A fake invoice. A spoofed email.
The wire already sent.
Business email compromise does not break into your system. It manipulates the people in it. Attackers monitor your email, learn your financial relationships, and strike at the exact moment a transfer is happening. We detect it before the money moves — and contain it when it already has.
Three stages. Most businesses only find out at stage three.
Reconnaissance
The attacker identifies your firm, researches financial relationships, and targets the right accounts to compromise or impersonate. This often starts with a single phishing email designed to harvest credentials.
Positioning
Once inside, the attacker reads emails silently for days or weeks. Hidden inbox rules intercept payment conversations. They wait for the right transaction at the right moment. Your firm has no idea anyone else is watching.
Execution
The attacker redirects payment instructions, impersonates a trusted contact, or inserts a fraudulent invoice into an active conversation. By the time anyone notices, the transfer is often already gone.
What BEC looks like before the damage is done.
Payment instructions that changed at the last minute
A vendor, partner, or colleague sends updated wiring details close to a deadline. Urgency is deliberate — it reduces scrutiny.
Email address looks right but the domain is slightly off
sarah@realfirm.com versus sarah@rea1firm.com. One character. Most people read the display name and never check the actual address.
Replies going missing or emails not arriving as expected
Hidden inbox rules can silently delete, move, or forward emails. If replies are disappearing, an attacker may have already created one.
Login from an unexpected location or unusual sign-in time
Sign-ins from foreign countries, unfamiliar ISPs, or 3am sessions are indicators that someone other than the account owner is active.
A trusted contact asking about an email you never sent
If a client, vendor, or partner reaches out about a message you have no memory of sending, your account may already be compromised.
Senior employee requesting an urgent, off-process wire
Attackers impersonate executives to pressure accounting staff into initiating transfers without following normal verification procedures.
Built for firms where one fraudulent wire can cost everything.
Law Firms
Wire fraud, trust accounts, real estate closings, client communications
Accounting Firms
Tax payments, vendor invoices, payroll, client financial data
Insurance
Claims payments, vendor wires, PII exposure, regulatory risk
Real Estate
Closing wires, title communications, buyer and agent email chains
Already have an IT team or MSP? BEC response requires specific incident response skills most IT providers are not trained for. We work alongside your existing IT team to handle the security investigation, containment, and forensics while they focus on keeping systems running.
Trusted by Firms That Cannot Afford to Get It Wrong.
Firms that handle client money, sensitive data, and high-stakes transactions.
After a phishing incident that nearly compromised a client wire transfer, we needed someone who understood both the technical side and the urgency. Eric contained it fast, explained every step clearly, and helped us put the right controls in place so it would not happen again. I would recommend him to any firm that takes client trust seriously.
We had a situation where a partner's email account was accessed without authorization over a weekend. Eric was reachable within the hour, walked us through exactly what happened, and had the account secured before Monday morning. For a firm handling active litigation, that kind of response time is not optional. It is essential.
Think you may be a target?
If your firm handles wire transfers, closings, or vendor payments over email, you are already in the crosshairs. A 30-minute consultation will show you exactly where your exposure is.
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