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BEC
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AI-Powered Scams, Human Trafficking Fuel Global Cybercrime Surge: INTERPOL
New INTERPOL Financial Fraud assessment reveals how cybercrime is being fueled by the abuse of AI and other technologies.
March 15, 2024
Interpol Nets $300 Million, Arrests 3,500 in Major Cyber Crime Bust
From NFTs to Sextortion: AI & Deepfakes Fuel New Scams Exposed in Interpol Cyber Sting - The global arrests were part of Interpol's operation HAECHI IV.
December 21, 2023
Phishing 3.0: Crooks Leverage AWS in Deceptive Email Campaigns
The new attack has been dubbed Phishing 3.0.
August 11, 2023
WormGPT – The Malicious ChatGPT Alternative Empowering Cybercriminals
Malicious AI Unleashed: WormGPT Raises Concerns in Cybersecurity!
July 15, 2023
Franco-Israeli Gang Linked to $40 Million CEO Scam Busted
Europol searched 8 houses in Israel and France, with the main culprit arrested in Israel along with seven others.
February 20, 2023
Europol nabs 106 criminals involved in SIM swapping, money laundering
Europol said that the suspects carried out a number of cybercrimes included phishing, SIM Swapping, and BEC (business email compromise.)
September 20, 2021
FBI arrests Famous Instagrammer Ray Hushpuppi over $125m BEC scam
Ray Hushpuppi also targeted the English Premier League soccer club...
July 7, 2020
Popular forms of cybercrime you should be aware of
Cybercrime is any criminal activity where the main object (as a target and/or as a tool) is a computer or network...
December 14, 2019
BEC attack: Nikkei employee transfers $29 million to scammers
The leading financial media organization in Japan and owner of the Financial Times Nikkei has admitted that it suffered an embarrassing Business Email Compromise (BEC) or commonly known as BEC attack.
November 4, 2019
Wicked scammers steal $1 million from Save the Children charity
Another day, another email scam – This time, wicked scammers have stolen over $1,000,000 from Save the Children, an international…
December 16, 2018