Glossary
Business Email Compromise (BEC)
A scam in which an attacker impersonates an executive, vendor, or trusted contact — often via a spoofed or compromised email account — to trick an employee into making a fraudulent wire transfer or disclosing sensitive information. It has consistently ranked among the costliest categories of cybercrime by dollar losses.
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