Check Fraud, Spoofing and a New Type of Attack

Check Fraud Can Happen To You!

Counterfeit checks are a genuine threat as one of our business customers recently realized. They received a phone call from another bank asking them to verify checks that were being cashed. Fortunately, the other bank was aware enough to recognize there was something suspicious about the check. It was written on our customer's business account and would have meant a loss of thousands of dollars if not caught. One way to prevent such a situation is to use Positive Pay. This service allows a business customer to upload a file of all the checks written which is then compared to payee, check number, check stock and amount before being approved for payment. If any of those don't match, or the amount is more than the desired preset limits for immediate approval, the business is notified and has the option of approving or denying the check before it hits their account. For more information about this powerful tool, check out our online tutorial or contact a business banking officer at any of our CNB office locations.

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Ransomware attacks are getting more and more sophisticated. Some strains now grab an email address from your own domain as the "from" address and trick your users into believing the email is from a co-worker or the CEO.

Are you aware that one of the first things hackers try is to see if they can spoof the email address of your CEO? If they are able to commit "CEO Fraud", penetrating your network is like taking candy from a baby.

Would you like to know if hackers can spoof your domain? KnowBe4 can help you find out if this is the case with our free Domain Spoof Test. It's quick, easy (just one email from us to you) and often a shocking discovery. Find out now if your email server is configured correctly, many are not!

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New Type of Hybrid Attack: First a phone call, then an email

There's a new type of spear phishing scam that's come to light. You may receive a phone call from a vendor. They then say they'll follow up with an email with more information. That email is then laced with malware. You might be a bit less skeptical of an email that follows a phone call you just had. Don't let your defenses down! Always hover over a link in an email to look for anything suspicious before you click, or type the url directly into your browser for the company rather than using the link provided. They are targeting system administrators because they have admin credentials and could inadvertently hand over full network access to attackers.

 

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