Covers cybersecurity training programs, techniques, and best practices designed to equip employees and individuals with the skills to recognize and respond to cyber threats. Topics include security awareness curricula, simulation exercises, and measuring training effectiveness.
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In 2019, a Lithuanian man named Evaldas Rimasauskas pleaded guilty to stealing over $100 million from Google and Facebook — using nothing more than a series of fake email messages. He impersonated a legitimate hardware vendor, sent invoices from spoofed email addresses, and two of the most sophisticated tech companies on
In 2023, a small accounting firm in Ohio discovered that a browser toolbar one employee installed — what looked like a harmless coupon finder — had been silently logging keystrokes and exfiltrating client tax records for eleven months. The toolbar was adware on the surface. Underneath, it was spyware. And the firm
In February 2024, Change Healthcare suffered a ransomware attack that exposed the protected health information of roughly 100 million Americans. The fallout wasn't just technical — it was a regulatory nightmare. State attorneys general demanded answers. Congressional hearings followed. And organizations downstream from the breach scrambled to figure out
In 2023, the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center reported over 43,000 victims of spoofing-related fraud, with losses exceeding $300 million. That number has only climbed since. And here's the part that should keep you up at night: a spoofing caller doesn't need malware,
In 2023, MGM Resorts lost an estimated $100 million after a threat actor socially engineered an IT help desk employee with a single phone call. That one incident tells you more about what cybersecurity actually is — and isn't — than any textbook ever could. If you've ever
In 2023, the FBI's IC3 received over 21,000 complaints related to malware infections that led directly to credential theft — and a significant number of those involved keyloggers silently recording every password, credit card number, and private message typed on a compromised machine. A keylogger attack doesn'
A Single Phone Call Cost One Company $25 Million In early 2024, a finance worker at engineering firm Arup was tricked into wiring $25 million after a video call with what appeared to be the company's CFO — deepfake technology made the voice and face indistinguishable from the real
In 2023, the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center received over 880,000 complaints with potential losses exceeding $12.5 billion — a 22% increase from the previous year. A staggering number of those incidents involved some form of malicious software. Understanding the types of malware your organization faces isn&
In 2024, a finance team at a mid-size logistics company wired $25 million to a threat actor who impersonated their CFO on a deepfake video call. Every person on that call had passed their company's annual security training. Every single one. That's the gap between checking
The Email That Cost One Company $37 Million In 2024, a single phishing email led to a business email compromise attack against Orion SA, a Luxembourg-based metals trading company, resulting in a $60 million wire transfer to threat actor-controlled accounts. The company later recovered roughly $23 million. The email looked
