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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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Uncovering The Lessons In A Third-Party Cyberattack

PYMNTS

When it comes to preventing an attack, multifactor authentication and other kinds of multilayer security measures, plus the practice of frequently updating software and installing patches, remain the tried-and-true defenses. Blackbaud's data breach isn't unique, per se.

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

The Payments Association

In an AiTM attack, the attacker typically sends a phishing email with a link that directs the victim to a fake login page (redirector or AiTM phishing page) designed to look like a legitimate service.