Israel-based BEC attacks on the rise

Even though nearly three-quarters of business email compromise attacks during the past year have emerged from Nigeria, Israel has been gaining traction as a base for sophisticated BEC campaigns, as evidenced by the nearly 350 BEC attacks by an Israel-based threat operation since 2021, TechRepublic reports.

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