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Talos Takes Ep. #62: There's still plenty of mileage left in BEC

Talos Takes

English - August 12, 2022 16:00 - 5 minutes - 3.82 MB
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Business email compromise may seem like last decade’s threat, but it’s still just as prevalent as ever. A recent FBI report found that it cost users more than $1 billion in 2020, and attackers are now capitalizing on everything from PlayStation 5 sales to the COVID-19 pandemic to still scam people. On this week’s Talos Takes, Nick Biasini recaps his recent research into BEC and discusses why there are some reasons why this threat may never go away (hint: users).