What Is a Business Email Compromise (BEC) Attack?

a threat actor phishing a user via email

What Is a Business Email Compromise (BEC) Attack? A Business Email Compromise (BEC), sometimes called a “BEC attack”, begins with threat actors compromising and spoofing emails to impersonate an organization’s CEO, heads of departments, executives, or vendors. It has several characteristics similar to spear-phishing attacks: emails targeted towards a specific individual, enterprise, or business to […]

Fake Anti-Virus Brings in 158 000$ a Week

Laptop with Red Background and Pirate Flag

Russian criminals who are selling a fake anti-virus, “Antivirus XP 2008/2009” among others, have made more than 150 000$ in a week, according to the Sydney Morning Herald[1]. If you have ever seen those annoying popups warning you that you might be infected with one or more viruses, then you probably came across this scam. “For […]

Cybercrime Rose by 9% in Britain

The BBC reports that cybercrime rose by 9% in Britain[1]. This is according to Online Identity firm Garlik which release its 2008 Cybercrime Report. The report contains interesting statistics. Among others, identity theft drop from 92 000 offenses in 2006 to 84 700, a 8% drop[2]. Financial fraud rose by 24% and is expected to […]