Case Study: Cheated by the Chairman Retruster Stops Well-Disguised Phishing Email Designed To Deliver Malware (BEC attack) The Unfolding Of Events A senior member of the finance department of a well-known financial services company received an email from the Chairman of the Board, containing certain urgent yet confidential information. This email, which looked completely legitimate in every way, was in fact a cleverly disguised phishing email, created and sent by malicious actors based abroad. The email contained a form of malware such that if a file in the email was opened, the entire company would be infected by ransomware, its data compromised and exfiltrated, with the concomitant costs and embarrassing headlines. Potential Impact It has been estimated that a successful phishing attack

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