Financial Attackshigh
Fake Invoice Attacks
Attackers are impersonating vendors and resubmitting believable invoices to reroute payment flows.
Stat: Targeting AP departments at 50–500 employee companies
Read Full BriefcriticalLast updated: June 2026
CEO Fraud / BEC Scams
Email compromise and impersonation attacks are targeting payment approvals, invoice changes, and executive requests.
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What\'s happening
Attackers compromise or convincingly spoof executive and finance accounts to redirect payments or force urgent transfers.
AI-generated language, voice cloning, and real-time OTP interception are making these scams harder to detect by instinct alone.
AP teams are being pressured through urgency, secrecy, and realistic domain spoofing designed to bypass normal review.
Who it targets
AP departments and finance teams
Executive assistants and operations leads
Individuals handling family or business transfers
Real-world examples
Wire change requests submitted minutes before payroll runs.
Voice-cloned approvals delivered during travel or off-hours.
Fake vendor onboarding emails sent from lookalike domains.
What it costs
Losses are immediate and often difficult to reverse.
Incidents undermine trust in financial controls and approval workflows.
Recovery frequently requires legal, banking, and vendor coordination.
How to protect against it
Require out-of-band verification for payment changes.
Deploy anti-impersonation and email authentication controls.
Train finance staff on authority pressure tactics.
Use MFA and session monitoring on executive accounts.
Vendors
Vendors who specialize in this threat
BrightMail Shield
Email Security & Anti-Phishing
Inbox defense, domain impersonation monitoring, and phishing disruption.
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Financial Fraud Prevention
Wire fraud controls, anomaly detection, and finance-team verification workflows.
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Security Awareness Training
Behavior-focused training for phishing, social engineering, and policy hygiene.
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