Cyber & Information Security

Business Email Compromise

It is one of the biggest global cyber threats, causing more than a billion euros in damage every year. "Business Email Compromise" is an increasing threat to companies of all industries and sizes around the world.
25 min English, German incl. certificate of participation For all employees

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What is Business Email Compromise (BEC)?

Business e-mail compromise (BEC) poses an increasing threat to companies of all sectors and sizes across the globe. What this term means is described in this course chapter.

Avenues of attack

Many incidents of Business Email Compromise are preceded by phishing and spear phishing. How this works is shown here.

Attackers methods of operation

For Business Email Compromise to work, hackers often use psychological manipulation. In this context, social engineering is explained here.

Targets particularly at risk

What vulnerabilities do social engineers look for and which people are particularly at risk? This course chapter explains it.

Popular scam tactics

This post explains how the supplier invoice fraud and CEO fraud work and how you can protect yourself from them.

Red flags

BEC attacks often have one or more specific detection characteristics. These characteristics are briefly presented in this part of the course.

Prevention and protection measures

BEC can be prevented through a variety of simple protective and preventive measures, which are explained in this course section.

Learning objectives

  • Vivid illustration of common fraud attacks
  • Different forms of a Business Email Compromise
  • The role of social media
  • What social engineering is
  • Which targets are particularly valuable to attackers

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