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Lowenstein Sandler LLP

Emerging Threat: Task-Based Employment Scams Target Businesses and Their Employees

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A new wave of sophisticated gamified job scams, often called task scams, is targeting both companies and job seekers, according to recent Federal Trade Commission (FTC) data. These scams trick people into performing simple,...more

Bennett Jones LLP

Business Email Compromise: Protect Your Company From This Common Scam

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Between 2016 and 2019, Business Email Compromise (BEC) scams cost American organizations US$3.1 billion in losses and Canadian organizations US$33.6 million. This type of pervasive scam targets large and small businesses...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Don’t Let Spoofing Fool You – SEC Says Internal Accounting Controls Should Address Cyber Threats

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On October 16, 2018, the SEC released an Investigative Report detailing recent email spoofing schemes that caused nine public companies to lose a total of nearly $100 million. Building on its February 2018 guidance about the...more

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