Articles on cybersecurity awareness cover the foundational knowledge individuals and organizations need to recognize and respond to digital threats. Topics include safe browsing habits, password hygiene, social engineering tactics, and building a security-first culture across teams.
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A Single Email Cost This Company $47 Million In 2015, Ubiquiti Networks disclosed that threat actors impersonating company executives tricked employees into wiring $46.7 million to overseas accounts. The attackers never breached a firewall. They never deployed malware. They sent emails — and those emails were enough. That's
Your Computer Security Software Didn't Stop the Breach In 2023, MGM Resorts lost an estimated $100 million after a social engineering attack that bypassed every piece of computer security software the company had deployed. The threat actors didn't hack through a firewall. They called the help
The Breach That Started With a Single Password In 2023, MGM Resorts lost an estimated $100 million after a threat actor called Scattered Spider social-engineered their way past a help desk using nothing more than a phone call and a LinkedIn profile. No zero-day exploit. No advanced malware. Just a
In 2023, the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center received over 880,000 complaints with potential losses exceeding $12.5 billion — and malware was the engine behind a staggering share of those incidents. If you've ever asked what is malware, the textbook answer is simple: malicious software
Your Employees' Passwords Are Probably Already There In 2024, the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center reported over $16 billion in losses from cybercrime — and a staggering amount of that activity traces back to marketplaces most people never see. If you've ever wondered what is the
In 2023, MGM Resorts lost an estimated $100 million after a social engineering attack that started with a single phone call to their help desk. The attackers didn't exploit some exotic zero-day. They bypassed one security control — identity verification — and the dominoes fell. That incident is a masterclass
In 2023, a single phishing email gave attackers access to MGM Resorts' entire IT infrastructure. The result: over $100 million in losses, days of operational chaos, and a security wake-up call that echoed across every industry. The attackers didn't exploit a zero-day vulnerability or deploy sophisticated malware.
In 2023, security researchers at Kaspersky identified over 100 million adware attacks in a single quarter. That same year, spyware variants like SpinOk embedded themselves inside legitimate apps on the Google Play Store, affecting over 421 million downloads. Both threats rode in through the front door — and most users never
A Single Email Delivered 11 Different Types of Malware In 2023, the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center received over 880,000 complaints with losses exceeding $12.5 billion. A significant chunk of those losses traced back to malware delivered through phishing emails and social engineering. I've
The Phishing Email That Cost One Company $37 Million In 2024, a finance employee at a multinational firm in Hong Kong joined a video call with people who looked and sounded exactly like the company's CFO and other executives. Every face on that call was a deepfake. The
