What is BEC? Business email compromise definition and prevention
IT Governance
NOVEMBER 4, 2021
The Anti-Phishing Working Group , a non-profit that analyses phishing activity trends, found that the average wire transfer request in BEC scams was $106,000 (about £77,000) last year. BEC scams often use the pretext that the executive is in a meeting or otherwise indisposed, which is why they are emailing you rather than calling.
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