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Attack Details
Attack Date:
May 23, 2022
Executive Impersonation Overdue Payment Payment Fraud BEC Attack
Initial Email Content
Subject
Overdue Invoice
Body
[Recipient First Name],
We need to pay a remittance to McDermott Will & Emery LLP for our overdue invoice. Peter from McDermott Will & Emery would contact you regarding the unpaid invoice for processing asap.
Have you heard from him yet? Please get back to me asap
Best Regards
[Executive Name]
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Attack Description
This text-based BEC attack impersonates an executive using a spoofed display name, a free webmail account, and an overdue payment theme to request a fraudulent payment.
Analysis Overview
Tactic
Spoofed Display Name
Free Webmail Account
Goal
Payment Fraud
Impersonated Party
Employee - Executive
Vector
Text-based
Theme
Overdue Payment
Language