BEC Gang Exploits G Suite, Long Domain Names in Cyberattacks

Business email compromise BEC attacks continue to be a thorn in companies’ sides, with the FBI in its IC3 annual cybercrime report saying that the attacks cost victims $1.7 billion in 2019. Making matters worse, BEC cybergangs are turning to new tactics and tricks to avoid detection and capitaliz...

Why This New Cybergang is Heralding a New Age For BEC

A newly-uncovered business email compromise BEC cybergang, dubbed Silent Starling, has found success using a tricky technique to swindle funds from more than 500 organizations worldwide. The West African cybergang has been using a method that researchers with Agari – who discovered them in late...

Podcast: Behind-the-Scenes Look at Scattered Canary BEC Cybergang

LONDON, U.K. – At Infosecurity Europe, Threatpost caught up with Agari researchers to discuss their threat research unveiled at the show about a newly-unveiled business email compromise BEC cybergang. The cybercriminal group, which researchers called Scattered Canary, has been evolving for over 1...

Newly-Identified BEC Cybergang Targets U.S. Enterprise Victims

LONDON, U.K. – Researchers have identified a highly-sophisticated Nigerian business email compromise gang targeting U.S enterprises and government institutions. The cybercrime group, dubbed Scattered Canary, has evolved over the past 10 years from a one-man shop working Craigslist scams into a...

BEC Scam Gang London Blue Evolves Tactics, Targets

Prolific business email compromise group London Blue has been spotted in a recent campaign that demonstrates the group’s evolved tactics and improved targeting via an updated database. London Blue has been around since 2011 – but researchers spotted the business email compromise BEC group again i...