Cybercriminals no longer break in – they log in. And increasingly, they do it by impersonating someone your company already trusts.
Vendor Email Compromise (VEC) is the perfect con. Attackers quietly compromise a supplier’s or partner’s email account, monitor conversations, learn payment cycles, and then insert themselves at the perfect moment with a fake invoice, altered bank details, or urgent fund request. It’s subtle. It’s believable. And it works.
Unlike traditional phishing or BEC attacks, VEC doesn’t scream for attention. It whispers in your inbox – with perfect timing and familiar tone. This is why VEC losses continue to rise while detection rates stay low.
By exploiting relationships between trusted vendors and internal teams, cybercriminals bypass most perimeter defenses. Your firewalls, MFA, and endpoint protection won’t catch a fake invoice from a real supplier’s email account. The only effective line of defense is awareness and behavior change across departments like finance, procurement, and vendor management.
Most companies discover a VEC incident after the money is gone. That’s why proactive simulation and training are no longer optional.
At AUMINT.io, we simulate real-world VEC attacks based on your vendor relationships, train your teams to spot red flags even within trusted threads, and provide actionable dashboards that CISOs and CFOs can use to monitor organizational readiness.
The next breach won’t come from the outside – it will come from someone you already trust.
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