Addresses the tactics attackers use to steal login credentials and the countermeasures organizations can deploy. Topics include multi-factor authentication, credential monitoring, dark web surveillance, secure authentication protocols, and employee awareness training.
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A $37 Million Wire Transfer Started with One Email In 2024, a finance employee at a multinational firm joined what appeared to be a legitimate video call with the company's CFO. It was a deepfake. The attackers had spent weeks gathering intelligence — org charts, communication styles, ongoing projects
In March 2025, a mid-size accounting firm in the Midwest lost $2.1 million after a single employee clicked a spoofed DocuSign link during tax season. The firm had antivirus software. They had a firewall. What they didn't have was phishing simulation training — the one layer of defense
In December 2024, a finance employee at a multinational firm in Hong Kong wired $25 million after a video call with what appeared to be the company's CFO and several colleagues. Every person on that call was a deepfake. The real CFO had never scheduled the meeting. This
The Breach That Started With a Single Reused Password In January 2024, a credential stuffing attack hit genetic testing giant 23andMe, ultimately exposing the personal data of approximately 6.9 million users. The root cause wasn't some exotic zero-day exploit. It was customers reusing passwords they'd
The Breach That Started With "Company2024!" In January 2024, the password "admin" was still the most common credential found in data breaches according to NordPass research. That same year, the Verizon 2024 Data Breach Investigations Report confirmed that stolen credentials were involved in over 77% of
The Breach That Started With a Single Stolen Password In January 2024, a threat actor used stolen credentials to access a Snowflake customer environment — no malware, no exploit, just a username and password harvested months earlier. The fallout hit Ticketmaster and AT&T, exposing hundreds of millions of records.
In March 2024, a threat actor bypassed a major healthcare provider's two-factor authentication by intercepting SMS codes through a SIM-swapping attack — compromising over 2 million patient records. The organization thought they were protected. They had "MFA" checked off on their compliance audit. But they'd
The 23 Billion Reasons Your Password Probably Isn't Good Enough In January 2024, researchers discovered a file called "RockYou2024" floating around dark web forums. It contained roughly 9.9 billion unique plaintext passwords — the largest credential dump in history at the time. By early 2025, threat
The Threat Already Inside Your Firewall In January 2025, a former employee of a U.S. infrastructure firm was charged with attempting to sabotage water treatment systems — months after being terminated. His credentials were never revoked. The damage was caught, but barely. This isn't an edge case. It&
In 2022, a former employee of Cash App's parent company, Block Inc., downloaded reports containing the personal information of 8.2 million customers — months after being terminated. The company's failure to revoke access cost them regulatory scrutiny, a class-action lawsuit, and reputational damage that no PR
