Business Email Compromise stories
Security teams face faster, more convincing phishing as Doppel rolls out tools that link inbox alerts to attack infrastructure and automate awareness training.
Attackers are exploiting urgency and trust in payment and payroll processes, putting finance teams at risk of fraud, disruption and scrutiny.
Employees now face more realistic phone-based fraud tests as security teams can simulate vishing using local caller IDs and AI voices.
Proofpoint says underground forums are advertising tools that use indirect prompt injection across emails, PDFs, calendar invites and web pages.
Victims can be tricked more easily as Logokit now tailors fake login pages in real time, sending stolen credentials to Telegram bots.
Demand is rising for outside-in cyber monitoring as firms seek earlier warning of impersonation, leaks and fraud before systems are breached.
Email fraud is now the top incident type, accounting for 45% of cases as attackers bypass multi-factor authentication with stolen credentials.
Australian consumers face a higher risk of tailored scams, as stolen contact details can be used to mimic trusted brands after the Origin breach.
Smaller firms face faster and costlier breaches as AI cuts the time hackers need to exploit software flaws from weeks to hours.
Researchers warn the campaign can bypass multi-factor authentication, putting university and EU-linked accounts at risk of real-time takeover.
Email-borne attacks can now be tracked alongside endpoint and network threats as eSentire folds patching and response into Atlas AI Platform.
Phishing and fraud still drive most insured cyber losses, as artificial intelligence makes familiar scams more effective for clients.
In Singapore, 68% of ransomware-hit organisations said AI made attacks more effective, as phishing and impersonation drove most incidents.
Mid-market firms in financial, insurance and consulting services face the highest ransomware risk, with attacks now striking faster and costing far more.
Data theft and repeat extortion are hitting Australian businesses harder as AI helps attackers make ransomware lures more convincing.
Mid-sized firms risk wasting cybersecurity spend unless one executive is accountable for translating alerts into financial and operational decisions.
Identity-led attacks are speeding up intrusions, with LevelBlue finding business email compromise accounted for 45 per cent of incidents in Q2 2026.
Most employees still miss signs of AI-led payment fraud, as 79% said email filters alone cannot stop increasingly convincing impersonation scams.
Ransomware attacks spread through vendor systems and AI-aided tactics, leaving 7,551 publicly disclosed victims in the latest 12-month period.
Frontier AI is lowering the bar for cybercrime, with attackers using it to scale phishing, malware and reconnaissance more quickly.