BEC and VEC Attacks on the Rise in 2023

Originally published by Abnormal Security. Written by Jade Hill. Despite advancements in legacy security and increased employee awareness, cybercriminals still see email as a primary channel for attacks. And it’s easy to understand why—employees continue to fall for social engineering and financial transfer requests from suspicious actors.It’s not that we haven’t made any progress. It’s that threat actors have made progress alongside us, becoming more sophisticated and manipulating new techno...

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