📧 Vendor Email Compromise Is a $300M Silent Threat

Vendor Email Compromise (VEC) is skyrocketing, with 72% of employees at large enterprises engaging with fraudulent vendor emails by replying or forwarding—even when no links or attachments are present.

This behavior has fueled attempted thefts over $300 million worldwide last year.

VEC attacks now see engagement rates 90% higher than traditional Business Email Compromise (BEC).

The EMEA region is a hotbed for these attacks, yet employees there report only 0.27% of incidents—the lowest global reporting rate.

Telecom leads in vulnerability, with 71.3% employee engagement, followed by energy and utilities at 56.25%.

VEC’s danger lies in hijacking trusted vendor email threads and leveraging social engineering that exploits human trust, bypassing technical defenses like multi-factor authentication.

To fight back, organizations must adopt AI-powered email analytics, enforce vendor verification protocols, and continuously train employees to detect social engineering tactics.

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