{"id":11402,"date":"2024-07-18T14:34:18","date_gmt":"2024-07-18T09:04:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/threatcop.com\/blog\/?p=11402"},"modified":"2025-04-03T17:03:08","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T11:33:08","slug":"business-email-compromise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/threatcop.com\/blog\/business-email-compromise\/","title":{"rendered":"BEC Attack: Tips to Prevent Business Email Compromise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">Every year many organizations become the victim of BEC attacks in which attackers target trusted email accounts to manipulate employees, partners of the company and convince them to transfer monetary funds or reveal the company&#8217;s confidential details. This results in heavy financial losses and huge reputational damages. There are many tools and solutions available to reduce BEC attacks but lack the features to tackle modern cyber threats and are limited to identifying and reporting fake email IDs. To solve such issues there is a need to understand the workings of <a href=\"https:\/\/threatcop.com\/blog\/bec-attack\/\">BEC attacks<\/a> and implement solutions which have advanced capabilities to deal with modern threats.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 ez-toc-wrap-center counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-light-blue ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #414141;color:#414141\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #414141;color:#414141\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/threatcop.com\/blog\/business-email-compromise\/#What_is_Business_Email_Compromise_BEC\" >What is Business Email Compromise (BEC)?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/threatcop.com\/blog\/business-email-compromise\/#Common_Types_of_BEC_Attacks\" >Common Types of BEC Attacks<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/threatcop.com\/blog\/business-email-compromise\/#Real-life_Incidents_of_BEC_Attacks\" >Real-life Incidents of BEC Attacks<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/threatcop.com\/blog\/business-email-compromise\/#Prevention_Strategy_to_avoid_BEC_attacks\" >Prevention Strategy to avoid BEC attacks.<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/threatcop.com\/blog\/business-email-compromise\/#Book_a_Free_Demo_Call_with_Our_People_Security_Expert\" >Book a Free Demo Call with Our People Security Expert<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/threatcop.com\/blog\/business-email-compromise\/#Enter_your_details\" >Enter your details<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/threatcop.com\/blog\/business-email-compromise\/#Threatcops_Approach_to_Tackle_BEC_Attacks\" >Threatcop\u2019s Approach to Tackle BEC Attacks<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/threatcop.com\/blog\/business-email-compromise\/#Benefits_of_using_TDMARC_in_tacking_BEC_attacks\" >Benefits of using TDMARC in tacking BEC attacks<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/threatcop.com\/blog\/business-email-compromise\/#Why_choose_Threatcops_TDMARC_over_other_DMARC_solutions\" >Why choose Threatcop\u2019s TDMARC over other DMARC solutions?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/threatcop.com\/blog\/business-email-compromise\/#Conclusion\" >Conclusion<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_is_Business_Email_Compromise_BEC\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>What is Business Email Compromise (BEC)?<\/b><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">BEC stands for Business Email Compromise. In this type of attack, the Hacker impersonates the real owner of the email account to defraud the organization, its employees, and its customers into sending confidential data or monetary funds to attackers. BEC attacks involve extensive research in which attackers collect the details about the company through websites, social media handles, press releases, and other publicly available platforms. Attackers collect the details of senior executives and employees and will try to gain access through executive&#8217;s email accounts. Hackers can also create fake email accounts or spoof domains which are similar to the original account to carry out impersonation attacks as well.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Various individuals within the organization are targeted through BEC attacks.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">Senior level Executives\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">Account personnel<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">HR Managers<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">Entry level Employees<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Common_Types_of_BEC_Attacks\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Common Types of BEC Attacks<\/b><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b><a href=\"https:\/\/threatcop.com\/blog\/ceo-fraud\/\">CEO fraud<\/a>:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Attackers impersonate senior-level executives or company executives to trick employees into revealing sensitive details of the organization such as login credentials, company data and financial details.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Account Compromise:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Sensitive company details and payment requests can be made by hackers if they gain access to employee&#8217;s email IDs<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>False invoice scam: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fraudulent or altered invoices are used in these types of scams and are used to redirect payments to fraudsters.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Attorney impersonation: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hackers use impersonation techniques to pose as legal representatives to request payment transfers.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b style=\"color: #000000;\">Data Theft: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">Scamsters target the HR department to steal confidential details of the company for conducting future attacks.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"430\" src=\"https:\/\/threatcop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Types-of-BEC-Attack.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11404\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Real-life_Incidents_of_BEC_Attacks\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\"><b>Real-life Incidents of BEC Attacks<\/b><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><b>Ubiquiti (June 2015)<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;color: #000000\">It is a networking company targeted by BEC scams in which hackers impersonated vendors which resulted in a $46.7 million loss. These attacks happened due to the presence of vulnerabilities in the payment gateway and highlighted the need for stronger security measures.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><b>Reference: Tripwire.com<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\"><b>FACC (Jan 2016)<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;color: #000000\">This Austrian aerospace company was defrauded for $54 million by an email impersonating the CEO of the company. This attack raised the need for leadership-level cybersecurity training and also demanded the requirement of establishing multi-factor verification to detect unauthorized access and impersonation attempts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><b>Reference: securityweek.com<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><b>Various Techniques used by hackers for initiating\u00a0 BEC Attacks<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><b>Domain Spoofing: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In this type of cyberattack hackers use fake domains to appear as legitimate users.