Employees repeatedly fall for vendor email compromise attacks

In just 12 months, attackers attempted to steal more than $300 million via vendor email compromise (VEC), with 7% of engagements coming from employees who had engaged with a previous attack, according to Abnormal AI. Vendor email compromise risks increase with organization size Employees struggle to differentiate between legitimate messages and attacks, especially when those emails appear to come from a trusted vendor. Employees in the largest organizations, with workforces of 50,000 or more, had … More → The post Employees repeatedly fall for vendor email compromise attacks appeared first on Help Net Security.
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