The Daily Mirror Online reported:
Kaspersky has detected a series of targeted cyber attacks where fraudsters impersonated company CEOs to deceive finance departments into paying fake invoices. These sophisticated Business Email Compromise (BEC) attacks involved emails mimicking correspondence between executives and alleged contractor companies, urging urgent payments for "consulting services."
The attackers meticulously forged executive identities, creating convincing but fake email threads. A key tactic involved using sender email addresses that had no connection to the displayed sender names, which often included the name of a fictional partner company. In some instances, the fraudulent invoice was attached, while in others, the email itself served as the demand for payment.
Kaspersky has detected a series of targeted cyber attacks where fraudsters impersonated company CEOs to deceive finance departments into paying fake invoices. These sophisticated Business Email Compromise (BEC) attacks involved emails mimicking correspondence between executives and alleged contractor companies, urging urgent payments for "consulting services."
The attackers meticulously forged executive identities, creating convincing but fake email threads. A key tactic involved using sender email addresses that had no connection to the displayed sender names, which often included the name of a fictional partner company. In some instances, the fraudulent invoice was attached, while in others, the email itself served as the demand for payment.
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