“I need you to wire payment to…” There has been a rise of what has been dubbed “The Business Email Compromise”, in which employees are tricked, by what seems to be an email from a superior, into sending money to the people orchestrating the phishing scam. We see these when […]
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March Madness — Phishing? How many of your employees do you think will be swapping, and opening, basketball-themed emails throughout the NCAA play-offs? McAfee turned up a good example of plausible, well-timed phishbait recently. A malicious Word document was circulated to South Korean targets interested in the Winter Olympics, particularly […]
Employers beware: Companies are experiencing a wave of phishing scams that target employee paychecks. There is a new Direct Deposit phishing attack you need to watch out for. It’s a sophisticated scam that starts with an official-looking email that asks you to click a link and access a website. Next, […]