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Are you prepared for a a BEC Attack
First what is
a a a a a BEC BEC Attack?
BEC BEC Attacks are Business Email
Compromises with
a a a specialist type of
phishing It is
is
is
an
an
advanced email
attack coming
from within
the company usually a a a a a a senior executive who bypasses all all security controls BEC scams cost businesses $26 billion
between June 2016 and July 2019 BEC attacks represent half of
the cyber-crime losses that took place in 2019 Losses represented over $300 million per month in 2018 Most common victims of
BEC are companies using wire transfers to to send money to to international clients