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Earlier this year I joined the team at CultureAI, and like many, I shared the news on LinkedIn. Within weeks, I found myself at the receiving end of multiple phishing emails impersonating our CEO designed to exploit new employees. But rather than ignoring them, I thought it could be fun to play along, see where the rabbit hole led, and deep dive into the world of BCE and Gift Card scams.

Fraud has moved from an IT issue to a boardroom topic across industries. The more complex the fraud, the bigger the financial, brand, and customer risk. E-commerce fraud, for example, is expected to cost from $44.3 billion in 2024 (when it was last reported) to $107 billion in 2029, a 141% increase. And that’s just one industry. When the stakes are this high, you can’t blindly chase threats.

Card fraud is evolving—fast. With unauthorised payment card fraud surpassing £275 million in the first half of 2024, businesses face increasing financial and reputational risks. Fraudsters steal physical cards, breach databases, and exploit digital channels, making fraud a low-risk, high-reward crime. The consequences? Lost revenue, customer trust, and compliance fines, with the average UK data breach now costing £3.5 million.

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There are thousands of people worldwide trying to scam you, hoping they can make you a victim, steal your money, and harm you in some way. While some of it is done by individuals or small gangs of people, a lot of it happens on an industrialized scale. In countries around the world, there are large teams of people living and working together, controlled by managers, with profits going up the corporate ladder to people who think they are the next Elon Musk.

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Clone phishing is another scam that threatens our online security and data. Throughout this article, we will analyze what clone phishing is with real-world examples. In doing so, you can help identify this kind of scam and keep your personal and business information safe.

The KnowBe4 Threat Research team has observed a sustained increase in the use of Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) files to obfuscate malicious payloads. SVGs are vector based, rather than pixel-based like PNGs and JPGs. This means the graphic elements can be scaled up without loss of quality - making them perfect for sharing graphics, such as logos and icons, via email.

Banking and financial services companies sit on a goldmine of sensitive customer data, making them a prime target for phishing and ransomware attackers hoping to strike a payout. Even with defenses like MFA and security training, human error continues to be a critical point of failure for financial institutions — a 2024 report found that 3 out of every 1000 individuals working in banking click on a phishing link each month.