Wombat Security Blog Staying Safe as Real Estate Phishing Heats Up

In recent years, the real estate market has become a prime target for phishing and business email compromise (BEC) attacks. Buyers and agents in highly competitive housing markets can find themselves under tremendous pressure to seal the deal before someone else swoops in. That pressure to make quick decisions — combined with the relative complexity of real estate transactions — creates opportunities that cybercriminals can exploit.