Security News > 2022 > June > Language-based BEC attacks rising

Armorblox released a report which highlights the use of language-based attacks that bypass existing email security controls.

It documents both the rise in targeted attacks and the increased sophistication, accuracy, and financial impact of email-based attacks.

Key findings Language-based attacks have become the new normal for business email compromise with 74% of these attacks using language as the main attack vector.

Notably, 87% of credential phishing attacks looked like legitimate common business workflows in order to trick end users into engaging with the email.

"Based on threats analyzed by Armorblox across our customer base of over 58,000 organizations, we see a sharp increase in email attacks targeting critical business workflows. These use language as the primary attack vector and impersonate VIPs, known vendors, and SaaS applications," said DJ Sampath, CEO of Armorblox.

Attackers are moving away from decades-old approaches that use malicious links or attachments in broad-based attack campaigns, to targeted attacks where the language in the email is used to compromise a user's trust.

News URL

https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2022/06/02/email-language-based-attacks/