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Covers email security protocols, tools, and best practices for protecting inboxes from spam, malware, phishing, and unauthorized access. Topics include SPF, DKIM, DMARC configuration, email encryption, and secure communication policies for organizations.

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Phishing Meaning: What It Really Is and Why It Works

A Single Email Cost This Company $100 Million In 2019, Toyota Boshoku Corporation wired $37 million to a threat actor who impersonated a business partner via email. Facebook and Google collectively lost over $100 million to a Lithuanian man who sent fake invoices over two years. These weren't

Carl B. Johnson Jun 18, 2019 6 min read
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Phishing Attack Anatomy: How Breaches Actually Start

A Single Click That Cost $100 Million In 2023, MGM Resorts was brought to its knees — not by a sophisticated zero-day exploit, but by a phishing attack that started with a phone call to an IT help desk. Threat actors from the Scattered Spider group used social engineering to impersonate

Carl B. Johnson Mar 20, 2019 7 min read
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FBI Gmail Warnings: What Every Organization Must Do Now

The FBI Gmail Alert That Should Have Your Full Attention In 2023, the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) received over 298,000 phishing complaints — and Gmail accounts were among the most targeted. The FBI has repeatedly issued warnings about sophisticated phishing campaigns targeting Gmail users, including AI-generated

Carl B. Johnson Mar 07, 2019 6 min read