BEC & Lookalike Email Domain Defense

The problem

In BEC and vendor-email fraud, criminals do not always spoof your real domain in headers. They register a similar domain, create mailboxes that look like your CEO or AP team, and send urgent payment or credential requests. Traditional email security may miss the first wave if the domain is new and reputation is clean. Without domain-level monitoring, you discover the fraud only after money moves or data is exposed.

• Near-identical domains used only for outbound BEC (CEO/CFO/vendor impersonation)
• Homoglyph and typo domains that look correct in the “From” display
• Fresh registrations with MX records configured for phishing or wire-fraud campaigns
• Parallel domains for fake legal, HR, or IT notices (payroll, W-2, password reset)

How it works

1. 1

   Map official identity

   You share authorized domains, brand terms, executive and finance aliases, and known vendor patterns. We tune discovery to catch cousin domains attackers use for mail, not just web phishing.

2. 2

   Discover and score

   We surface new and existing domains that could support BEC: visual and lexical similarity, role-based naming, and risky registration patterns. Alerts are prioritized for fraud potential.

3. 3

   Validate and document

   Analysts confirm malicious or high-risk use and assemble evidence—WHOIS, DNS, timelines—suitable for takedown and internal incident reporting.

4. 4

   Takedown and stakeholder warning

   You escalate through our takedown workflows. Many teams pair domain takedown with security awareness: warning finance and AP about specific lookalike domains that were active.

Frequently asked questions

• What is BEC in simple terms?

  Business email compromise is fraud where someone pretends to be a trusted person at your company (or a vendor) to trick employees into sending money or sensitive data. A common setup is a lookalike domain plus a convincing mailbox name—not always a spoof of your real domain.

• Do you read our email or mailboxes?

  No. We focus on the public domain and DNS layer: registrations and configuration that indicate domains set up to send or support fraudulent mail. Your email security team still uses SEG, DMARC, and user training; we reduce how many abusive domains exist to send from.

• How is this different from brand impersonation defense?

  Brand impersonation covers broad misuse of your name and likeness. This solution emphasizes domains likely used for BEC and vendor fraud: cousin names, role-based labels, and patterns common in wire and invoice scams. Many customers use both together.

• Can you detect domains before they send mail?

  Often yes. New registrations and MX or mail-related DNS changes can surface before large campaigns. Speed varies by registrar and attacker behavior; early discovery improves your window to block and warn.

• Does DMARC stop these attacks?

  DMARC helps protect your real domain from spoofing. It does not stop attackers from sending from a different but similar domain they control. That is why monitoring lookalike domains is a standard complement to DMARC and secure financial processes.