Business Email Compromise (BEC) Criminal Ring

Schneier on Security 2020-07-10

Summary:

A criminal group called Cosmic Lynx seems to be based in Russia: Dubbed Cosmic Lynx, the group has carried out more than 200 BEC campaigns since July 2019, according to researchers from the email security firm Agari, particularly targeting senior executives at large organizations and corporations in 46 countries. Cosmic Lynx specializes in topical, tailored scams related to mergers and...

Link:

https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2020/07/business_email_.html

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Tags:

cybercrime

Authors:

Bruce Schneier

Date tagged:

07/10/2020, 11:59

Date published:

07/10/2020, 07:12