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The HSD Trendmonitor is designed to provide access to relevant content on various subjects in the safety and security domain, to identify relevant developments and to connect knowledge and organisations. The safety and security domain encompasses a vast number of subjects. Four relevant taxonomies (type of threat or opportunity, victim, source of threat and domain of application) have been constructed in order to visualize all of these subjects. The taxonomies and related category descriptions have been carefully composed according to other taxonomies, European and international standards and our own expertise.
In order to identify safety and security related trends, relevant reports and HSD news articles are continuously scanned, analysed and classified by hand according to the four taxonomies. This results in a wide array of observations, which we call ‘Trend Snippets’. Multiple Trend Snippets combined can provide insights into safety and security trends. The size of the circles shows the relative weight of the topic, the filters can be used to further select the most relevant content for you. If you have an addition, question or remark, drop us a line at info@securitydelta.nl.
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An e-mail compromise, or e-mail account compromise (EAC), is a digital attack in which various tactics are used by malicious individuals to gain access to the e-mail inbox of another individual. (Digital) tactics such as phishing, malware and password spray are used in such attacks. An e-mail compromise can lead to e-mail fraud, in which the legitimate e-mail account is utilized to commit fraudulent attacks on other individuals.
Businesses can also fall victim to e-mail compromising attacks, known as a business e-mail compromise (BEC). In most cases, malicious individuals send an e-mail which appears to be from a legitimate source, including a legitimate request. For example, requests can be made to transfer down payments or change the e-mail on an invoice, which can lead to severe financial damage to a company. These e-mails are often send by senior management or directors whose e-mail accounts are compromised and send to the financial department. Measures against e-mail compromise often include awareness, training, process interventions (2 pair of eyes, orders only through decidated systems, only use recognised and verified bank accounts) and technical interventions (e-mail monitoring, e-mail filtering, anti-phishing solutions, multi-factor authentication).
Related keywords: e-mail spoofing, spear phishing spoof attacks, spam, anti-spam, spam filtering, unsollicited infected e-mails, whaling, social engineering, CEO fraud, CFO fraud, CxO fraud
An e-mail compromise, or e-mail account compromise (EAC), is a digital attack in which various tactics are used by malicious individuals to gain access to the e-mail inbox of another individual. (Digital) tactics such as phishing, malware and password spray are used in such attacks. An e-mail compromise can lead to e-mail fraud, in which the legitimate e-mail account is utilized to commit fraudulent attacks on other individuals.
Businesses can also fall victim to e-mail compromising attacks, known as a business e-mail compromise (BEC). In most cases, malicious individuals send an e-mail which appears to be from a legitimate source, including a legitimate request. For example, requests can be made to transfer down payments or change the e-mail on an invoice, which can lead to severe financial damage to a company. These e-mails are often send by senior management or directors whose e-mail accounts are compromised and send to the financial department. Measures against e-mail compromise often include awareness, training, process interventions (2 pair of eyes, orders only through decidated systems, only use recognised and verified bank accounts) and technical interventions (e-mail monitoring, e-mail filtering, anti-phishing solutions, multi-factor authentication).
Related keywords: e-mail spoofing, spear phishing spoof attacks, spam, anti-spam, spam filtering, unsollicited infected e-mails, whaling, social engineering, CEO fraud, CFO fraud, CxO fraud
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