Explores strategies and best practices for preventing data breaches in organizations of all sizes. Covers topics like access controls, encryption, network monitoring, incident response planning, and employee awareness to help reduce the risk of unauthorized data exposure.
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160 Billion Spam Emails a Day — and Your Inbox Isn't Immune In 2024, the Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report confirmed what security professionals have been saying for years: email remains the primary initial access vector for data breaches. Over 90% of cyberattacks start with some form of malicious
A Single Phishing Attack Cost MGM Resorts $100 Million In September 2023, a threat actor called Scattered Spider impersonated an MGM Resorts employee during a help desk call. That single social engineering interaction led to a ransomware deployment that shut down slot machines, hotel key cards, and reservation systems across
The Phishing Email That Cost One Company $60 Million In January 2024, a finance employee at the engineering firm Arup wired $25 million after attending a video call with what appeared to be the company's CFO and other colleagues. Every person on that call was a deepfake. That
A Single Fake Identity Website Cost One Company $47 Million In early 2024, a finance employee at engineering firm Arup wired $25 million after joining a video call with what appeared to be the company's CFO and other colleagues. Every person on that call was a deepfake. The
The Breach That Changed How I Think About Cybersecurity In February 2024, Change Healthcare — one of the largest health payment processors in the United States — was hit by a ransomware attack that disrupted pharmacy operations, delayed patient care, and exposed the protected health information of roughly 100 million individuals. UnitedHealth
The Breach That Changed How I Think About Cyber Security In February 2024, Change Healthcare — one of the largest health payment processors in the United States — was hit by a ransomware attack that disrupted pharmacies, hospitals, and insurance claims across the country for weeks. UnitedHealth Group, its parent company, later
A $3.1 Billion Problem Nobody Wants to Own In 2023, the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) reported $12.5 billion in cybercrime losses — up from $10.3 billion the year before. Investment fraud alone accounted for $4.57 billion. These aren't abstract numbers. They
A $4.88 Million Question Nobody Asks Until It's Too Late In May 2023, the city of Dallas, Texas got hit with Royal ransomware. Emergency services disrupted. Court systems offline. Weeks of recovery. The estimated cost ran into tens of millions. And the entry point? A service account
In March 2025, the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center reported that cybercrime losses in the United States exceeded $16.6 billion in 2024 — a 33% increase over the prior year. That number didn't come from sophisticated nation-state attacks alone. It came from basic IT security failures:
The Breach That Rewrote the Rules of Computer Security In February 2024, Change Healthcare — one of the largest health payment processors in the United States — suffered a ransomware attack that disrupted claims processing for hospitals, pharmacies, and clinics across the country. UnitedHealth Group, its parent company, disclosed in its SEC
