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BEC Global Insights Report: July 2026

In July 2026, FIRE observed a 12% decrease in BEC attack volume, with gift cards remaining the most common cash-out method and Apple Store gift cards representing the largest share of gift card requests. The month also saw lower wire transfer request amounts, 31 cryptocurrency-related scams across 15 unique wallets, and continued reliance on free webmail providers for most BEC attacks.
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July 2026 Patch Tuesday Analysis

Today’s Patch Tuesday Alert addresses Microsoft’s July 2026 Security Updates. The FIRE team is actively working on coverage for these vulnerabilities and expect to ship that coverage as soon as it is completed. In-the-Wild & Disclosed CVEsCVE-2026-58644A vulnerability in SharePoint could allow for an unauthenticated user to execute code due to deserialization of untrusted data. Microsoft has...
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Fortra Patch Priority Index for June 2026

Microsoft’s June 2026 Patch Tuesday was its largest ever. This Patch Priority Index ranks customer-actionable vulnerabilities by operational risk, highlighting internet-facing threats, active exploitation, public PoCs, and enterprise exposure while excluding low-priority and non-actionable cloud-service CVEs.
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The Financial Scam Detector (FSD): a Model to Catch the "Initial Contact" Financial Email Scam

Legacy email security systems are excellent at stopping known threats. If a malicious link has been flagged before, or if a sending domain is on a global blacklist, the email gets blocked. But what happens when an attacker uses generative AI to instantly script dozens of highly convincing lookalike domains, pairs them with short-lived disposable domain infrastructure, crafts a hyper realistic fake...
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Fortra Patch Priority Index for May 2026

Fortra’s May 2026 Patch Priority Index ranks the month’s most important vulnerabilities by real-world enterprise risk rather than severity score alone. It emphasizes prioritizing internet-facing and network-accessible systems first — especially Palo Alto GlobalProtect, Windows DNS, and Microsoft Exchange — while tracking cloud-side remediated issues separately when no customer patching is required.