The Return of Identity Theft: In the Age of Phishing and BEC
Everyone’s talking about ransomware. Sure: encrypted data, ransom demands, PR disasters – that screams for attention. But while we stare at the skull on the front page, a once-familiar threat is quietly reclaiming center stage in the cyber threat landscape: identity theft.
With surgical precision and a toolkit full of camouflage, we are witnessing a renaissance of account compromise, business email compromise (BEC), and credential phishing. Particularly insidious: attackers are increasingly targeting High Net Worth Individuals (HNWIs) and prominent IT figures – such as Troy Hunt, the founder of “Have I Been Pwned.”