Financial Services Solutions

User Risk in Financial Services Is the New Attack Surface

Financial institutions face relentless social engineering, impersonation, and GenAI-driven fraud. Dune Security helps you simulate these attacks before real attackers do.

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Threat Landscape

The Biggest User Risks Facing Financial Institutions

Financial services organizations face unique threats that exploit human trust and organizational complexity.

Critical
Executive Impersonation
Executive Impersonation Critical Attackers pose as C-suite executives to authorize fraudulent transactions or extract sensitive data.
Unauthorized wire transfers, credential theft, data breaches
Critical
Vendor Payment Fraud
Social engineering attacks targeting accounts payable through fake invoice and payment redirect requests.
Financial loss, vendor relationship damage, compliance violations
Critical
GenAI Conversational Attacks
AI-powered multi-turn conversations that adapt in real-time to bypass traditional security training.
Credential harvesting, internal reconnaissance, trust exploitation
Platform Capabilities

How Dune Helps Financial Institutions

See how modern social engineering attacks target financial institutions and how Dune simulates them.

Agentic Attack Simulations
Adaptive GenAI-driven attacks that escalate and change tactics based on user behavior in real-time.
Dynamic response adaptation
Multi-stage escalation paths
Behavioral pattern analysis
Conversational Red Teaming
Live, multi-step social engineering simulations across chat, SMS, messaging apps, and voice channels.
Finance ops impersonation
IT and executive mimicry
Multi-channel delivery
GenAI Point-in-Time Attacks
Spearphishing and vendor fraud simulations including MFA fatigue and credential testing.
Targeted spearphishing
Approval abuse scenarios
Login decision testing
Attack Scenarios

Example Attack Scenarios in Financial Services

See how modern social engineering attacks target financial institutions and how Dune simulates them.

Email
CFO Wire Transfer Impersonation
Attacker sends urgent email appearing to be from the CFO requesting an immediate wire transfer to a 'new vendor account'.
User Decision Point
Finance team member must verify request authenticity under time pressure.
Potential Impact
Average loss of $1.6M per successful attack
Dune Simulation
Dune simulates executive writing styles and creates realistic urgency scenarios
Email / Portal
Vendor Invoice Change Request
Fraudulent email from a compromised or spoofed vendor account requesting bank details be updated for future payments.
User Decision Point
AP team must validate legitimacy without delaying payment cycles.
Potential Impact
Redirected payments, vendor trust erosion
Dune Simulation
Dune creates vendor impersonation scenarios with realistic invoice details
Push Notification
MFA Fatigue Attack
Repeated MFA push notifications sent to finance admin until they approve one out of frustration or confusion.
User Decision Point
User must resist approving unexpected authentication requests.
Potential Impact
Full account takeover, access to financial systems
Dune Simulation
Dune tests user resilience with controlled approval fatigue simulations
Voice / Phone
AI Voice Call - IT Impersonation
AI-generated voice call posing as IT support or compliance officer requesting urgent credential verification.
User Decision Point
Employee must validate caller identity before sharing information.
Potential Impact
Credential theft, compliance violations
Dune Simulation
Dune uses AI voice to simulate realistic support and compliance calls
Before Dune Security, we were overpaying for underwhelming training. Now we’re getting premium performance, without paying a premium.
Marcos Marrero
CISO at H.I.G. Capital
Compliance

Built for Regulated Financial Environments

Designed to help financial institutions safely test real-world user risk while meeting regulatory, audit, and compliance expectations.

Enterprise-Grade Capabilities
Designed for highly regulated financial institutions

Built with enterprise security teams in mind, supporting the unique requirements of banks, asset managers, and insurance providers.

Safe-by-design simulations that never execute real transactions

Every attack simulation is sandboxed and controlled—no funds move, no systems are compromised, no data leaves your environment.

Supports audit, risk, and internal control validation workflows

Generate detailed reports that map directly to audit requirements, demonstrating continuous security testing and user risk assessment.

Demonstrates proactive security posture to regulators and auditors

Show evidence of ongoing user risk testing and remediation, strengthening your position during examinations and assessments.

Safety Guarantee

All simulations are designed to test human behavior. They do not move funds, access real systems, or disrupt operations.

Supports common financial & enterprise security frameworks

SOC 2 Type II
 Certified – Jan 2024 & Jan 2025
ISO 27001
 Certified – Aug 2024
GDPR
 Compliance Verified – Jan 2025
CCPA
 Compliance Verified – Jan 2025
HIPAA
 Third-Party Attested – Apr 2025
NIST CSF v2.0
 Third-Party Attested – May 2025
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FAQs

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Simulate the Attacks Financial Institutions Face Every Day

See how Dune reveals real user risk before attackers do. Start with a personalized demo tailored to your financial services environment.
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