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One Band's Name Became Cybersecurity's Favorite Metaphor In 2024, the FBI's IC3 report documented over 298,000 phishing complaints — making it the most reported cybercrime category for the fifth consecutive year. And yet, most organizations still run phishing simulations like they're checking
In March 2025, a mid-size accounting firm in the Midwest lost $2.1 million after a single employee clicked a spoofed DocuSign link during tax season. The firm had antivirus software. They had a firewall. What they didn't have was phishing simulation training — the one layer of defense
In March 2025, a mid-size healthcare provider in the Midwest lost 1.4 million patient records because one employee in accounts payable clicked a link in a fake DocuSign email. The organization had antivirus software, a firewall, and an email gateway. What they didn't have was a phishing
In May 2024, a single employee at a major healthcare provider clicked a phishing link disguised as a routine benefits update. Within 72 hours, the organization lost access to 14 million patient records and ended up paying a multimillion-dollar ransom. The employee had technically "passed" their annual compliance
In 2024, the average cost of a data breach hit $4.88 million globally, according to IBM's Cost of a Data Breach Report. The same report found that organizations with security awareness training programs and extensive security AI saved an average of $2.22 million per breach compared
Last October Cost Companies $4.88 Million on Average That's the average cost of a data breach in 2024, according to IBM's Cost of a Data Breach Report. And most of those breaches started the same way — a human clicked something they shouldn't have.
The Threat Already Inside Your Firewall In January 2025, a former employee of a U.S. infrastructure firm was charged with attempting to sabotage water treatment systems — months after being terminated. His credentials were never revoked. The damage was caught, but barely. This isn't an edge case. It&
The Breach That Started With a Single Slack Message In September 2022, a threat actor convinced a Uber contractor to approve a multi-factor authentication push notification. That single moment of human failure gave the attacker access to Uber's internal systems, including their Slack workspace, vulnerability reports, and financial
What a Phish Setlist Is — And Why Your Security Team Needs One In March 2024, a mid-size accounting firm lost $2.1 million after an employee clicked a single phishing email disguised as a DocuSign request during tax season. The firm had no phishing simulation program. No playbook. No plan.
In January 2024, a finance employee at engineering firm Arup wired $25 million to threat actors after joining a video call with what appeared to be the company's CFO and several colleagues. Every person on that call was a deepfake. The attack started the same way almost all
