An unexpected and out-of-character email message from a Chief Executive Officer's corporate account asked an employee to provide financial information and to change the recipient's contact number…

The correct answer is A. Business email compromise. Business email compromise (BEC) involves the use of a legitimate or spoofed business email account, often from executives, to trick employees into performing unauthorized actions like transferring funds or revealing sensitive information.

Submitted by devops_kid· Mar 6, 2026Threats, vulnerabilities, and mitigations

Question

An unexpected and out-of-character email message from a Chief Executive Officer's corporate account asked an employee to provide financial information and to change the recipient's contact number. Which of the following attack vectors is most likely being used?

Options

ABusiness email compromise
BPhishing
CBrand impersonation
DPretexting

How the community answered

(31 responses)

A
81% (25)
B
3% (1)
C
6% (2)
D
10% (3)

Explanation

Business email compromise (BEC) involves the use of a legitimate or spoofed business email account, often from executives, to trick employees into performing unauthorized actions like transferring funds or revealing sensitive information.

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