Business email compromise is getting harder to spot because criminals are getting better at telling a believable story. Microsoft recently documented a large campaign that sent more than one million phishing emails over just a few days. The messages impersonated executives, vendors, and routine business processes, often leading victims toward ACH payment requests approaching $50,000.Continue reading “Your Boss Approved This Invoice. Or Did They? AI Is Changing Business Email Fraud”
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Business Email Compromise: When the Email Is Real but the Person Behind It Isn’t
A phishing email is dangerous when it looks real. Business email compromise can be even more dangerous because sometimes the email is real. The criminal may be communicating from the actual account of your employee, vendor, executive, or business partner. That changes the problem completely. There may be no misspelled domain to spot. No suspicious-lookingContinue reading “Business Email Compromise: When the Email Is Real but the Person Behind It Isn’t”
How MFA Prevents Cyber Attacks: Real SMB Breaches That Didn’t Have to Happen
Small and mid-sized businesses across Texas keep asking the same question after a breach: How did this happen? More importantly, they should be asking: How MFA prevents cyber attacks and why didn’t we have it fully enforced? In 2024 and 2025, credential-based attacks remain the #1 way cybercriminals breach organizations. Attackers don’t break in throughContinue reading “How MFA Prevents Cyber Attacks: Real SMB Breaches That Didn’t Have to Happen”