Business Email Compromise

Nigerian National pleads guilty to participating in a millionaire BEC scheme

A Nigerian national pleaded guilty to wire fraud and money laundering through business email compromise (BEC). The Nigerian national Kosi…

6 months ago

Microsoft experts disrupted a large-scale BEC campaign

Microsoft disrupted a large-scale business email compromise (BEC) campaign that used forwarding rules to access messages related to financial transactions.…

3 years ago

SilverTerrier gang uses COVID-19 lures in BEC attacks against healthcare, government organizations

Nigerian cyber gang SilverTerrier, specialized in BEC attacks, used COVID-19 lures in recent attacks on healthcare and government organizations. Researchers…

4 years ago

Operation WireWire – Law enforcement arrested 74 individuals involved in BEC scams

US authorities announced the arrest of 74 individuals as part of an international law enforcement operation dubbed 'operation WireWire' targeting BEC…

6 years ago

Business email compromise (BEC), the 5 billion dollar scam

The Federal Bureau of Investigation report reveals that Business email compromise scams caused losses to businesses for 5 billion dollars…

7 years ago

American company lost $100 million to BEC fraud

US prosecutors confirmed on Thursday that an American firm lost nearly $100 million in a BEC (business email compromise) scam.…

8 years ago

Olympic Vision BEC attacks target businesses worldwide with keyloggers

Trend Micro discovered a Business Email Compromise Campaign leveraging on the Olympic Vision keylogger that targets Middle East and Asia…

8 years ago

IC3 and FBI warn about Business Email Compromise aka Wire Payment Scam

IC3 and FBI warn about a significant increase of cases related to Business Email Compromise, nearly 2,000 individuals were victims…

9 years ago

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