Large Enterprises Targeted in Fake Merger & Acquisition Scams
'Phantom Deal' campaign uses detailed research on large enterprises to trick midlevel employees into initiating large fraudulent merger-related financial transfers.
Dark Reading reports on the 'Phantom Deal' campaign, in which threat actors study target companies in extreme detail before running fake merger and acquisition scams against large enterprises. The social engineering aims to dupe midlevel employees into initiating large financial transfers. The scheme follows a business email compromise-style fraud pattern targeting enterprise finance workflows.
- Actors conduct extreme-detail pre-attack research on target enterprises
- Fake M&A narratives pressure midlevel staff into large transfers
- Fits BEC-style social engineering aimed at finance processes
- Threat actors
- Phantom Deal
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Threat actors behind the "Phantom Deal" campaign are studying companies in extreme detail, aiming to dupe midlevel employees into initiating large financial transfers.
By Nate Nelson · darkreading.com
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