The monthly Global BEC Insights Report from Fortra presents a comprehensive analysis of the latest tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTP) employed by BEC threat actors. This report draws on extensive intelligence gathered from hundreds of active defense engagements conducted throughout the month. Key insights include geolocation data, attack volume, and the variety of scams, such as payroll diversion and advance fee fraud. The report also highlights the use of gift cards in scams, the requested amounts in wire transfer fraud, and the banks and webmail providers frequently targeted by attackers. These findings provide a critical understanding of the evolving BEC threat landscape.

Discover the definition of proactive monitoring, examples of proactive monitoring and early indicators of issues, proactive monitoring best practices, and how to implement proactive monitoring.

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Fortra VM will include the Microsoft Patch Tuesday checks in the NIRV 4.52.0 and FVM Agent 2.13 releases. Microsoft addressed 117 vulnerabilities in this release, including 3 rated as Critical and 43 Remote Code Execution vulnerabilities. This release also includes fixes for two vulnerabilities that have been exploited in the wild. CVE-2024-43572 Microsoft Management Console Remote Code...

The monthly Global BEC Insights Report from Fortra presents a comprehensive analysis of the latest tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTP) employed by BEC threat actors. This report draws on extensive intelligence gathered from hundreds of active defense engagements conducted throughout the month. Key insights include geolocation data, attack volume, and the variety of scams, such as payroll diversion and advance fee fraud. The report also highlights the use of gift cards in scams, the requested amounts in wire transfer fraud, and the banks and webmail providers frequently targeted by attackers. These findings provide a critical understanding of the evolving BEC threat landscape.