A single fax led to a six-figure loss.
In this episode of Stories from the SOC, Randy Breault unpacks a real-world Business Email Compromise that didn’t even start with email.
A finance employee receives what appears to be a legitimate vendor banking update, the logo, the signature, and the domain all perfect. Except that “w” in the email address wasn’t a “w.” It was two v’s.
This story reveals how attackers exploit human trust and small process gaps to bypass even good security programs.
You’ll learn:
How a simple domain trick triggered a major wire fraud
Why layered controls beat technical controls alone
And what every organization should change today to prevent the same mistake
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