Jack Recider

And so just keep that in your head, that it's probably a red flag. If your love interest refuses to answer the call or get on video chat with you.

And so just keep that in your head, that it's probably a red flag. If your love interest refuses to answer the call or get on video chat with you.

Yeah, dang, I didn't even think of that. So I've done video interviews with people a lot, you know, but I use a Snapchat filter on my video to obscure my face. In real time, on a live video call, my face gets distorted. And yeah, you could absolutely just use a filter to change your face to be a pretty lady, even though you're just some dude who doesn't even speak English.

Yeah, dang, I didn't even think of that. So I've done video interviews with people a lot, you know, but I use a Snapchat filter on my video to obscure my face. In real time, on a live video call, my face gets distorted. And yeah, you could absolutely just use a filter to change your face to be a pretty lady, even though you're just some dude who doesn't even speak English.

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BEC, we break down the term business email compromise, right? So the compromise part makes me think somebody has taken over my Office 365 email server and is in my emails. They've compromised my emails. But that's not what you say is BEC.

BEC, we break down the term business email compromise, right? So the compromise part makes me think somebody has taken over my Office 365 email server and is in my emails. They've compromised my emails. But that's not what you say is BEC.

When you tell me that story, I just think that's a phishing. I don't call phishing BEC. I just call it phishing.

When you tell me that story, I just think that's a phishing. I don't call phishing BEC. I just call it phishing.

Is BEC always money-related or is it sometimes, no, we're just going to phish them so that we can get our malware on to steal their intellectual property?

Is BEC always money-related or is it sometimes, no, we're just going to phish them so that we can get our malware on to steal their intellectual property?

So if we're going to classify something, because let's say we get phished, somebody sends us a phish, we click the link, we installed malware, you'd say, oh yeah, that wasn't BEC. But if it was, okay, we got phished, it would send money to this, and I sent the money, you'd say, oh yeah, that was BEC. Yep. Okay. So if you're going to classify as BEC, it's likely going to be financial related.

So if we're going to classify something, because let's say we get phished, somebody sends us a phish, we click the link, we installed malware, you'd say, oh yeah, that wasn't BEC. But if it was, okay, we got phished, it would send money to this, and I sent the money, you'd say, oh yeah, that was BEC. Yep. Okay. So if you're going to classify as BEC, it's likely going to be financial related.

So now this pivots the whole thing in my head, right? Instead of you and me being targeted, now they're like, well, why target somebody who has thousands of dollars when we can target a business who has hundreds of millions of dollars?

So now this pivots the whole thing in my head, right? Instead of you and me being targeted, now they're like, well, why target somebody who has thousands of dollars when we can target a business who has hundreds of millions of dollars?