Nearly Two-Thirds of CEOs Cite Cyberattacks as Their Top Concern

Cyberattacks are now the top concern of leading CEOs, overtaking fears over geopolitical turmoil or inflation, the Wall Street Journal reports. A survey by the Conference Board and the ...

September 5, 2025 KnowBe4 Team

Warning: New Spear Phishing Campaign Targets Executives

Researchers at Stripe warn of a wave of spear phishing attacks targeting C-suite employees and senior leadership across a wide range of industries.

October 3, 2024 Stu Sjouwerman

Cybercriminal Gang Targeting SMBs Using Business Email Compromise

Researchers at Todyl have published a report on a major cybercriminal group that’s conducting business email compromise (BEC) attacks against small and medium-sized businesses. Todyl ...

July 18, 2024 Stu Sjouwerman

7 in 10 Organizations Experienced a Business Email Compromise Attack in the Last 12 Months

Despite ransomware getting the lion’s share of the tech pub headlines, business email compromise (BEC) attacks are alive and well… and having a material impact.

February 12, 2024 Stu Sjouwerman

Americans Lose a Record $10 Billion to Fraud in 2023; Mostly Due To Investment Scams

The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has disclosed that people in the United States lost a record $10 billion to fraud in 2023, a 14% increase from 2022. Nearly half of the losses were ...

October 4, 2023 Roger Grimes

[Cybersecurity Awareness Month] Spoofy Steve's Business Email Compromise Scams You Need to Watch Out For

Like a ghost, most business email compromise (BEC) scams are able to sneak through most technical defenses and end up in end-user inboxes.

August 28, 2023 Stu Sjouwerman

Top 10 Trends in Business Email Compromise for 2023

Researchers at Trustwave have published a report outlining trends in business email compromise (BEC) attacks, finding that these attacks spiked in February of 2023.

July 20, 2023 Stu Sjouwerman

Business Email Compromise Now Has a $50 Billion Price Tag

The latest data from the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) ups the estimate for the cost of losses and exposure through business email compromise (BEC) attacks from 2013 through ...

July 6, 2023 Stu Sjouwerman

New Report Shows Social Engineering and Business Email Compromise Attacks Have Drastically Increased in 2023

Email-based social engineering attacks have risen by 464% this year compared to the first half of 2022, according to a report by Acronis. Business email compromise (BEC) attacks have also ...

June 20, 2023 Stu Sjouwerman

New Social Engineering Tactic Uses PDFs in Business Email Compromise Attacks

Legitimate services can be exploited in social engineering, including business email compromise (BEC) attacks.  Researchers at Check Point describe one current BEC campaign that’s using ...

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