KnowBe4 - Blank Emails Come Before BEC Fraud Attack

Business email compromise has its reconnaissance phase, too. Researchers at Agari say they’ve found that blank, unsolicited emails are often an early sign that a BEC gang is targeting an organization. It serves as a probe to help validate that an email address is likely to be valid, and to be associated with a target the gang in interested in.



from KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training Blog https://blog.knowbe4.com/blank-emails-come-before-bec-fraud-attack

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