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Deepfakes Threaten To Become The New BEC Scam

PYMNTS

The business email compromise (BEC) scam continues to rear its ugly head at the enterprise, with the global pandemic creating even more avenues through which cyber attackers can steal company money. At the heart of BEC and other scams is impersonation.

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Adversary-in-the-middle fraud: A growing concern for payments providers in 2025

The Payments Association

When the victim enters their credentials, the attacker captures these details and may steal session cookies to bypass multifactor authentication (MFA). Using stolen session cookies, the attacker can authenticate themselves into the victim’s account, gaining unauthorised access to emails or other resources.