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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The Breach That Changed How I Think About Cybersecurity In February 2024, Change Healthcare suffered a ransomware attack that disrupted insurance claims processing for hospitals and pharmacies across the United States. UnitedHealth Group confirmed the breach affected approximately 100 million individuals — making it one of the largest healthcare data breaches
In 2024, the average cost of a data breach hit $4.88 million globally, according to IBM's Cost of a Data Breach Report. That number didn't come from sophisticated nation-state attacks or exotic zero-days. Most of those breaches started with stolen credentials, a phishing email, or
The MOVEit Breach Started With One Overlooked Web Flaw In 2023, a single SQL injection vulnerability in the MOVEit Transfer web application led to one of the largest mass exploitation events in history. Over 2,600 organizations were compromised. Sensitive data from government agencies, banks, and healthcare providers was exfiltrated
In 2023, MGM Resorts lost roughly $100 million after a threat actor social-engineered their way past a help desk with a single phone call. That one incident tells you more about what cybersecurity actually is — and isn't — than any textbook ever could. If you've searched for
The Breach That Rewrote the Cybersecurity Definition for Everyone In 2023, MGM Resorts lost an estimated $100 million after a social engineering attack that started with a single phone call to their help desk. The threat actor didn't exploit a zero-day vulnerability. They didn't brute-force a
A Two-Billion-Dollar Word Nobody Can Explain In 2023, the SEC adopted new cybersecurity disclosure rules requiring every public company to report material cyber incidents within four business days. Boards scrambled. Legal teams panicked. And a surprising number of executives asked the same question behind closed doors: what does "cyber&
The Misconfiguration That Exposed 100 Million Records Updated for 2026 In 2019, a former Amazon Web Services employee exploited a misconfigured web application firewall to steal personal data from over 100 million Capital One customers and applicants. The breach cost Capital One more than $270 million in settlements and remediation.
