Cybercriminals are becoming more specialized as they try to extract the maximum value out of email account compromises, a new report by researchers at UC Berkeley and the security firm Barracuda Networks has found.
Episode 181: How Scammers weaponize COVID Anxiety
In this episode of the podcast (#181), we’re joined by Shashi Prakash, Chief Scientist at the firm Bolster.ai, to talk about the surge in COVID 19-themed scams and phishing attacks in recent weeks and what individuals and companies can do thwart COVID-themed scams and attacks.
FBI: Cybercrime Accounted for $2.7B in Losses in 2018
Organizations lost $2.7 billion to Internet-enabled theft, fraud and exploitation in 2018, with business e-mail compromise scams resulting in the highest of these financial losses, according to the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3).
Research: Sextortion Scams more frequent, sophisticated
So-called “sextortion” attacks are a growing threat, replacing other e-mail borne threats like spam, ransomware and business e-mail compromise attacks as they increase in sophistication and scope, a new report finds.
Podcast Episode 123: HaveIBeenPwned’s Troy Hunt on Marriott’s Big Mess and GreatHorn on the Asymmetric Threat of Email
Thanks to our friends at GreatHorn for sponsoring this week’s podcast. In this episode of the Podcast, # 123: Troy Hunt, the founder of HaveIBeenPwned.com joins us to talk about Marriott International’s big mess: a breach of Starwood Hotels’ reservation system that revealed information on half a billion (with a “B”) guests. And, in our second segment: you’ve heard of Business Email Compromise attacks but what about Business Service Impersonation scams? In our second segment we speak with Kevin O’Brien the CEO and co-founder of GreatHorn about using machine learning to defend against asymmetric messaging threats.
