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Fake Mailer Attacks: How Threat Actors Spoof Emails

In March 2021, the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center reported that business email compromise — often launched using a fake mailer or spoofing tool — cost American organizations over $1.8 billion in 2020 alone. That made it the most financially damaging cybercrime category in the entire IC3 report, dwarfing

Carl B. Johnson Jul 01, 2021 7 min read
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FakeEmail Attacks: How Spoofed Messages Breach Networks

In 2023, the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center reported that business email compromise — attacks built on fakeemail addresses and spoofed sender identities — accounted for over $2.9 billion in adjusted losses. That made it the single most financially devastating cybercrime category they tracked. Not ransomware. Not cryptojacking. Fake

Carl B. Johnson Feb 09, 2020 7 min read