Wire Transfer Scam Shows Assertiveness Works with Phishing, Too

Websense Labs uncovered a spear-phishing campaign in which attackers register typo‑squatted domains and create email accounts that mimic senior executives, sending brief, urgent messages to lower‑level employees to induce wire transfers; the report cites a prior $17M Scoular loss and notes weak internal controls and employee deference to executives as enabling factors.