Deepfake BEC & Payment Diversion: The Q1 2026 Fraud PIR You Can’t Defer
Deepfake BEC = the same old fraud… with a way better script. 🎭💸
If payroll/AP changes can happen on “sounds right,” you’re funding someone’s Q1 bonus.
Deepfake BEC = the same old fraud… with a way better script. 🎭💸
If payroll/AP changes can happen on “sounds right,” you’re funding someone’s Q1 bonus.
2025’s costliest US breaches: identity, outage math, outcomes
Identity-led intrusions at distributors, govtech, healthcare, and an appliance vendor drove nine-figure losses. Outage duration and revocation speed determined the spread between disruption and recovery.
2025’s priciest breaches weren’t “elite malware.” They were tokens + SaaS + downtime 🪙⏱️🔥
If your revoke MTTR is measured in days, the attackers already won.
Part 2: OAuth consent scams went from “one guy” to a token factory 🎅🏭🔑
Salesloft/Drift showed how stolen OAuth tokens → Salesforce tenant exfil at scale. Google Cloud+1
Deep dive + defenses (verified publisher, least scope, fast revoke MTTR).
Zero-days get the headlines. Stolen tokens + OAuth consent abuse get the invoices. 🧾🔑😈
2025 pain = AiTM/device-code phishing + token replay + KEV-speed edge fires.
AI just ran most of an espionage op, and regulators are still in “interesting case study” mode. 😏
We’re forecasting: 55% odds that by 2026, someone will force signed AI connectors + agent logs by default.