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NOVEMBER 6, 2017

To mark this annual occasion, DHS holds a campaign to raise awareness of cybersecurity issues and to help companies and financial institutions take steps against the type of threats with consequences significantly more serious than perpetrating a Halloween prank. But obviously, that was not good enough.”.

FS-ISAC

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DECEMBER 18, 2017

judge has sentenced a Nigerian man to three years and five months in prison for his role in a business email compromise scam. Reports said Adindu was arrested in 2016 and allegedly carried out business email compromise scams between 2014 and 2016.

Scams

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OCTOBER 3, 2017

Earlier this year, TD Bank warned that this scam, known as the business email compromise in the U.S., A fifth of NACHA attendees said the attack appeared in the form of a business email compromise. is now the most common cyberattack against corporates.

Email Compromise

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JANUARY 9, 2019

While financial services (FinServ) innovations often emerge with built-in security measures, new market trends — including faster payments and open banking — are introducing new security threats to corporate treasury departments, according to cybersecurity company BioCatch. In the case of Same Day ACH in the U.S.,

Faster Payments

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MAY 3, 2016

According to the cybersecurity firm FireEye, which is probing the bank heist, there has been “activity in other financial services organizations that is likely by the same threat actor behind the cyberattack on Bangladesh Bank.”. B2B payments and payroll were cited as two of the strongest use cases for Same Day ACH, NACHA said.

Same Day ACH

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MAY 7, 2018

In its analysis of the Same-Day ACH rollout, NACHA found no evidence that it led to an increase in fraud attempts or successful breaches. In corporate payments, while fraud is typically linked to wire and checks , the rise in Business Email Compromise (BEC) and account takeovers means ACH fraud is a growing threat, same-day or not.

Same Day ACH