Phishing and BEC

A couple of links to interesting scam stories: one on a current phishing scam, one on a major operation successfully disrupting BEC (Business Email Compromise) scams across the world.

• Romain Dumont for ESET: Phishing anniversary: Here’s a free $50/month subscription – “Adidas “prize” used as bait in attempt to lure people into biting”
• John E. Dunn for Sophos: FBI arrests 74 in global Business Email Compromise takedown – “In an FBI action dubbed Operation WireWire, 42 people accused of being involved in BEC have been arrested in the US, plus a further 29 in Nigeria, and one each in Canada, Mauritius and Poland.”

David Harley