Malwarebytes founder suffered CEO fraud attempt

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'Fake president' fraud attempt saw crooks try to siphon $52,000 from anti-malware vendor's bank account

Malwarebytes nearly fell for a CEO fraud attempt, its CEO said as he highlighted such scams as a prime emerging cybersecurity threat. CEO, or "fake president" fraud see crooks attempt to syphon ...

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