From the course: Spies, Lies, and Cybercrime: How Thinking Like a Spy Hunter Can Protect You from Cyberattacks
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From the course: Spies, Lies, and Cybercrime: How Thinking Like a Spy Hunter Can Protect You from Cyberattacks
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- Many cyber attacks begin with an email business. Email compromise scams often appear to come from a high-level executive like the CFO or CEO. These emails pressure employees to make wire transfers or take urgent actions, threatening the loss of deals or opportunities if they don't comply. Despite extensive employee training, BEC remains one of the largest financial crimes globally. But what happens when the email is just the start of the scam when you can't even trust what you're seeing? This scenario played out for a finance worker in the Hong Kong branch of a multinational architecture and design firm headquartered in the UK. A company so prominent, they designed such iconic landmarks like the Birds Nest Stadium from the 2008 Beijing Olympics and the Sydney Opera House. The finance worker in the Hong Kong office received an email from the company's CFO based in the UK. Normally, they would be cautious with such emails, especially since they're trained on BEC, but this email didn't…
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