Business inboxes bombarded with dangerous scams

Business email inboxes are being flooded with fraudulent messages, with cybercriminals looking to capitalize on gullible and overworked professionals.  This is according to a new report from GreatHorn, which states that spoofed email accounts were the most common form of Business Email Compromise (BEC) attack last year. Out of 270 IT and cybersecurity professionals surveyed, almost three-quarters (71 percent) reported …

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2020 was a record year for online scams

During 2020, there were 15 times more online scams than in the previous year, a new report from the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) claims. Basing the report on the results of the organization’s Active Cyber Defence program, the NCSC claims to have mitigated more than 700,000 online scams last year, which includes 1.4 million URLs.  The program heavily …

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Email-based scams pose the greatest threat to business data

The quantity of cyberthreats businesses have started facing since the pandemic kicked off has increased significantly. Among all the different types of threats they are facing, email-based scams appear to be the most prevalent.  This is according to a new report from Mactavish, a company specializing in outsourced insurance buyer and claims resolution. Polling 218 business owners and managers for …

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