What Are ‘BEC Campaigns’?

In this insight, we look at what BEC campaigns are, their characteristics, together with what businesses can do to protect themselves from the threat of BEC campaigns. 

What Is A BEC Campaign? 

A business email compromise (BEC) campaign is a kind of text-based, impersonation, social engineering scam where, in most cases, the victim is forwarded an email threat that appears to originate from their boss. The email is given legitimacy by appearing to be a thread between a partner c...