What is a Business Email Compromise Attack | A Security Expert Explains

Business Email Compromise (BEC) is a type of attack that has cost organizations up to 43 billion dollars over a five year period. Business Email Compromise includes social engineering, phishing emails, and fraudulent funds transfer through wire transfers.

Attackers love this type of attack because of how simple it is and how long it can go on for. It can be a low touch hack that can result in large million dollar losses for a single email account that is hacked.

In this video, we'll explain how hackers conduct a business email compromise attack and what you can do to keep your organization safe.

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Table of Contents
00:00 - Background
00:18 - BEC Overview
01:10 - BEC Case Study
06:09 - Protect Yourself

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