In our 2022 Annual State of Phishing Report, we observed the Business Email Compromise (BEC) threat category inch up from 6% to 7% of overall threats, with the Healthcare sector still leading the way at 16%. With increased attention and speculation around BEC, otherwise known as CEO fraud, Cofense CTO & Co-Founder, Aaron Higbee, BEC specialist and Principal Threat Advisor, Ronnie Tokazowski, and myself sat down to go in-depth on our findings and insights around this threat.
One of the highlights from this webinar was a new tactic we recently observed at Cofense related to direct deposits. As you can see from the message below, this threat actor leverages what many companies use as a best practice, utilizing self-service to update direct deposit information, making this tactic more effective. ...read more!
