Security | Threat Detection | Cyberattacks | DevSecOps | Compliance

February 2022

Low-Code Security and Business Email Compromise via Email Auto-Forwarding

Many low-code applications are built for the purpose of moving data from one place to another usually as a result of some external trigger, such as the arrival of a new email message. In the case of an email-triggering low-code application, if low-code security best practices are not strictly followed, attackers may abuse the application to set rogue automated email forwarding rules, which can be used to steal data, impersonate as corporate users and mount phishing campaigns.