GoKawiilBusiness email compromise (BEC) remains one of the most costly cyber threats facing organizations, with attackers increasingly relying on convincing impersonation rather than malware to trick employees into sending money, sharing sensitive information, or granting access to corporate systems.
On July 8, 2026, BleepingComputer will host a live webinar titled "Stop chasing alerts: Automating email security with behavioral AI" presented by Dan Nickolaisen, Solutions Architect Manager at Abnormal AI, and Eric Danneker, Director of Cyber Vigilance and Defense at Novant Health.
The webinar will examine how modern phishing, business email compromise (BEC), and account takeover (ATO) attacks bypass traditional email defenses and how behavioral AI can help security teams detect and respond to increasingly sophisticated threats.
Unlike traditional phishing campaigns that rely on malicious links or attachments, many BEC attacks appear to originate from trusted colleagues, executives, vendors, or business partners. With AI now enabling attackers to generate more convincing emails, distinguishing legitimate business communications from malicious requests has become increasingly difficult.
Because these attacks often lack obvious indicators of compromise, security teams are frequently left manually investigating suspicious emails, validating requests, and responding only after an account has already been compromised or fraudulent communications have been sent.
Abnormal AI uses behavioral AI to analyze communication patterns and identify suspicious behavior that may indicate phishing, business email compromise, or account takeover activity, helping organizations accelerate investigations and automate response workflows.
Attendees will learn practical approaches for reducing manual investigations, detecting sophisticated impersonation attacks, and improving response times across modern email threats.
Why business email compromise remains so effective
Modern BEC attacks exploit trust rather than software vulnerabilities. Attackers increasingly impersonate executives, coworkers, vendors, and business partners using highly convincing emails designed to blend into normal business conversations.
As AI-generated content continues to improve, these attacks are becoming more difficult for both employees and traditional email security tools to recognize.
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