After barely registering a pulse last year, W2-based business email compromise (BEC) scams are back with a vengeance thanks to coronavirus-related business upheaval. With the 2019 tax filing deadline pushed back to July 15, 2020, and as much as 66% of all corporate employees working from home, operations for many companies have been anything but business as usual. Still we are surprised to see a...

New research suggests a lack of awareness of ransomware and cybersecurity best practices in the UK Public Sector leaves it vulnerable to further attacks.

At the heart of all Clearswift’s cybersecurity solutions, the Deep Content Inspection Engine is essentially a system for filtering content and applying intelligent rules.

The coronavirus pandemic is shining a spotlight on the importance of hosted Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting, and Conformance (DMARC) to prevent cybercriminals from hijacking an organization's domains to launch phishing attacks that put the public at risk. A case in point - the World Health Organization (WHO). The UN's international public health agency has been issuing warnings...

With billions of dollars in stimulus being earmarked for US companies and individuals reeling from the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic, business email compromise (BEC) rings are angling for a piece of the pie. At the top of the menu: banks, lenders, and other financial services organizations chartered with managing key facets of this unprecedented distribution effort. But for an...

Since the beginning of February, we have seen more than a 3,000% increase in Coronavirus-themed phishing attacks targeting our customers. The spike in attacks is as logical as it is repugnant. With an estimated 75 million employees more reliant than ever on email during the largest "work-from-home experiment" in history, phishing scammers and other threat actors seem hellbent on exploiting...

We’re launching a series of blogs that aim to explain certain cybersecurity industry terms and phrases. First up, what is Adpative Redaction?

Government officials are issuing fresh warnings about COVID-19 related business email compromise (BEC) scams targeting legions of remote workers participating in what has become "the world's largest work-from-home experiment."The troubling rise in success rates for these attacks could have serious implications for the future of email security.In just the last few weeks, cybercriminals...

As cybercrime gangs exploit COVID-19 to target the lonely, victims (and their banks) could get jilted out of millions. Law enforcement agencies around the world are reporting a surge in romance scams as fraudsters seek to cash in on the profound loneliness many people are feeling due to social distancing amid the coronavirus pandemic. Those who fall prey could face financial ruin or get conned...

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With a growing number of phishing attacks successfully eluding email security controls, losses for businesses and their customers have been mounting fast—and that's before the current tsunami of email scams seeking to exploit the coronavirus pandemic.The good news: Our Spring '20 Release is here to help change that.Since the beginning of March, Agari scored more than 73 million inbound messages...

With 60 million corporate employees working remotely due to the Coronavirus outbreak, cybercriminals are switching up their tactics in business email compromise (BEC) scams.In what has been called the "world's largest work-from-home experiment," organizations around the globe are being forced to quickly transition to a remote workforce, ready or not. Cybercriminals have opportunistically adjusted...

As if coronavirus hasn't put enough of a damper on vacation schedules this spring, corporate employees taking time off might want to rethink their "out of office" email settings for fear a different threat: Business Email Compromise (BEC) scams.Sure, the temptation to share humorous details about your big spring adventure can be irresistible for a certain species of corporate denizen (especially...

Unique BEC Approach May Be a Sign of Things to Come in the Age of COVID-19Amid a sharp rise in coronavirus-related phishing attacks worldwide, Fortra identified what may be the first documented use of the pandemic as a lure in an emerging breed of business email compromise (BEC) scams that can fleece businesses out of millions.In January, we published a post about an email crime ring code named...