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 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
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
In 2023, the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center received over 880,000 complaints with potential losses exceeding $12.5 billion — a 22% increase in losses from the year before. That's not a theoretical number. Those are real businesses shuttered, real retirement accounts emptied, and real hospitals
In March 2024, a Change Healthcare breach exposed the protected health information of tens of millions of Americans and disrupted pharmacy operations nationwide. A single set of stolen credentials — no multi-factor authentication in place — gave a threat actor the keys to one of the largest healthcare payment processors in the
A former teacher I mentored landed a security analyst role in 2023 at $92,000 — with no prior IT experience and one certification earned in eight months. That's not an outlier anymore. The cybersecurity talent shortage has pushed salaries to levels that make even seasoned software engineers reconsider
In March 2024, a ransomware attack on Change Healthcare — one of the largest health payment processors in the U.S. — disrupted claims processing for pharmacies and hospitals nationwide. Patients couldn't fill prescriptions. Providers couldn't get paid. A single breach paralyzed a massive chunk of American healthcare
In January 2024, a finance employee at engineering firm Arup wired $25 million to threat actors after a deepfake video call that impersonated the company's CFO. That attack didn't start with a mass spam blast. It started with a carefully researched, individually targeted spear phishing email.
In January 2024, a finance employee at a multinational firm in Hong Kong wired $25.6 million to threat actors after a deepfake video call that started with a single phishing email. The attackers spoofed the company's CFO — and the employee never questioned it. That wire transfer began
In February 2024, the FBI warned that threat actors stole over $10 billion through internet-enabled fraud in 2023 — and SMS-based phishing, commonly called smishing, was one of the fastest-growing attack vectors cited in the FBI IC3 annual report. If you think smishing is just a nuisance text from a fake
In September 2023, a teenager used a phone call to trick an MGM Resorts employee into resetting credentials. That single social engineering attack cost MGM an estimated $100 million. No malware exploit. No zero-day vulnerability. Just a convincing voice on the other end of a help desk line. If you
