Symantec Email Security Community

Business Email Compromise (BEC) emails, also known as “CEO fraud” or “whaling’, are crafted emails sent to vulnerable users by cybercriminals impersonating senior executives.

Symantec has published the following resources to help you understand how to keep your organization safe from these attacks:

Blogs:

• Introducing the Strongest Protection and Visibility for Business Email Compromise
• Worried About Business Email Compromise? Lacking Visibility into Advanced Attacks? Look No Further
• Introducing Business Email Scam Analyzer
• Business Email Compromise – How to Protect Your Organization
• New BEC Scams Seek To Build Trust First, Request Wire Transfer Later
• Billion-Dollar Scams: The Numbers Behind BEC Fraud
• Business Email Compromise Scammers Add Tax Return Fraud to Their Toolbox
• Business Email Compromise Campaigns Continue Targeting C-Level Employees Despite Warnings

Articles:

• Email Impersonation Control Settings
• Anti-Spoof with Email Data Protection based on Domains
• Anti-Spoof with Email Data Protection based on VIP Names