business email compromise
SlashNext Report Shows How Cybercriminals Use Generative AI
A SlashNext report detailed how cybercriminals use generative AI capabilities to launch phishing and BEC attacks in greater volume ...
Today’s cybersecurity health checks must identify AI based threats. Does yours?
Your organization will most likely face AI based threats in cybersecurity at some point this year. And as such, you can’t rely on outdated risk assessment methodologies that struggle to keep pace ...
Listen to These Recordings: Deepfake Social Engineering Scams Are Scaring Victims
Deepfake social engineering scams have become an increasingly scary trend among cybercriminals to socially engineer victims into submission. The threat actors are using Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) voice cloning ...
G2 Places SlashNext in Top 3 for Integrated Cloud Email Security for 2023, #1 Ratings in Many Categories
SlashNext has been named in the Top 3 list for Integrated Cloud Email Security Vendors by G2, the world’s largest and most trusted software marketplace used by 80 million software buyers each year ...
Attackers Use QuickBooks to Launch ‘BEC 3.0’ Campaign
QuickBooks is in the crosshairs of bad actors. Attackers are creating free accounts in QuickBooks, which they then use to pilfer money and data from users in what are being called business ...
Five Types of Business Email Compromise Attacks and How to Prevent Them
In a recent blog, we cited the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and its Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) latest 2022 report, which emphasized a steep and significant rise in Business Email Compromise ...
Armorblox Report Surfaces Spike in BEC Attacks
An analysis of customer data from email protection platform provider Armorblox found business email compromise (BEC) attacks have increased 72% year-over-year. More than half of those attacks (56%) bypassed legacy security filters ...
How Executive Cybersecurity Protection Limits Ransomware Threats
Ransomware, or malicious malware designed to shut down or block access to vital business data until ransom fees are paid, continues to disrupt organizations worldwide. In recent years, it’s become clear that ...
Business Email Compromise Threats Soar Past Phishing Risks
The risk of business email compromise (BEC) is increasing annually and is estimated to be twice as severe as the overall threat of phishing, according to an Osterman Research/IronScales survey of 249 ...
Weak Passwords Offer Easy Access to Enterprise Networks
Poor password practices continue to put businesses at risk, with nearly 90% of passwords used in successful attacks consisting of 12 characters or less, indicating additional security measures are required to protect ...
