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Cyber Threat Prevention

Articles on proactive strategies and tools to prevent cyber threats before they compromise your systems. Covers threat intelligence, vulnerability management, network defense, and best practices for individuals and organizations to reduce their attack surface.

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Phishing Links

What Is a Phishing Link? How to Spot One Fast

In March 2024, a single phishing link in a spoofed Microsoft 365 email gave attackers access to the email accounts of several U.S. State Department employees. The link looked like a routine password-reset page. It wasn't. That one click led to weeks of unauthorized access before anyone

Carl B. Johnson May 23, 2026 5 min read
Phishing Links

What Is a Phishing Link? How to Spot One Fast

In March 2024, a finance employee at a Hong Kong multinational wired $25 million to threat actors after clicking a single link in what appeared to be a routine email from the company's CFO. That link led to a deepfake video call — but it started with something deceptively

Carl B. Johnson May 18, 2026 6 min read
Phish Tour

Phish Tour: How Attackers Rotate Tactics to Hook You

In early 2024, researchers at Proofpoint documented a campaign where a single threat actor group rotated through at least six distinct phishing lure templates in under three weeks — targeting financial services, healthcare, and education sectors in sequence. Security teams that recognized the first lure missed the second. Those who caught

Carl B. Johnson Jun 23, 2019 6 min read