ARToken

New Phishing Service ARToken Makes Business Email Compromise Easier: What You Need to Know If you run a small business or handle email communications at work, you’ve probably heard about phishing attacks. But there’s a more targeted and costly variant called business email compromise (BEC) that scammers have been refining for years. Now, a new phishing-as-a-service platform called ARToken is making these sophisticated attacks available to nearly anyone willing to pay. ...

How to Protect Yourself from a New Phishing Toolkit Called ARToken We’ve seen the headlines before: another round of sophisticated phishing attacks, another set of financial losses. But a fresh development in the cybercrime world is worth attention because it lowers the bar for attackers. A toolkit called ARToken, described by security researchers as a “phishing-as-a-service” platform, is designed specifically to carry out business email compromise (BEC) attacks—the type where an email appears to come from a boss, a vendor, or a trusted partner, asking for a payment or sensitive data. ...