Resources focused on building a security-conscious workforce through training, awareness campaigns, and policy enforcement. Topics include phishing simulations, security onboarding programs, acceptable use policies, and techniques for fostering lasting behavioral change among employees.
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In 2023, MGM Resorts lost an estimated $100 million after a single social engineering phone call tricked an IT help desk employee into resetting credentials. One employee. One question they got wrong in real life — not on a cybersecurity awareness quiz, but in a live attack. The attacker found a
In 2023, MGM Resorts lost an estimated $100 million after a threat actor social-engineered a help desk employee with a ten-minute phone call. The attacker didn't exploit a zero-day vulnerability. They exploited a person — someone who hadn't been trained to recognize what was happening. That single
In May 2024, the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center released data showing that phishing was still the number one reported cybercrime — for the fifth year running. Over 298,000 complaints in 2023 alone. Despite billions spent on email filters and endpoint protection, threat actors keep winning because the
In March 2024, a finance employee at a multinational firm in Hong Kong wired $25.6 million to threat actors after a deepfake video call convinced him his CFO had authorized the transfer. One employee. One convincing lure. Twenty-five million dollars gone. That's not a hypothetical — it'
The Threat That Already Has a Badge and a Password In January 2023, the FBI arrested a former GE employee and a collaborator for stealing trade secrets related to turbine technology — a scheme that had been running for years. The insider had legitimate access the entire time. No firewall stopped
Two Employees, Two Paths to a Breach In May 2023, Tesla disclosed that two former employees had leaked the personal data of over 75,000 workers — including Social Security numbers and financial records — to a German news outlet. That wasn't a sophisticated nation-state hack. It was insiders walking
A 45-Minute Slide Deck Didn't Stop the Breach at MGM In September 2023, a threat actor social-engineered their way into MGM Resorts' systems with a single phone call. The attackers reportedly found an employee on LinkedIn, called the help desk, and convinced someone to reset credentials. The
In October 2022, a Medibank employee's credentials were stolen through a single compromised login — no multi-factor authentication in place. The breach exposed the personal health data of 9.7 million Australians and became one of the most damaging incidents of the year. The attack didn't start
In 2022, a single employee at Twilio clicked a phishing link embedded in a fake IT notification. That one click gave threat actors access to internal systems and exposed data tied to over 130 organizations. The root cause wasn't a firewall failure or a zero-day exploit — it was
In March 2021, a business email compromise attack tricked an employee at a Scottish charity into wiring £173,000 to a threat actor posing as a construction firm. The employee wasn't careless. They weren't stupid. They simply hadn't been trained to spot the signs.
