Business email compromise (BEC) attacks have increased in six out of eight industries according to a new report from Abnormal Security. The energy industry experienced a massive 93 percent rise in BEC attacks from Q2 to Q3. Invoice and payment fraud that seeks to leverage the fear, uncertainty and doubt of the pandemic proved popular too, increasing by 81 percent. The most impersonated brands have seen a return to the pre-pandemic position. In Q3, Zoom dropped from the top spot to be replaced by DHL followed by Dropbox and Amazon.”]
Source: https://betanews.com/2020/10/29/email-compromise-attacks-increase/