Executive impersonation in Finance: Exploring modern phishing tactics

Financial institutions are prime targets for cyberattacks, attracting both financially motivated criminals and intelligence-driven adversaries. A frequently used tactics in 2025 was executive impersonation, which exploits the hierarchical nature of the finance industry to scam targets. By combining executive impersonation with other tactics – like urgent, high-stakes requests – attackers are able to get victims to act before asking questions.

In this webinar, we will examine how these attacks work and how security teams can detect and stop impersonation:

What we will cover

• Why financial institutions are high-value targets for cybercriminals and intelligence-driven attackers
• How executive impersonation attacks work and why they are particularly effective in finance organizations
• Real-world attack patterns targeting finance executives and employees