Ancient Tortoise BEC Scammers Launch Coronavirus-Themed Attack

From bleepingcomputer.com

Ancient Tortoise BEC Scammers Launch Coronavirus-Themed Attack

A Business Email Compromise (BEC) cybercrime group has started using coronavirus-themed scam emails that advantage of the COVID-19 global outbreak to convince potential victims to send payments to attacker-controlled accounts.

In a report shared with BleepingComputer, Agari Cyber Intelligence Division (ACID) researchers say that they “believe this attack is the first reported example of BEC (business email compromise) actors exploiting the global COVID-19 event.”

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