BEC

Email Account Takeover Replaces Man-in-the-Middle Attacks: What You Need to Know

September 05, 2025 / in Blog / by Zafar Khan, RPost CEO

The Proverbial Cybersecurity “Man-in-the-Middle” Attack Not In Vogue Anymore...

Hey there, Rocky the Raptor here, swooping in to chat about a big shift in the world of cyber threats. Back in the day, companies (especially law firms) worried a lot about what we used to call a “Man-in-the-Middle” attack.

Top Three FBI-Special-Agent Speaker Insights on BEC

May 05, 2023 / in Blog / by Zafar Khan, RPost CEO

We’ve had a few days of insightful discussions at the world’s largest legal IT security event, ILTA LegalSEC. Since many of you are not able to (or not in the right frame of mind to) travel to beautiful Baltimore to experience this event live, I thought I would dedicate this week’s Tech Essentials to sharing the top three FBI-special-agent speaker insights (from my perspective).

Alert on External Email When There Is an Actual Issue

October 21, 2022 / in Blog / by Zafar Khan, RPost CEO

Only RMail offers features that can foil BEC attacks without “cry wolf” email stamps. We’ve talked a lot about the hydra of BEC (business email compromise) attacks recently due to the increasing share of these types of attacks within the universe of cybercrime that employ multiple techniques to lure users into sending money to the […]

Business Email Compromise Attacks in Many Ways

October 07, 2022 / in Blog / by Zafar Khan, RPost CEO

Business Email Compromise Cybercriminal Lures Attack in Many Ways, Like a Hydra Monster with Many Heads. Each Attack Vector Needs a Defense. Enter RMail. Before we start today’s article, we’d like to ensure you have heard about – and been invited to – RPost’s Optimize!2022 global e-security and eSign user conference (click here to read […]

What does BEC Stand for?

September 30, 2022 / in Blog / by Zafar Khan, RPost CEO

We’ll Make Etymology of Acronym-Originated Tech Speak Interesting… and Useful. Yes, it’s still the year of the tiger – a year of supposed unbound prosperity. But with the stock market plunging, and cybercrime flourishing, I thought it might be nice to forget about tigers and put on another hat, one of an etymologist.