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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HMRC bombarded by 5,000 malicious emails per day

In the past three months, Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) received a total of 521,582 malicious emails, according to data acquired by the Parliament Street think tank. From June to September, HMRC has been the recipient of more than 5,000 malicious emails per day on average, including spam messages, phishing attempts and malware-rigged communications. Spam and junk messages accounted …

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