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Finance phishing works because it sounds boringly normal

Cofense reports that finance phishing attacks succeed by mimicking routine business correspondence rather than using urgent lures, allowing them to bypass AI-based secure email gateways and other security technologies. Threat actors exploit the constant flow of invoices, contracts, and payment emails in finance departments to gain initial access.

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Finance departments process a constant stream of invoices, contracts, payment notices, and procurement emails, making email one of the most common initial access vectors for threat actors. According to Cofense, attackers exploit those workflows with phishing emails that resemble legitimate business correspondence rather than relying on urgency-based lures. Such phishing emails are also likely to bypass AI-based secure email gateways (SEGs) and other email security technologies. Threat actors understand that employees in financial services organizations … More

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