Comprehensive guides on protecting email accounts and infrastructure from cyber threats. Covers email authentication protocols like SPF, DKIM, and DMARC, encryption best practices, spam filtering, and organizational policies that reduce the risk of email-based attacks.
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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 2024, the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center received over 298,000 phishing complaints — making it the most reported cybercrime category for the fifth consecutive year. Despite billions spent on cybersecurity tools, a single deceptive email still opens the door to catastrophic breaches. If you've ever
In 2023, the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center received over 298,000 phishing complaints — making it the most reported cybercrime category for the fifth consecutive year. I've investigated dozens of breaches that started with a single deceptive email. So when someone asks me what is a
In 2023, the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center received over 298,000 complaints about phishing scams — making it the most reported cybercrime category for the fifth consecutive year. The real number is almost certainly higher, because most incidents never get reported. I've spent years helping organizations
In 2023, the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center reported that business email compromise — a category built almost entirely on the fake email — cost victims over $2.9 billion. That wasn't from sophisticated zero-day exploits. It was from emails that looked real but weren't. I&
In 2023, the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center received over 298,000 phishing complaints — making it the most reported cybercrime for the fifth consecutive year. Despite billions spent on security technology, a single deceptive email still remains the most reliable way for a threat actor to breach an
A Single Email Cost This Company $37 Million In 2016, FACC, an Austrian aerospace parts manufacturer, lost €42 million (roughly $47 million at the time) after attackers impersonated the CEO and convinced a finance employee to wire funds to accounts controlled by threat actors. The employee believed they were following
Your Employees Are Eating Phish Food Every Day In March 2024, MGM Resorts was still tallying the damage from a social engineering attack that started with a single phone call. The estimated cost exceeded $100 million. The threat actor didn't exploit a zero-day vulnerability or deploy some exotic
In 2023, a finance employee at a multinational firm wired $25 million after receiving what appeared to be emails from the company's CFO. The messages were convincing, urgent, and completely fabricated. The attacker used a fake mailer — a tool designed to forge the "From" field in
The Call That Almost Fooled a Google Engineer In 2024, a Google engineer received a phone call from someone claiming to be Google support. The caller ID showed a legitimate Google number. The voice was professional, calm, and eerily convincing. It was AI-generated. The FBI warns Gmail users of sophisticated
