in August
- Advisories
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- August 30th, 2015
Companies Lost $1.2 Billion (€1.07 Billion) to Business Email Scams
FBI issued a public statement announcement regarding BECs
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- April 28th, 2015
Nigerians Arrested for Laundering €2.5 Million from Online Fraud
Scams impacted tens of businesses and hundreds of people
- Advisories
- By Ionut Ilascu
- January 23rd, 2015
Email Scammers Racked Almost $215 Million in Little over One Year
Most of the money was stolen from US businesses
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- December 10th, 2013
Dark Matter May Have Been Found in 2004
Physicist proposes new way to look for the elusive stuff