Using natural language models to identify Business Email Compromise (BEC)
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Business Email Compromise – fighting back with machine learning
Machine learning models are immune to blandishments, threats, flattery and so – so why not set them against social engineers?
Sports team nearly paid a $1.25m transfer fee… to cybercrooks
If a crook is already inside your email, occasionally adding in believable emails of their own… how on earth do you spot the fake ones?
Flashy Nigerian Instagram star extradited to US to face BEC charges
It’s a short jump from a Rolls Royce ride to extradition from the UAE. Goodbye, Dubai, goodbye, Palazzo Versace, hello, Chicago jail cell.
Twitter apologizes for leaking businesses’ financial data
Twitter emailed business clients to tell them that their financial data may have been seen by the uninvited.
Scammers target COVID-19 CARES Act relief scheme
US states are being flooded by fraudulent unemployment applications in a scam run by a sophisticated cybergang.
Dating app user logins found on hacking forum
3.5 million user logins for the MobiFriends dating app are being offered for free on a popular dark web hackers forum. This post appeared first on Naked Security Blog by…
Watch out for Office 365 and G Suite scams, FBI warns businesses
The FBI has warned users of Microsoft Office 365 and Google G Suite hosted email about Business Email Compromise (BEC) scams. This post appeared first on Naked Security Blog by…
FBI: Cybercrime tore a $3.5b hole in victims’ pockets last year
The FBI’s Internet Crime Report shows that business email comprise is the biggest money-maker for cybercriminals. This post appeared first on Naked Security Blog by Sophos Author: Lisa Vaas