Delivers actionable advice on recognizing and preventing phishing attacks, including email phishing, spear phishing, smishing, and vishing. Covers detection techniques, employee training approaches, email security tools, and real-world phishing examples to strengthen your defenses.
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A Single Email Cost This Company $100 Million In 2017, a Lithuanian man tricked Google and Facebook employees into wiring over $100 million to bank accounts he controlled. His weapon wasn't malware. It wasn't a zero-day exploit. It was email. He sent invoices that looked like
The Receptionist Who Stopped a $3 Million Wire Fraud In 2023, a business email compromise attack targeted a mid-size manufacturing company in Ohio. The threat actor had spoofed the CEO's email perfectly. The wire transfer request looked legitimate. But a receptionist — someone with zero technical background — noticed the
A $5.8 Million Wake-Up Call from the FTC In 2023, the FTC finalized a settlement with Drizly and its CEO after a data breach exposed the personal information of roughly 2.5 million consumers. What made this case unusual wasn't just the fine — it was that the
One Reused Password Cost This Company $4.6 Billion In 2017, a single set of reused credentials let threat actors walk into Equifax's systems and expose 147 million records. The total cost exceeded $4.6 billion when you factor in the FTC settlement, lawsuits, and remediation. One password.
The Framework 83% of Organizations Claim to Follow — But Few Actually Implement When the City of Dallas was hit by a devastating ransomware attack in May 2023, investigations revealed systemic gaps in risk management, incident response, and access controls — the exact areas the NIST Cybersecurity Framework was designed to address.
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
A CFO Wired $25 Million Because of a Spoofed Video Call In early 2024, a finance worker at a multinational firm in Hong Kong transferred $25.6 million after joining a video conference call where every other participant — including the company's CFO — was a deepfake. The threat actors
In March 2025, a mid-size accounting firm in Ohio wired $1.2 million to a threat actor who sent a single spoofed email — a fakeemail that perfectly mimicked the CEO's display name, writing style, and even included a forwarded thread from a real conversation. The email passed every
The Breach That Changed How I Think About Cybersecurity In February 2024, Change Healthcare — one of the largest health payment processors in the United States — was hit by a ransomware attack that disrupted pharmacy operations, delayed patient care, and exposed the protected health information of roughly 100 million individuals. UnitedHealth
A $3.1 Billion Problem Nobody Wants to Own In 2023, the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) reported $12.5 billion in cybercrime losses — up from $10.3 billion the year before. Investment fraud alone accounted for $4.57 billion. These aren't abstract numbers. They
