Business email compromise: Recognize and avoid this popular scam
Cybercriminals are nothing if not imaginative, constantly expanding their arsenal of digital threats. While most companies brace themselves for malware and ransomware attacks, there’s another deceptive tactic quietly claiming millions: business email compromise (BEC). Unlike ransomware that loudly announces itself to threaten and extort, BEC uses subtle and cunning social engineering tactics to infiltrate business accounts and steal money. What are business email compromise attacks? BEC attacks are a form of cybercrime where hackers [...]