Phishing awareness articles teach readers to identify and avoid phishing attacks across email, SMS, voice calls, and social media. Content includes real-world phishing examples, red flags to watch for, reporting procedures, and tips for running phishing simulation campaigns.
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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 June 2024, a finance employee at a multinational firm in Hong Kong wired $25 million to threat actors after receiving what appeared to be legitimate emails and even joining a deepfake video call with someone impersonating the company's CFO. The attack started with fake emails. Every single
In January 2023, PayPal disclosed that threat actors had compromised nearly 35,000 user accounts through credential stuffing — not by breaking PayPal's systems, but by exploiting reused passwords harvested from other breaches. That incident made headlines, but it's the quieter, daily grind of PayPal phishing attacks
In March 2024, a finance employee at a multinational firm in Hong Kong wired $25 million to threat actors after joining a video call that turned out to be entirely deepfake — triggered by a single phishing link in an email. That link didn't contain a virus. It didn&
In May 2024, a Google security consultant named Sam Mitrovic nearly fell for a phishing call that used a convincing AI-generated voice impersonating Google support. The caller had a legitimate-looking Google phone number, referenced real account activity, and spoke with the polished fluency of a native English speaker. The only
In January 2024, a finance worker at a multinational firm in Hong Kong transferred $25.6 million to criminals after a video call with what appeared to be the company's CFO and several colleagues. Every person on that call was a deepfake. The entire operation was coordinated by
Earlier this year, security researchers documented a surge in phishing campaigns that abuse legitimate DocuSign and PayPal infrastructure to deliver convincing attack emails. The twist? These messages aren't spoofed — they're actually sent through real PayPal and DocuSign servers. That's why PayPal DocuSign phishing attacks
Every week, someone on my team flags a new app or service that employees are asking about. "Hey, is this legit?" It's the single most common security question I hear — and for good reason. The FTC reported over $10 billion in consumer fraud losses in 2023,
In 2023, MGM Resorts lost roughly $100 million after a threat actor called Scattered Spider social-engineered a help desk employee with a single phone call. The attackers had done their homework — they knew the employee's name, role, and enough personal detail to sound legitimate. That's not
In March 2024, a Change Healthcare breach exposed the protected health information of tens of millions of Americans and disrupted pharmacy operations nationwide. A single set of stolen credentials — no multi-factor authentication in place — gave a threat actor the keys to one of the largest healthcare payment processors in the
