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- Business Email Compromise (BEC) and VEC Attacks - Defensive
BEC and VEC attacks can happen in several ways, including: Phishing: Attackers may use phishing emails to trick employees or vendors into providing their login credentials or clicking on malicious links, allowing them to gain access to email accounts
- BEC and VEC Attacks on the Rise in 2023 | CSA
VEC attacks are escalating because attackers identify vendors as soft targets By exploiting vendor email accounts and using the information stored in mailboxes, threat actors can more effectively infiltrate partners and customers
- Understanding VEC Attacks: Vendor Email Compromise and How to . . .
By 2025, VEC attacks will account for 30% of BEC losses as attackers refine impersonation tactics Proactive adoption of AI-based email security (e g , Abnormal Security) and zero-trust vendor onboarding will become industry standards IT Security Reporter URL: Reported By: Mthomasson Threat – Hackers Feeds Extra Hub: Undercode MoN
- Vendor Email Compromise (VEC) Is Rising, Not BEC
According to the 2024 AFP Payments Fraud Survey, the most common type of business email compromise (BEC) isn’t CEO impersonation anymore—it’s vendor and third party impersonation: Executive impersonation has declined by 8% Vendor fraud has jumped to 45%, up from 34% last year Invoice fraud nearly doubled, hitting 24%
- A Deep Dive into 2024 and a Glimpse into 2025 BEC and . . .
In 2024 trends report, phishing remained the top initial cyber attack method, increasingly involving credential harvesting and MFA bypass, with significant financial losses from business email compromise (BEC) attacks and a rise in infostealer malware facilitated by Phishing-as-a-Service (PhaaS)
- Email Deception: Unmasking VEC And BEC Scams - K2 Integrity
Recent research has shown that the classic BEC attacks are evolving as criminals try a new technique—vendor email compromise (VEC) In a standard BEC attack, a cyber criminal poses as an executive and sends multiple phishing messages to employees within an organization
- VEC Attacks Outpace BEC in EMEA: A Growing Challenge for MSSPs
New research from Abnormal AI, shared at Infosecurity Europe 2025, reveals that Vendor Email Compromise (VEC) attacks are proving more effective than traditional Business Email Compromise (BEC), particularly across the EMEA region, according to Infosecurity Magazine
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