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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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
In March 2024, a ransomware attack on Change Healthcare — one of the largest health payment processors in the U.S. — disrupted claims processing for pharmacies and hospitals nationwide. Patients couldn't fill prescriptions. Providers couldn't get paid. A single breach paralyzed a massive chunk of American healthcare
In 2023, there were roughly 3.5 million unfilled cybersecurity jobs worldwide. That number hasn't budged much heading into 2024. Meanwhile, the average cost of a data breach hit $4.45 million according to IBM's latest report. Organizations are desperate for qualified talent, and an online
In January 2024, a finance employee at engineering firm Arup wired $25 million to threat actors after a deepfake video call that impersonated the company's CFO. That attack didn't start with a mass spam blast. It started with a carefully researched, individually targeted spear phishing email.
In January 2024, a finance employee at a multinational firm in Hong Kong wired $25.6 million to threat actors after a deepfake video call that started with a single phishing email. The attackers spoofed the company's CFO — and the employee never questioned it. That wire transfer began
In January 2023, Reddit disclosed that an attacker had used a carefully crafted phishing email — targeting a specific employee with internal details about the company — to steal credentials and access internal systems. It wasn't a mass-blast scam. It was a precision strike. That's spear phishing in
In February 2024, the FBI warned that threat actors stole over $10 billion through internet-enabled fraud in 2023 — and SMS-based phishing, commonly called smishing, was one of the fastest-growing attack vectors cited in the FBI IC3 annual report. If you think smishing is just a nuisance text from a fake
The Phone Call That Cost One Company $25 Million In early 2024, an employee at British engineering firm Arup joined a video call with what appeared to be the company's chief financial officer and several colleagues. Every face on the screen was a deepfake. The employee, convinced by
