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Amount of Money Requested In BEC Attacks Nearly Doubled in Q4 2024

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Feed Name: KnowBe4 Blog

Date Published: 2025-03-26

Date Updated: 2026-04-28

Author: Stu Sjouwerman

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APWG’s Q4 2024 phishing report notes a sharp rise in BEC demand amounts to an average of $128,980, with Gmail used in 81% of BEC scams, and warns of a surge in SMS phishing campaigns spoofing U.S. toll operators driven by an upgraded Chinese phishing kit. The group observed just under one million phishing attacks for the quarter, with SAAS/Webmail (23.3%) and social media (22.5%) as the most targeted sectors.

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