Learn how phishing simulation exercises help organizations test employee readiness against real-world email attacks. This tag covers simulation design, campaign metrics, benchmarking results, and using simulated phishing to continuously improve organizational resilience to social engineering threats.
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In 2023, a finance employee at a multinational firm in Hong Kong wired $25 million after receiving what appeared to be a legitimate video call from the company's CFO — a deepfake. But the attack started with something far simpler: a fake email. That initial message looked routine, requested
The Phishing Attack That Cost One Hospital $65 Million In February 2024, Change Healthcare — one of the largest health payment processors in the U.S. — was hit by a ransomware attack that started with a single compromised credential. No multi-factor authentication on a remote access portal. One phishing attack opened
A Fortune 500 company ran the same annual compliance training for three straight years. Completion rates hovered around 92%. Their phishing click rate? Stubbornly stuck at 31%. Then they switched to a gamified approach — leaderboards, scenario-based challenges, real-time feedback. Within six months, that click rate dropped to 11%. Cybersecurity gamification
In 2023, the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center received over 298,000 phishing complaints — making it the most reported cybercrime category for the fifth consecutive year. Despite billions spent on email filters and endpoint detection, phishing still works. And it works devastatingly well. If you've ever
A Single Phish Email Cost One Company $100 Million In 2024, MGM Resorts confirmed that a social engineering attack — which started with a single phone call and a phish-style credential theft scheme — contributed to losses exceeding $100 million. The threat actors behind the Scattered Spider group didn't need
In 2023, MGM Resorts lost an estimated $100 million after a threat actor called Scattered Spider social-engineered a help desk employee with a ten-minute phone call. One employee. One conversation. That's all it took to bring a Fortune 500 company to its knees. If you think cybersecurity awareness
In 2024, 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 didn't brute-force a password. They simply called IT support, impersonated an employee they found on
The Breach That Changed How I Think About Cyber Security In February 2024, Change Healthcare suffered a ransomware attack that disrupted insurance claims processing for nearly every hospital and pharmacy in the United States. UnitedHealth Group later confirmed the breach affected approximately 100 million individuals — making it the largest healthcare
In 2023, MGM Resorts lost roughly $100 million after a social engineering attack bypassed every piece of computer security software they had deployed. The attackers didn't exploit a zero-day vulnerability. They didn't brute-force a firewall. They called the help desk, impersonated an employee, and walked right
A 3-Minute Email Cost One Company $37 Million In 2024, a finance employee at a multinational firm joined a deepfake video call with what appeared to be the company's CFO and several colleagues. Every person on that call was AI-generated. The employee transferred $25.6 million (approximately HK$
