Business Email Compromise (BEC) attacks are no longer limited to traditional email accounts. Attackers are finding new ways to conduct their schemes — and organizations need to be prepared to defend themselves. Attackers are leveraging a new scheme called Business Communication Compromise to take advantage of large global corporations, government agencies and individuals. They are leveraging collaboration tools beyond email that include: chat and mobile messaging — including popular cloud-based applications such as Slack, WhatsApp, LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and many more — to carry out attacks. Clearly, BEC is evolving into “business communication compromise” instead of strictly being based on email. This … Continue reading The evolution of business email compromise to business communication compromise