Topic
Spear Phishing
27 published works
Internet, IT & e-Discovery
Watch out for spear-phishing targeting your MFA!
By Peter Vogel
SCWorld.com reported that “A sophisticated spear-phishing campaign targeting senior executives at companies across dozens of industries leverages several evasion mechanisms and a newly discovered phishing kit called VENOM,…” The April…
Internet, IT & e-Discovery
Spear-Phishing (“Business Email Compromise” or “BEC”) targeted at Microsoft 365 accounts!
By Peter Vogel
SCWorld.com reported that “Microsoft revealed an ongoing spear-phishing campaign that abuses the legitimate device code authentication flow to gain access to Microsoft 365 accounts. Device code authentication is used to…
Data Counsel
I Won’t Get Fooled Again: Measures Universities Should Take to Combat North Korea’s Use of Spearphishing Campaigns to Access Their Environments and Steal Data
On June 1, the FBI, the U.S. Department of State and the National Security Agency, together with the Republic of Korea’s (ROK) National Intelligence Service, National Police Agency and Ministry…
Internet, IT & e-Discovery
Business Email Compromise (BEC or Spearphishing) continues to grow!
By Peter Vogel
BankInfoSecurity.com reported that “U.S. federal law enforcement arrested four members of a business email conspiracy and credit card fraud ring, alleging they collectively tricked legitimate businesses into enriching them by…
Internet, IT & e-Discovery
Since 2016 there has been more than $43B in Spearphishing (aka Business Email Comprise) attacks!
By Peter Vogel
HealthCareInfoSecurity.com reported that “Total losses tied to business email compromise theft domestically and internationally totaled $43.3 billion from June 2016 through December 2021, according to the most recent FBI Internet…
Internet, IT & e-Discovery Blog
Banks’ Top Concern is BEC (Business Email Compromise aka Spearphishing)!
By Peter Vogel
HelpNetSecurity.com reported that “Smaller firms were hit the hardest (26% of small business fraud had a tie to the virus, as opposed to only 17% for larger companies). Presumably, their…
Internet, IT & e-Discovery
Banks’ Top Concern is BEC (Business Email Compromise aka Spearphishing)!
By Peter Vogel
HelpNetSecurity.com reported that “Smaller firms were hit the hardest (26% of small business fraud had a tie to the virus, as opposed to only 17% for larger companies). Presumably, their…
Internet, IT & e-Discovery Blog
Update from Twitter: cryptocurrency attack started with Spear-phishing (Business eMail Compromise (BEC))
By Peter Vogel
Reuters.com reported that Twitter said “…the incident targeted a small number of employees through a phone “spear-phishing”...targeted about 130 accounts, tweeted from 45, accessed inbox of 36, and were able…
Internet, IT & e-Discovery
Update from Twitter: cryptocurrency attack started with Spear-phishing (Business eMail Compromise (BEC))
By Peter Vogel
Reuters.com reported that Twitter said “…the incident targeted a small number of employees through a phone “spear-phishing”...targeted about 130 accounts, tweeted from 45, accessed inbox of 36, and were able…
Internet, IT & e-Discovery Blog
Since 2013 More Than $26 Billion Has Been Scammed by BEC/EAC (Business Email Comprise/Email Account Compromise aka Spearphishing)!
By Peter Vogel
The FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) announced “Domestic and international exposed dollar loss: $26,201,775,589 “ by BEC/EAC which “…is a sophisticated scam that targets both businesses and individuals who…