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In March 2024, the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center reported that Americans lost over $10 billion to cybercrime in 2023 — and a staggering portion of those losses started with a single phone call from a number the victim trusted. A spoofing caller doesn't need to hack
In March 2024, a finance employee at a multinational firm in Hong Kong wired $25 million to threat actors after joining a video call that turned out to be entirely deepfake — triggered by a single phishing link in an email. That link didn't contain a virus. It didn&
In January 2024, a finance employee at engineering firm Arup wired $25 million to criminals 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 attackers had spoofed not just an email address or
In January 2024, a finance worker at a multinational firm in Hong Kong transferred $25.6 million to criminals 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 entire operation was coordinated by
Earlier this year, security researchers documented a surge in phishing campaigns that abuse legitimate DocuSign and PayPal infrastructure to deliver convincing attack emails. The twist? These messages aren't spoofed — they're actually sent through real PayPal and DocuSign servers. That's why PayPal DocuSign phishing attacks
In January 2024, a single phishing attack against Framework Computer exposed customer names, emails, and outstanding balances — all because one employee at an external accounting partner clicked a link in a convincing impersonation email. The attacker didn't hack a firewall. They didn't exploit a zero-day vulnerability.
The Phishing Headlines Keep Getting Worse In January 2024, a finance worker at engineering firm Arup wired $25 million to threat actors after a deepfake video call that impersonated the company's CFO. That single incident captures everything terrifying about the current phishing news cycle: attacks are smarter, faster,
In January 2024, a finance worker at engineering firm Arup wired $25 million to criminals after joining a video call with what appeared to be the company's CFO and several colleagues. Every person on that call was a deepfake. The attack started with what every phishing scam starts
In 2023, MGM Resorts lost roughly $100 million after a threat actor called Scattered Spider social-engineered a help desk employee with a single phone call. The attackers had done their homework — they knew the employee's name, role, and enough personal detail to sound legitimate. That's not
In January 2024, a finance employee at a multinational firm in Hong Kong transferred $25.6 million to criminals after attending a deepfake video call where every other "participant" — including the CFO — was an AI-generated impersonation. That single incident redefines what phishing looks like today. If you still