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><b>Pretexting: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In this method, hackers create a fabricated scenario to trick company executives into providing financial details or company confidential details.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><b>Social engineering<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: It is used to manipulate, deceive, and influence victims to reveal sensitive information or compromise security.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><b>Link Manipulation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: Attackers send fake emails to the victim which contain malicious links and direct to fake websites which collect sensitive details such as login credentials, accounts details, and financial information.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Prevention_Strategy_to_avoid_BEC_attacks\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\"><b>Prevention Strategy to avoid BEC attacks.<\/b><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;color: #000000\">Organizations need to implement DMARC, SPF, and DKIM techniques to make email authentication easier by verifying email sources.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;color: #000000\">Setting up real-time notification alerts can help to detect unusual email activity.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;color: #000000\">Providing security awareness training to employees to make them ready against various BEC attacks.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;color: #000000\">There is a need to conduct audits on a regular basis to ensure compliance with security policies and identify potential vulnerabilities that can affect the security posture of the organization.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;color: #000000\">Implementing technologies like AI and machine learning can help detect anomalies in email patterns and flag potential BEC attempts.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;color: #000000\">It demands the need of developing and regularly updating incident response plan to quickly address BEC attempts.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;color: #000000\">There is a need to encourage users to check and avoid clicking on suspicious links or attachments from unknown senders. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html lang=\"en\">\n\n<head>\n    <meta charset=\"UTF-8\">\n    <meta http-equiv=\"X-UA-Compatible\" content=\"IE=edge\">\n    <meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0\">\n    <title>Document<\/title>\n<\/head>\n\n<style>\n    .interestedBtn {\n        width: 80% !important;\n        box-sizing: border-box !important;\n        display: inline-block !important;\n        padding: 11px !important;\n        border: 1px !important;\n        border-color: #ddd !important;\n        margin-top: 10px !important;\n        background-color: #183e8b !important;\n        background-image: none !important;\n        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<\/div>\n\n<\/body>\n\n<\/html>\n\n\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Threatcops_Approach_to_Tackle_BEC_Attacks\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Threatcop\u2019s Approach to Tackle BEC Attacks<\/b><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Focusing on modern email requirements and protecting organizations from these email threats, Threatcop has introduced <\/span><b>TDMARC<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which helps organizations to protect outbound email workflow from spoofing and phishing attacks. It offers features like smart SPF, smart DKIM, and BIMI record management to maintain the confidentiality of the organization&#8217;s sensitive data. Threat identification and monitoring process becomes easy through IP blacklisting and mitigation of lookalike domains.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Benefits_of_using_TDMARC_in_tacking_BEC_attacks\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Benefits of using TDMARC in tacking BEC attacks<\/b><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Here are the benefits of using TDMARC mentioned below:-<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">Help to protect the outbound email workflow of the organization.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">Simplify the email authentication process by preventing unauthorized access and spoofing attempts.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">Identification and mitigating lookalike domains become easier.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">Offers integration with various apps like Teams, Slack, Google Chat and Emails.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">Uses smart SPF and smart DKIM techniques for advanced email security.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">IP blacklisting and monitoring streamline the analysis and verification procedure.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">Adds an extra layer of security by using IAM,2FA, and SSO login.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">Offers detailed reports on geolocation, compliance, and source analysis.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_choose_Threatcops_TDMARC_over_other_DMARC_solutions\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Why choose Threatcop\u2019s TDMARC over other DMARC solutions?<\/b><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">There are many traditional DMARC solutions available in the market but lack modern needs as it is just too limited in monitoring and visibility. To meet the future requirements <a href=\"https:\/\/threatcop.com\/tdmarc\">Threatcop\u2019s TDMARC<\/a> uses the power of technology to enhance email security posture. With features like smart SPF and smart DMARC, it is easier to manage or make changes in the dashboard, and also reflects automatically into your DNS.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">By using these features there is no need to go back again and again to make changes. It also has unique exclusive features like MTA-STS, Smart BIMI, lookalike domain visibility, SIEM integration, real-time notifications, and more to make the organization future-ready against various types of business email compromise attacks.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Conclusion\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Conclusion<\/b><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">Business email is one of the continuously growing threats which has resulted in many organization&#8217;s financial and reputational damage. To stop the misuse of confidential data, organizations need to adopt an advanced email authentication and security solution like TDMARC which will help to reduce spoofing and phishing attacks. Its features like smart SPF, smart DKIM, MTA-STS, Smart BIMI, lookalike domain visibility, SIEM integration, real-time notification, and many more others help organizations tackle modern cyberattacks. It helps to strengthen security posture by protecting outbound email workflow and reducing the chances of becoming a victim of BEC attacks.<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every year many organizations become the victim of BEC attacks in which attackers target trusted email accounts to manipulate employees, partners of the company and convince them to transfer monetary funds or reveal the company&#8217;s confidential details. This results in heavy financial losses and huge reputational damages. 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