Learn to identify the warning signs that indicate a phishing email before it causes damage. Articles under this tag break down suspicious sender addresses, urgent language patterns, mismatched URLs, unexpected attachments, and other telltale indicators of fraudulent messages targeting your inbox.
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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
In January 2025, a finance director at a mid-sized manufacturing firm received an email from what appeared to be the company's CEO. The domain was off by one character. The request was urgent — wire $220,000 to a new vendor before end of day. She complied. The money
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 March 2022, the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center reported that phishing schemes were the number one reported cybercrime in 2021 — with over 323,000 victims. That's nearly 900 people per day who fell for a fraudulent email. And those are just the ones who reported
One Employee Missed the Red Flags — It Cost $2.3 Million In December 2020, a mid-sized manufacturing company in Ohio wired $2.3 million to what they believed was a long-standing supplier. The invoice looked perfect. The email address was off by a single character. Nobody caught it until the
In March 2024, a finance employee at a UK-based engineering firm wired $25 million to threat actors after a deepfake video call. The attackers had spoofed the company's CFO — but the entire attack chain started with a single phishing email. That first message contained at least four classic
