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93% of Breaches Start With a Person, Not a Firewall In 2023, Verizon's Data Breach Investigations Report confirmed what security professionals have been screaming about for years: the human element was involved in 74% of all breaches. By 2024, that figure remained stubbornly high. A cybersecurity awareness quiz
During a breach investigation last year, I watched a CFO stare blankly at an incident response report and ask, "What's lateral movement? What does 'exfiltration' mean? Can someone just speak English?" That moment crystallized something I've known for two decades: the cybersecurity
Computer security and cybersecurity are often used interchangeably — but they are not the same thing. Understanding the distinction, and the history behind both terms, helps organizations build stronger defenses.
AI-generated phishing emails are nearly indistinguishable from legitimate messages. Here is how to build a phishing awareness training program that gives employees the skills to spot them.
Modern phishing emails look exactly like the real thing. No typos, no suspicious attachments — just a convincing message designed to make you act without thinking. Here is how to spot them.
The FBI Warned You About Medusa. Did You Listen? In March 2025, the FBI and CISA issued a joint advisory — #StopRansomware: Medusa Ransomware — warning that the Medusa ransomware gang had already hit over 300 organizations across critical infrastructure sectors. Healthcare, education, manufacturing, technology. The common thread? Nearly every intrusion started
A Single Phish Email Took Down a $13 Billion Pipeline In May 2021, a single compromised password — likely harvested through a phish — shut down Colonial Pipeline and triggered fuel shortages across the U.S. East Coast. The company paid a $4.4 million ransom within hours. That's the
That Gmail Account Access Warning Isn't Always What You Think In September 2023, Google reported that it was sending out significantly more security alerts than ever before — millions of Gmail account access warning notifications per day — as credential theft campaigns surged globally. Fast forward to early 2026, and
The Threat That Refuses to Die In January 2025, the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) released its annual report showing that phishing and its variants remained the number one reported cybercrime by volume — for the fifth consecutive year. Over 298,000 complaints. That number only counts the
In December 2025, the FBI issued a stark public warning: delete suspicious text messages immediately. The advisory specifically called out a wave of smishing texts — SMS-based phishing attacks — targeting Americans with fake toll road notices, package delivery scams, and fraudulent financial alerts. The bureau's Internet Crime Complaint Center
