By MIRRIAM ZIMBACYBERCRIME includes Business Email Compromise (BEC) which can be defined as “a criminal act where criminals illegally access an email account and communicate as if they are the user”. They do this by stealing account holders’ usernames and passwords through phishing or other means, to trick users into disclosing their details. They then utilise the compromised information to access and use the user’s email account.Indications of a possible compromised email address include:Complaints about spam being sent from your email address.Emails are not being received.Missing emails.Receiving large numbers of undeliverable or bounce messages for emails you did not send.Not being able to log into your email account.Seeing unknown emails in your Sent Items folder.TIPSMake sure your device (laptop, mobile phone, tablet) has the most up-to-date Operating System updates and antivirus/malware software.Depending on the extent to which your account was abused, you may have to contact all email recipients who were spammed by your hacked mailbox to […]
Business Email Compromise
