Payload-free attacks

Business email compromise protection for attacks with no payload

No link. No attachment. No malware to detonate. Just a plausible request from a name your finance team already trusts. There is nothing for a scanner to scan.

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Three ways money leaves the building

All three pass SPF, DKIM and DMARC. Authentication proves who sent a message. It has never proven whether they should be trusted.

Executive impersonation

A request that reads exactly like the person it claims to come from: the right tone, the right urgency, the right authority, and a payment instruction. Nothing technical to flag.

Vendor and invoice fraud

A genuine supplier thread with one changed bank detail. The domain authenticates correctly because it really is theirs. The only anomaly is the intent.

Account takeover

Mail sent from inside your own tenant by a legitimate account someone else is now using. Perimeter filtering never inspects internal mail at all.

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We do not ask whether a message matches a known attack. We ask what it is trying to make someone do, and whether that makes sense from this sender, in this thread, at this moment.

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Acme Procurement now
Q3 invoice #4417: payment confirmation…
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Sarah Whitman 9:14
Re: MSA redlines, final pass attached
GH
GitHub 8:52
[app/core] PR #2291 merged
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Stripe 8:31
Your February invoice is available
Q3 invoice #4417: payment confirmation
AP
Acme Procurementinvoices@acmelogistics.com · to alex@company.com

Hi Alex,

Payment for Q3 invoice #4417 cleared on our side this morning — thank you for the quick turnaround.

A stamped copy is attached for your records. No changes to our remittance details; everything stays as it has for the last three years.

Best,
Dana Reeves · Accounts Receivable, Acme Logistics

invoice-4417-stamped.pdf · 182 KB
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RIGHT IN YOUR MAILBOX
reading intent…
Sender verified: 3-year relationship, 142 prior threads
Stated purpose matches request: routine invoice
No credential requests, no payment redirects
SAFE TO TRUST 0TRUST SCORE
Legitimate vendor invoice. Safe to engage with links and attachment.
Threat Triage
Emails StrongestLayer stopped, each with an explainable verdict.
billing@acmelogisticss.com MALICIOUS
Updated banking details for Q3 invoice
no-reply@docusign-view.net MALICIOUS
Action required: document awaiting signature
ceo.office.mail@gmail.com MALICIOUS
Quick task - are you at your desk?
STOPPED PRE-DELIVERY · CASE #1382
Updated banking details for Q3 invoice
billing@acmelogisticss.com
BEC / FraudImpersonation: VendorFirst encounter
Verdict
EXPLAINABLE · PRE-INVESTIGATED
MALICIOUS HIGH SEVERITY
Stated purpose: routine invoice
Actual request: redirect payment
Domain is 1 letter off real vendor
Vendor has never used this bank
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Threat Hunt
Turn one threat into an organization-wide sweep.
HUNT BY IOC
SWEEPING PROTECTED MAILBOXES 0 / 1,384
m.torres@…Finance
Updated banking details for Q3 invoice
● FOUND✕ QUARANTINED
j.okafor@…Accounts Payable
RE: Updated banking details for Q3 invoice
● FOUND✕ QUARANTINED
d.kim@…Procurement
Acme Logistics: new remittance information
● FOUND✕ QUARANTINED
+ 9 moreacross the org
Same sender infrastructure · same payload
● FOUND✕ QUARANTINED
MATCHES12
MAILBOXES8
REMEDIATED100%
TIME TO SWEEP1m 42s
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