Business Email Compromise comes in many forms. These are sham security alerts, last-minute payment requests, bogus past-due statements, fraudulent wiring instructions and more. Ninety-six percent of businesses have been hit, to the tune of $12.5 billion in losses since 2013. And the danger grows daily.
Cybercriminals start by building a target list, often using business contact databases, mining LinkedIn profiles, and even scouring the target's website to identify key individuals and relationships.
Attackers launch BEC campaigns, sending email to their targeted list. BEC attacks have no malicious payload and will use impersonation tactics like display name deception, spoofing, or look-alike domains.
To convince the victim to take action, attackers impersonate people of authority such as the CEO or CFO and project urgency within the request.
With trust, authority, and urgency established, the victim proceeds with the request. Unfortunately, the results end with great financial loss or a data breach.
Focusing on content and infrastructure analysis doesn’t work against business email compromise, since no malicious payloads are used and they can be launched via reputable email services.
Agari carefully inspects each incoming email, analyzing the human relationships and behaviors. By understanding the identities behind the message, Agari spots the anomalous BEC behaviors preventing the attack from reaching the inbox.
Best Practices Against BEC WebinarBEC attacks are constantly evolving with the business and individual user environment. It’s not enough to keep up with the latest malicious tactics. You need to stay one step ahead.
Agari detects, defends against and deters the latest BEC tactics such as display name deception, spoofing, and look-alike domains. In addition, Agari baits cybercriminals into giving up unique insights to ensure that our customers are protected from future attacks.
Cybercriminals often pose as a trusted supplier or partner in order to conduct invoice fraud, real-estate scams or other typical business email compromise attack.
Agari automatically models the identities of your business partners, their relationships, and behaviors to auto-generate protection policies. This hands-free approach protects your employees from the modern attacks of today and those we anticipate through predictive insights in the future.
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