Auto industry is prime target for email attacks

The automotive industry has become a popular target for business email compromise and vendor email compromise attacks, according to new research from Abnormal Security. Between September 2023 and February 2024, BEC attacks against businesses in the automotive industry increased by 70.5 percent. Over the same period 63 percent of Abnormal Security customers in the automotive industry experienced at least one VEC attack. This level of VEC attacks is higher than experienced by organizations in the energy/infrastructure (54 percent), hospitality (50 percent), and finance (35 percent) industries during the same timeframe. Mick Leach, field CISO of Abnormal Security, writes on the… [Continue Reading]