{"id":12131,"date":"2025-03-26T16:51:53","date_gmt":"2025-03-26T15:51:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glofera.com\/2025\/03\/26\/ceo-fraud-and-how-to-protect-your-company\/"},"modified":"2025-03-26T16:52:53","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T15:52:53","slug":"ceo-fraud-and-how-to-protect-your-company","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glofera.com\/en\/ceo-fraud-and-how-to-protect-your-company\/","title":{"rendered":"CEO fraud and how to protect your company"},"content":{"rendered":"

Can you imagine someone in your team transferring thousands of euros by your direct order… without your request? It’s not science fiction, it’s one of the most frequent and silent scams suffered by companies today: the CEO fraud. <\/p>\n

In this post we explain exactly what this type of attack is, how cybercriminals execute it and, above all, how you can prevent it in your company. From Glofera<\/span><\/strong>we help you to protect your SME<\/strong> with ProCiber<\/span><\/a><\/strong>our multilayer cybersecurity solution managed by professionals.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

What is CEO fraud?<\/h2><\/div>

CEO fraud is a social engineering technique in which attackers impersonate an authority figure within the company<\/strong> – usually the managing director or CEO – to trick a trusted employee into performing an urgent action, such as a bank transfer, sending confidential information or accessing systems.<\/p>\n

The most dangerous thing about this fraud is that it does not require hacking anything<\/strong>. It relies on deception, fear and urgency to manipulate the victim. And the worst part: it often goes unnoticed until it is too late.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

How does CEO fraud work?<\/strong><\/h2><\/div>

This type of attack usually follows a well-designed pattern. Here we explain how the attackers operate:<\/p>\n<\/div>